Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [conj] the [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 2 | There are a number of forensic tests to be carried out but I expect to find that the razor was the weapon . ’ |
| 3 | I want to repeat that the line was faint but it was definately Dr Kemp on the phone and that what I wrote was as near as anyone could get to what he said . |
| 4 | Apparently forensic want to argue that the head was severed from the body after death . |
| 5 | But Sir Leon said that the plan would only be implemented if trading partners followed suit to ensure that the measure was ‘ fiscally neutral ’ for companies operating in Europe . |
| 6 | I hasten to say that the organisation was a Labour party branch . |
| 7 | B and L's counsel argued that the position was changed when the receivership ended , in the sense that all liabilities had been identified and there was enough money to settle them . |
| 8 | Many traders offer falsified certificates of country of origin , which also purport to show that the animal was captive-bred . |
| 9 | To add to the difficulties , pleasure flights were still in progress and , while it had been relatively easy to prevent any more from taking off after hearing of the emergency situation , it had also been necessary to radio to others to stay in the air and not attempt to land until the crisis was over . |
| 10 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 11 | But the result is that the plaintiffs … fail to show that the document was properly explained to her . |
| 12 | The EAT said that the tribunal was not entitled to introduce a further implied term into the mobility clause to this effect . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've decided that the engagement was a mistake . ’ |
| 14 | Now their successes have been tarnished in a report by school inspectors who say that educational standards have fallen and the marking was far too lenient . |
| 15 | It is impossible to envisage the original siting of a settlement , and the reasons behind that siting , without some consideration of whether conditions have altered since the place was founded . |
| 16 | Many Corydoras seen with damaged , shrunken barbels have suffered because the substrate was not regularly cleaned . |
| 17 | It is of course possible that he was wrong in his initial assumption — which would explain why he never expanded his ‘ proof ’ in his notes — but we have to remember that the man was a mathematical genius . |
| 18 | Pupils also need to recognise that the past was often very different from the present , and avoid the error of a " Flintstones " approach to history ( cavemen watching television , and so on ) . |
| 19 | Several readers have asked if the kick was correctly taken , and what would have been the decision if defending players not on the goal-line had prevented Brooke from scoring a try . |
| 20 | However , the British civil courts have ruled that the payment was unlawful and that the money was at all times the property of Guinness . |
| 21 | As we can not yet do all analyses on one sample , we have assumed that the mineralogy was similar to that of visually identical samples , which were indistinguishable from those reported previously from the same location ( finely intergrown siderite , Mg-calcite and iron sulphide ) . |
| 22 | Thus , the presence of solifluxion on a raised beach means that it must precede one glaciation , but this merely fixes its age as pre-last glaciation and gives no indication of how many glaciations have passed since the beach was formed . |
| 23 | One of the sourest ironies was to describe the system of independent prosecutors , to have the approval of our colleagues abroad for it , and then have to say that the system was under threat . |
| 24 | Hitherto its spokesmen have insisted that the affair was essentially one for East Germany to settle , albeit urging that West Germany must operate its embassies abroad ‘ in conformity with standard international practice ’ . |
| 25 | A debtor appears unable to pay a debt if the debt is payable immediately and either : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to pay the debt or to secure or compound for it to the satisfaction of the creditor , at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served and the demand has been neither complied with nor set aside ( s 268(1) ( a ) ) ; or ( ii ) execution or other enforcement action on a judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ( s 268(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 26 | A debtor has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay a debt if the debt is not immediately payable and : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to establish to the satisfaction of the creditor that there is a reasonable prospect that the debtor will be able to pay the debt when it falls due , ( ii ) at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served , and ( iii ) the demand has neither been complied with nor set aside ( s268(2) ) . |
| 27 | A petition can not be heard until at least fourteen days have elapsed since the petition was served on the debtor and the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement ( r 6.18(1) ) unless it appears that the debtor has absconded or the court thinks it a proper case for an expedited hearing , or the debtor consents ( r 6.18(2) ) . |
| 28 | Nonetheless the parties may stand or fall by the evidence as disclosed in their witness statements , although a witness will always be free to give evidence in relation to new matters which have arisen since the statement was served on the other party . |
| 29 | Investigations have established that the car was sold in Holywood on January 26 . |
| 30 | It may also be that policies and practices have changed since the survey was carried out , for example because of a change in political control . |