Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , Gumperz identifies the following functions ( 1982 : 75 – 84 ) : quotations ( using a different code to mark a stretch of quoted speech ) , addressee specification ( choosing a code to pick out one 's intended addressee ) , interjections ( " sentence fillers " offset from the the main content of the sentence by a code switch ) , reiteration ( the message content is emphasised by repeating it in the other code ) , message qualification ( the main content of the message is " qualified " or adjusted by a clause in the other code ) , personalisation versus objectivisation . |
2 | Although I recognise that for obvious reasons the Secretary of State will not want to be locked or painted into a figure of 512 as the maximum , which is what it would be , will he tell the House whether , in the light of last week 's discussions with President Yeltsin and the changes that have taken place since Christmas , the Government are now considering the minimum deterrent to be somewhat lower than they had previously considered it necessary to be ? |
3 | As a matter of good practice copies of the documents should either be attached to the disclosure letter or placed in a file of documents delivered with the letter . |
4 | The bottom and topsides were payed or stopped with a putty like composition . |
5 | Vinyl is practical , so is vinyl-coated cork , and linoleum , which now comes in all colours and can be inlaid or arranged in a pattern in various shades with quite spectacular results . |
6 | If the child has become lost or frightened as a result of parental neglect , then the adult in question may expect to be admonished by the fairy , who dislikes irresponsibility and carelessness . |
7 | 9.17 Frustration of reinstatement Landlords sometimes include a proviso that the landlord should have the right to terminate the lease in the event of reinstatement being frustrated or delayed as a result of circumstances beyond the landlord 's control . |
8 | Order 15 , r 1 provides that the court may at any time allow or direct any person to be added , struck out or substituted as a party to proceedings in accordance with the High Court practice ( see RSC , Ord 15 , r 6 ; Ord 20 , rr 5 , 8 ) . |
9 | Apparently they neither walk nor swim , but spend their time either in the air or perched on a branch of a tree to roost . |
10 | Full compliance with environmental legislation remains a key , yet elusive , target and I regret that in 1992 ICI was prosecuted or fined on a number of occasions for accidental environmental infringements . |
11 | ‘ Or attacked by a plague of locusts ? ’ |
12 | This involved a Parent Chat Sheet , part of which was filled in by the parent or written by a member of staff for the parent during the chat . |
13 | that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or |
14 | ‘ It is a defence for the accused to prove — ( a ) that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , or ( b ) that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or ( c ) that his conduct was reasonable . ’ |
15 | ‘ ( 4 ) In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for the accused to prove that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the written material displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling . ’ |
16 | Finally , two paintings , both listed as ‘ Untitled ’ ( 1979 ) , in the exhibition , are death-like with the horse figure hanging vertical or slumped in a corner against a field of greys . |
17 | The application by a non-natural person must name the person who is to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises , and the licence granted or transferred as a result of the application must name both the non-natural person and the person who is to run the premises . |
18 | These details can be viewed or transferred to a file for subsequent printing . |
19 | The herbs are ground together and either rolled into pellets for pondfish or made into a kind of tea which is added to the aquarium water . |
20 | Although these cases do not happen often , if you are assaulted or threatened by a client in the ES takes it very seriously . |
21 | The obvious conclusion to be drawn from this is that precise numbers of TVRs accumulated by a campaign according to BARB , predicted at the planning stage , or promised in a package by a TV contractor , have a significant built-in factor of error : precision is mythical . |
22 | If acquired distinctiveness depends on associative mechanisms , we might expect it to be attenuated or abolished by a change of context that renders these associations less effective . |
23 | The scanning acoustic microscope can turn this sort of variation in the amount of sound energy absorbed or reflected within a specimen into an image that the human eye can interpret . |
24 | These features may be categorized or classified in a number of ways . |
25 | Alcoves like this can also be treated like separate small rooms and lined with mirror ; or with the curtain or shade fabric ; or painted or papered in a colour from the room scheme which is at the same time different from the main walls . |
26 | How should today 's young Germans treat Hitler 's legacy — should his bunker be bulldozered for good , or preserved as a warning of the evils he stood for ? |
27 | A long debate has raged about whether the tip should be flattened or preserved as a monument of the ironstone industry . |
28 | If your car is stolen or damaged as a result of theft or attempted theft you will have to pay the first £100 of the cost . |
29 | If she had been the offspring of drunken parents in Scotland Road , or born with a hair-lip like Ma Tang 's daughter , there might be some excuse for feeling as she did . |
30 | A new Constitution , designed to usher in multiparty politics , was adopted after a " yes " vote recorded as 98.36 per cent in a referendum on Nov. 16 ; the new Constitution stipulated that the head of state " shall not be impeached , or called as a witness before , during and after his term of office " . |