Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who comes or goes in these rooms is my business , not yours ! ’ |
| 2 | Distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , should all be given their ordinary meanings . |
| 3 | " A person is guilty of an offence it he ( a ) uses towards another person , threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign … which is threatening , abusive or insulting … with intent to cause another to believe that immediate violence will be used … or to provoke ( such ) violence . |
| 4 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 5 | In this sense the neutralisation of a distinct country or region would be intended to lead to its withdrawal from the contest of interests between the Great Powers , at least in the military sphere , and would require assurances or guarantees from these powers to this effect . |
| 6 | The country was divided into shires , themselves composed of units known as hundreds ( or wapentakes in some areas ) . |
| 7 | I mean , everybody round here just stands or sits on those bar stools . |
| 8 | I want at the end erm , Chairman to give you my views of what is meant by er , an integrated and balanced community because I think that 's that 's quite important , but before I do that , I 'd like to mop up one or two er points right at the end in response to some of the contributions that have been made , and I 'll deal with them , Wincup , Curtis , Brook , er and Thomas , if that 's acceptable er to you , and really as far as Mr Wincup is concerned , he 's quite properly raised the issue of procedural issues about how the Greater York authorities is going to address moving towards er an agreed location , and quite clearly I 've got to reaffirm again that the County Council will want to look at both the greenbelt local plan report and your panel report before er it moves erm er forward or looks at any conclusions it may be moving to in the light of those er in the light of those reports , and quite clearly , as we all know , there are a number of options . |
| 9 | In a bid to combat this , some companies are devising ways to identify their goods as genuine — for example , with security stickers or holograms like those on bank and credit cards . |
| 10 | This same invincible figure has been held responsible for some blunder , or has for some other reason fallen out of favour with his employers , leaves the house where he came to fame and is never heard of again . |
| 11 | Are the CML and the SML substitutes or complements to each other ? |
| 12 | If the bomb also twists or spins at all , the skin gets drawn into a tail , forming a spindle bomb . |
| 13 | Anyone who organizes or participates in these festivals is a traitor to Islam and the Iranian nation , " he declared . |
| 14 | In the USA , for example , there is co-operation and co-ordination at all levels up to national level , but the widespread library instruction activity probably determines or allows for this . |
| 15 | If any members or students have any thoughts or concerns on this matter , please let me have these , so that I can voice the thoughts of the B.I.E. at future meetings of this committee . |
| 16 | Whether one agrees or disagrees with this contention is immaterial . |
| 17 | This assumes that the affected person makes IgE antibodies to the synthetic chemical concerned ( see p 25 ) , or responds with some other inappropriate and damaging immune reaction . |
| 18 | a person commits an offence if , for payment or not , he knowingly exposes or delivers to another person who has not consented to receive it any item which , on the ground that matter contained or embodied in it — ( a ) is concerned with human or animal sexuality , or ( b ) depicts violence or cruelty , or ( c ) is gruesome or disgusting , may , if taken as a whole , be expected to outrage the majority of persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear it . |
| 19 | Direct commercial influences are clearly involved where the corporation closes excess capacity in a particular product , or withdraws from that market entirely . |
| 20 | Their behaviour is quite like that of our common shag , but they have a different diving motion , slipping under the water more in the manner of divers or grebes without any of the upward jump of our birds . |
| 21 | The age at which the woman first marries or enters into another type of conjugal union circumscribes childbearing . |
| 22 | We need not worry about families or superfamilies in this book , but classes often correspond to everyday groups of animals . |
| 23 | The public is entitled to know what has been paid for public assets ; there can be no ifs or buts about that . |
| 24 | It stands or falls on this one event . |
| 25 | This is within the range of diumal temperature change in many hot deserts and precipitation will occur as the temperature rises or falls across this value . |
| 26 | They had to wear masks or veils on such occasions to prevent their recognizing each other . |
| 27 | Section 1 covers all forms of spying making it an offence if any person , for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the state : ( a ) approaches , inspects … enters any prohibited place ; or ( b ) makes any sketch , plan , model or note which … might be useful to the enemy : or ( c ) obtains or communicates to any other person any information … calculated or intended to be , or which might be useful to the enemy . |
| 28 | I I 've got a paper somewhere that refers to this business , I do n't know where . |
| 29 | You must be well acquainted with the materials of Part 2 in order to answer trainees ' questions but be careful not to provide information that goes beyond that given above ; try to amplify rather than extend the information . |
| 30 | You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations . |