Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Most students start with vague objectives or change direction quite fundamentally during their first year so that a wider range of courses is required including some broadly-based and some of a more specialized nature .
2 Usually the field trip is still an episodic visit to somewhere else , geographically to another culture from which the analyst can take leave or bring visitors too .
3 Not only was he unable to play with his father , put on loud music or bring friends home , he also became aware of an emotional gap which meant that he could never raise the topics of girls or male friends .
4 You can get cross infection or push inflammation deeper into the tissues , resulting in scarring .
5 After that , the dust will begin to settle and you must settle your differences , too , since you will need all the support you can muster to make your mark at work or make life more financially secure .
6 Where possible , cover the main floor area in one sheet , or make joins well away from main traffic areas .
7 It is not about how to achieve better discipline , or make maths more interesting , or organize the filing cabinet in which you try to keep track of the GCSE coursework .
8 Bureaus do not sell services to citizens or raise taxes directly .
9 One in three youngsters could not write two simple sentences with correct punctuation or add or subtract numbers under 10 in their heads .
10 The court may order instalment payments ( s 71(1) ( b ) of the 1984 Act ) or suspend payment altogether ( s 71(2) ) .
11 Drill or melt holes all round the bottom of the canister .
12 Kill flies with a swat or fly papers rather than aerosol or chemical fly traps .
13 Hire of bait or fly rod only 75p .
14 On 12 July 1330 , during the last months of their rule , the perambulations made during the reigns of Edward I and Edward 11 were ordered to be observed in every particular , and the Forest officers in Shropshire were forbidden to take any action against the owners of lands within the disafforested districts who had taken the deer or cut timber there .
15 It is compounded by the fact that later in the game Strach also tires and can not pressurise his full-back , or cover Kelly so well .
16 Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is considering constructing optical communications networks as public projects , in recognition that competition has made companies such as Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp less willing to invest heavily in construction — NTT and other common carriers would be permitted to operate the networks , which the Ministry hopes would be used for broadcasting too .
17 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp still out-invests the New Common Carriers by a considerable margin however : $16,480m total investment compared with $3,672m in total by all New Common Carriers .
18 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp now says that it will spend more than $17,200m — that 's what it translates to — a year to connect every home and office in Japan to its fibre-optic Integrated Services Digital Network by the year 2015 ; it started on the network in 1985 .
19 Bake , roast , grill or fry meats slowly , without any added fat .
20 ( If you did not use application forms or receive c.v.s then refer also to the basic list of questions , p. 100 . )
21 A parent can grant additional privileges ( provided the parent has the additional privileges himself ) or rescind privileges previously granted to a descendant at any time .
22 On the strength of this case , Lord Denning has argued , extra-judicially , that " if newspapers or television receive or obtain information fairly from a reliable and responsible source , which it is in the public interest that the public should know , then there is a qualified privilege to publish it .
23 Perhaps she lacked confidence to find a job outside the house or manage contraception efficiently .
24 I must say this was n't a problem for anyone here and I would hope that moving the string ferrule does n't affect the brightness or jangle factor overmuch .
25 DO watch the screen while you type or give commands so that if something goes wrong you can correct it as soon as possible ( eg using Esc ape , U ndo )
26 You do n't have to leap in and pass judgement or give advice immediately .
27 Peter did not read the newspapers , nor listen to the radio or watch television much ; he read books or played his games .
28 In addition to providing a much needed resource you want to enhance the school 's reputation , gain publicity , strengthen the school 's identity or link parents more closely to the school .
29 Can we be sure that doctors will not continue to force treatment on a patient who has said ‘ Enough ’ , yet not cease treatment or hasten death too soon ?
30 This means that the professionals who teach or train candidates also assess them .
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