Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deciding for oneself what to do causes anxiety , exhaustion , or involves costs in time or resources the avoidance of which by following authority does not have significant drawbacks , and is therefore justified . |
| 2 | If your business regularly makes or receives payments in foreign currencies , or wishes to borrow in anticipation of receiving payments from abroad , you may find it convenient and cost-effective to open foreign currency bank accounts . |
| 3 | Second , if the intermediary merely signs the customer agreement on behalf of the client or receives notifications on his behalf , and the client is the customer name , the client will be a direct customer in any event . |
| 4 | Enhancements include IBM LU 6.2 connectivity , which allows Top End applications to interoperate with CICS or IMS-based MVS applications , support for Microsoft Corp Windows Dynamic Link Library and OS/2 , remote login clients , improved routing/load balancing and throughput optimisation which automatically adds or subtracts copies of an application to meet demand . |
| 5 | If the constant clock frequency is set too high the motor is unable to accelerate the load inertia to the corresponding stepping rate and the system either fails to operate at all or loses steps at the start of its travel . |
| 6 | I see no cause for alarm unless it does it during the day , or shows signs of sickness . |
| 7 | If the fish ceases to feed or shows signs of distress I would recommend you to seek the advice of your vet concerning antibiotics . |
| 8 | Notwithstanding , it is an ideal volume for a bright 12–14-year-old , especially one who is ( or shows signs of being ) addicted to computers . |
| 9 | An important question with implications for some translation-related activities such as abridging , expanding , or any form of rewriting which introduces or deletes gaps between a certain item and its subsequent mention in a text is this : how long can an element be assumed to remain in the addressee 's consciousness ? |
| 10 | Where judgment is given for a sum which exceeds £200 and represents or includes damages in respect of personal injuries , or in respect of a person 's death , the court must include in that sum interest on those damages or on such part of them as the court considers appropriate , unless the court is satisfied that there are special reasons why no interest should be given ( ibid , s 69 ) . |
| 11 | A similar duty to notify exists where a local authority varies or suspends arrangements for contact between the child and any person which are made voluntarily and not under a s34 contact order . |
| 12 | Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) . |
| 13 | Not one of us begins life feeling angry or frustrated , no one as an infant is dissatisfied or lacks feelings of self worth . |
| 14 | Wrapped up in it , like a cosy cocoon , she rolls around the stage , or strews parts of it across the floor only to sink to her knees in the middle of the pile . |
| 15 | The British Museum Press launched its Prometheus award in 1991 with the aim of encouraging young scholars to produce work which crosses disciplinary boundaries or examines events over a wide time scale . |
| 16 | Or chucks cartons of orange juice . |
| 17 | They are numerous and complex and include , dealing as a principal , unless as a dealer who regularly buys or sells or solicits members of the public to do so ; dealing between companies in a group or participators in a joint enterprise or entered into by one member of a group or joint enterprise on behalf of another ; transactions entered into in connection with a sale or goods or services , eg. financial packages offered by exporters including some element of investment ; activities in connection with employees ' share schemes . |
| 18 | In Stage 1 of the project the DCSL recommends or nominates schools for inclusion in the project team 's selection process for each " wave " . |
| 19 | ( ‘ TVB ’ ) which makes or acquires films in various Chinese dialects . |
| 20 | Pete designs some of his own gates , like this imaginative entrance that plays tricks with perspective . |
| 21 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 22 | Overlooking the village green , in a pretty conservation village , this fine Victorian house has a half-acre garden , two greenhouses ( one has a vine that produces heaps of succulent black grapes ) , a sunken-terraced garden with lily pond and an affectionate three-legged cat . |
| 23 | Excess is insidious because at the time it seems a bonus but later on it can be an expense that diverts resources from development areas . |
| 24 | A filter question is one that diverts respondents past a question sequence if it is irrelevant to them . |
| 25 | You will need a watch that records seconds for this . |
| 26 | Victim Support , our Charity of the Year 1992 ( patron , HRH The Princess Royal ) , is an independent charity that offers victims of crime everything from practical advice to a shoulder to cry on . |
| 27 | Now the business that supplies products for use on structures from bridges to oil rigs has launched Ecotech alternatives to mainstream coatings that form the basis of its standard range . |
| 28 | Mac 's Caterers of Blaydon , a sandwich firm that supplies outlets between Ashington and Darlington , has spent almost £50,000 fitting out an industrial unit with a refrigerated production line . |
| 29 | It is called fear — massive , overwhelming , paralytic fear that turns legs to jelly , hands to castanets , and hearts to pumping turbines . |
| 30 | First of those is SAS EIS , an executive information system that turns numbers into graphs and simple pictures . |