Example sentences of "[conj] the [adj] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is handling if the accused knows or believes the goods to be stolen . |
| 2 | An example of such a provision is common Article 2 of the Geneva Red Cross Conventions , which provides that the parties shall be bound by the Conventions in relation to a party to the conflict which is not a party to the Conventions ‘ if the latter accepts and applies the provisions thereof ’ . |
| 3 | In cases where , after considering all alternatives , serious and disinterested ecologists and the like say that culling the herbivores seems to be the only practical cure , is that legitimate or ought we to ban all killing ? |
| 4 | ( 4 ) Enabling women , religious minorities and the disabled to sue and win compensatory and punitive damages for intentional discrimination . |
| 5 | To grasp the mystic significance of numbers — for instance , the two poles of Solomon 's litter , and the four struts that supported its canopy — was to acquire ( as some wielders of power in modern times have done through astrology ) a sense of control over the contemporary world : to explain the failure of some policies , to plan and time others more effectively . |
| 6 | Three joints let it move its gripper to any point in 3-dimensional space ; and then two more let it point its gripper in any direction ; the sixth lets it twist its gripper round the gripper 's axis ; and the last opens and closes the gripper . |
| 7 | As the news of ‘ that ’ exclusive Sinead O'Connor interview is wired to me from London , England , it becomes diamond-bullet clear that Sinead is a mere music biz appendix — surplus to requirements , but potentially very painful in the side — and the three bands that comprise Rollercoaster Mk II are its guts . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I know , but the French protect and afford us every comfort . |
| 9 | ‘ Threat ’ when used in this connection means ‘ an intimation by one to another that unless the latter does or does not do something the former will do something which the latter will not like . ’ |
| 10 | Conserved basic residues , as well as the two histidines that have been crosslinked to DNA , are shown in blue . |