Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [art] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 83 stipulates that section 82 does not preclude the disclosure of information in any case in which disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Bank to discharge its functions under the Act . |
| 2 | Shildon said that a superior drinks carton had been invented and the MacQuillans faced the choice of buying the invention or seeing a competitor develop it and steal their market . |
| 3 | The infant learns to talk of hearing its mother in the garden , smelling hamburgers cooking in the kitchen , or seeing the dog enjoying itself with a ball or being hurt by the cat . |
| 4 | If you watch carefully you may also be lucky enough to see the male and female adults mating or to see the females laying their eggs . |
| 5 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 6 | either the fish is completely exhausted or given no time to gather its power , for I direct it straight to my landing net and it slips inside quite easily . |
| 7 | Biomorphs readily replicate in the environment provided by a suitably written computer program , but they ca n't write their own program or build a computer to run it . |
| 8 | Philosophers of science have latterly been busy explaining that science is about correlating phenomena or acquiring the power to manipulate them . |
| 9 | As yet er , that has not been possible , but if you knew of anybody , young person who you thought might be suitable and might mi , might like the challenge of an interesting venture of this nature I 'm sure if you let us know , or let the moderator know we 'll be very happy to , er , suggest that name or see if there 's any , any possibility erm , in continuing that . |
| 10 | Drive your own car all the way , or let the train take you part of the way with a SNCF motorail package to Milan or Rome . |
| 11 | You can not walk two steps here without bumping into a café , being slapped in the face by restaurant smells , or meeting a shop selling something absolutely scrumptious . |
| 12 | Beware of dangerous situations — take a taxi rather than late-night lifts home , never stay late at work alone with a male colleague , or accept an offer to escort you to the door of your hotel room ; |
| 13 | What of the victim , be it child , young girl or mentally inadequate woman , who fails to make any demonstration of lack of consent because she does not appreciate the nature of the act or lacks the capacity to understand its significance ? |
| 14 | I 'm always torn between conscience , eating a jacket or letting the birds enjoy it . |
| 15 | Gingivitis did not increase the risk of coronary heart disease , whereas periodontitis or having no teeth increased it by about 25% . |
| 16 | With anomalies , you either go into the history of the word , or advise the learner to memorise it by finding a mnemonic . |
| 17 | Treasury ministers must either submit to this doctrine or find the way to rewrite it . |
| 18 | Brush your eyebrows to smooth and shape them or try a gel to gloss them . |
| 19 | You may take responsibility for your own medication or ask the staff to manage it . |
| 20 | Wild with their easy victory , the Orc army advanced quickly into the pass itself , taking little care to scout ahead or leave a rearguard to protect its line of march . |
| 21 | Just for a child to know that someone will be interested in her work or to have the opportunity to do something for someone else and know it will be appreciated can significantly change the child 's attitude to the task . |
| 22 | They could steal them , too , or force the Dwarf to hand them over , but that would not be the smartest of moves , as Bardul 's friendship and co-operation is a valuable asset . |
| 23 | I wish he would just phone or write a letter to say he was all right . |
| 24 | Or did the Prince expect something in return ? |
| 25 | ‘ Or did the storm wake you up ? ’ |
| 26 | Weigh up the pros and cons ; decide if it is better to accept such invitations or to spend the time doing your own thing , perhaps sharing a mutual interest with one friend . |
| 27 | If the workers fail to perform , the supervisor will guarantee to do the job himself or assist the workers to do it . |
| 28 | Had there been some awful dispute between London and Tehran or had the Americans done something unforgivable ? |
| 29 | Was it her imagination or had the crowd surrounding her gone unusually quiet as Rune lifted the instrument to his lips ? |
| 30 | But Jess was not to hear the rumours or have a chance to ask what a syndicate was , because Sally and Salt came back , and seconds later a rather rosy Mrs Stocks reappeared clutching two bottles of brandy . |