Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [Wh det] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detector is a channel electron multiplier or channelplate which is sensitive to ions and fast neutrals . |
| 2 | ‘ any dust or effluvia caused by a trade , business or manufacture or process which are prejudicial to health or are a nuisance [ to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood ] ’ . |
| 3 | Finally , it must be remembered that where odour nuisance arises from outside the workplace , affecting employees inside the workplace , for example from a nearby factory or due to manure spreading in the surrounding fields , then sections 92 to 100 of the Public Health Act 1936 will apply should the odour amount to a statutory nuisance , since the Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1982 amended s.92(1) ( d ) of the Public Health Act 1936 to ‘ any dust or effluvia caused by a trade , business or manufacture or process which are prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ deleting the words [ to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood ] . |
| 4 | ‘ any accumulation or deposit which is prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |
| 5 | Ellie looked once more down the table to her father , silently praying he would put an end to it , and prevent what was sure to be a bloodbath . |
| 6 | It lies below and beyond the distinctions between subject and object which are inbuilt in ordinary experience at the level of knowledge and action ; so it opens up a direct awareness of the God on whom our existence hangs as given in and with our deepest awareness of ourselves . |
| 7 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |
| 8 | Virginia Woolf in her Collected Essays writes that women 's humour tends to make serious what appears insignificant to men , and trivialise what is important to them . |
| 9 | Well that 's interesting because we were wondering who we could get to have a look at our lawns and tell what 's wrong with it because they are not very good are they ? |
| 10 | Certainly , the sort of rumours and gossip which were common about his sister and brother were not attached to him . |
| 11 | If you are one of those women who feels guilty about the marriage/home/work situation , sit down and decide what is right for you and those closest to you . |
| 12 | And in between these two extremes is a whole range of intermediate cases in which hearers are expected to derive an array of implicatures and decide which are true for themselves . |
| 13 | It thus includes GET and FIND for reading records on the database ( equivalent to the Cobol READ ) and STORE and INSERT which are equivalent to the WRITE statement . |
| 14 | Some modern Troll harnesses have a 2cm sewn tape linking leg loops and waistbelt which is ideal for karabiner attachment . |
| 15 | We consider the real challenges to society of having more octogenarians , nonagenarians , and centenarians in its ranks , and ask what is likely to be involved in meeting them . |
| 16 | They are based on physical needs such as hunger and thirst which are satisfied by primary reinforcement in the form of food and water . |
| 17 | In the aftermath of the Maria Colwell tragedy a report by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work took this concept as its title and stated that ‘ good enough parenting involves , among other things , a capacity to provide continuity of love and care which is realistic in its expectations of both parent and child and deals with ‘ real ’ conflicts of interests and not those whose origins lie only in the parents ' past' ( CCETSW , 1978 ) . |
| 18 | A useful item in the Velcro range is a fastening called Sew 'n' Stick which is suitable for attaching fabric to a hard surface . |
| 19 | Both of these are available at Neal 's Yard in London 's Covent Garden , but see what is available at your local specialist cheese shop . |