Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a bankrupt has been discharged , whether automatically or as a result of an application to the court , the court must on the request of the bankrupt issue him with a certificate of discharge , and the bankrupt may also require the Secretary of State to gazette and/or advertise in any newspaper in which the bankruptcy was advertised a notice of the discharge ( r 6.220 ) . |
| 2 | 1.3 Neither nor any of its subsidiaries , officers , agents or employees shall directly or indirectly seek customers , establish branches , maintain distribution depots or promote or sell in any way the Licensed Software in the Agreed Territories during the continuance of this Agreement . |
| 3 | threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour or distribute or display to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , namely … which is threatening abusive or insulting , |
| 4 | ‘ threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour or distribute or display to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , namely … which is threatening , abusive or insulting ’ The phrases mean the same as under the old Section 5 Public Order Act 1936 . |
| 5 | ‘ threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour or distribute or display to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , namely … which is threatening , abusive or insulting ’ The type of actions used by the offender should be explained in the witness statement(s) . |
| 6 | By s.24 goods are stolen for the purposes of handling if any one or four conditions is fulfilled : ( a ) they have been stolen contrary to s.1 ; ( b ) they have been obtained by deception contrary to s.15 ; ( c ) they have been obtained by blackmail contrary to s.21 ; ( d ) they have been subject to an act done in a foreign country which was both a crime in that country and had it occurred in England , would have been theft , obtaining by deception , or blackmail in this country . |
| 7 | Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason . |
| 8 | There are social norms within each culture as to the distance people stand or sit from each other . |
| 9 | The term ‘ lost continents ’ invokes two quite separate phenomena , which are often muddled through ignorance or deceit by those seeking to ‘ prove ’ the one-time existence of Atlantis and the rest . |
| 10 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 11 | Competition for this prize is based on submission of an essay , paper or review on some aspect of analytical spectroscopy suitable for publication in the RSC 's Analytical Proceedings . |
| 12 | Sadly he deteriorated very quickly until he could no longer care for himself or communicate in any understandable way . |
| 13 | Under this system prisoners could work together and use the same dormitories , but they were forbidden to speak to one another or communicate in any other way ; they were , therefore , under constant close surveillance day and night . |
| 14 | Add to or subtract from this list according to the needs and activities of your particular organisation . |
| 15 | ‘ I can just imagine , ’ she murmured , ‘ that when midnight strikes it will come to life and walk or dance on those twisted roots . |
| 16 | John was not universally popular with his new colleagues any more than he had been at the Wells ; his ambition aroused suspicion , scorn , envy or fear in some , and his sense of fun ( including a rather observant line in mimicry ) left barbs in some of its victims . |
| 17 | They were open , and , nodding up to Ben , she said , ‘ I 've never felt any guilt or regret over that . |
| 18 | If two people meet socially , face to face , sooner or later one of them will speak , or acknowledge in some way the presence of the other — even if it 's only a nod . |
| 19 | An expert can be liable in contract or tort to both the parties who have referred an issue to him for decision : see 14.514.11 . |
| 20 | Contestants who have finished relax with a drink or cheer on those struggling up the last stretch , some of them grasping frantically at disintegrating bales of straw . |
| 21 | ‘ There is no Gook or Kraut or Nip for this war ’ , he writes , ‘ and the only Iraqi jokes I 've heard have been on the telephone from back home ’ . |
| 22 | I wonder if that 's everyone 's experience ? , would , would any one agree or , or disagree with that ? , |
| 23 | You can agree with that , or disagree with that or whatever , but that 's part of the defence being made here by erm . |
| 24 | I knew the clubhouse well from my amateur days and I quickly turned left , went through the main lounge ( to the horror of one member who recognised me not as a former amateur golfer but as a caddie , God dammit ) , through the back of the already busy bar and through the goods entrance , or exit in this case . |
| 25 | ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Act , no person shall , except during the permitted hours : ( a ) sell or supply to any person in any licensed premises , or licensed canteen , or in the premises of a registered club any alcoholic liquor to be consumed either on or off the premises , or consume in , or take from , any such premises any alcoholic liquor . |
| 26 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 27 | And I have these inklings that what you commit or endure in this world , relates to some kind of system of justice or balance . |
| 28 | The pickup is a bridge-mounted active piezo type , controlled by a 3-band EQ , with treble , mid and bass sliders providing a considerable amount of cut or boost to each frequency . |
| 29 | Abstracting the references to intention from the section , it can be reconstructed to read that a person is guilty if he uses language or conduct towards another person that is threatening , abusive or insulting in circumstances : |
| 30 | He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification . |