Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] they [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be , of course , that what we really want is that some losses so caused should be compensated for if they result from illegal action , and some other losses compensated for regardless of whether they result from illegal action or not . |
| 2 | It may be , of course , that what we really want is that some losses so caused should be compensated for if they result from illegal action , and some other losses compensated for regardless of whether they result from illegal action or not . |
| 3 | Fitted carpets , though warm , are not a good idea for the bathroom and lavatory of an elderly person who may have minor ‘ mishaps ’ and spillages which they can not easily deal with as they advance into old age . |
| 4 | Olfactory and taste organs closely resemble conventional hormonal systems in that they respond to chemical signals by membrane-bound receptors coupled to various second messengers . |
| 5 | Both have a common theme in that they occur within human experience but involve some fantastic happening that is not quite of this world . |
| 6 | Although people are equal in that they possess in common many rhythms , composed of external and internal causes , there are also differences between them . |
| 7 | Such pairs of things are like a causal circumstance and its effect in that they stand in fundamental nomic or necessary connection ( 1.3 ) , which is to say some connection stated by an independent nomic conditional statement . |