Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vendor may not be willing to agree to a retention particularly if the purchaser is unable to offer adequate security for the future payment or is unable to pay retention monies into a joint account pending receipt of the consents . |
| 2 | As Windeyer J. said in Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 , 143 : ‘ But there is no magic in a protest ; for a protest may accompany a voluntary payment or be absent from one compelled . ’ |
| 3 | It must relate directly to the facts in issue in a case or be relevant to those facts in that it tends to prove or disprove them in some way . |
| 4 | A landing strip was organised to provide emergency services for any of the aircraft that suffer damage or be short of fuel . |
| 5 | If you purchase Mozzarella at the supermarket , it may be in brine or be ready grated ; it is difficult to grate but melts more evenly if you make the effort . |
| 6 | But if selection positively encourages the change or is neutral to it , most or all the individuals in a population would gradually change from one phenotypic form to another . |
| 7 | The local manager came down , the provincial manager , and er made the award or was present when the award was made by the T U C C , and er a presentation was , took place on the platform , and er my wife and I had a weekend , we er we er , we had a weekend in er in York . |
| 8 | Thus contempt is wider than simply breach of any of Parliament 's privileges but can consist of any conduct which interferes with the workings of Parliament or is likely to bring Parliament or its members into disrepute . |
| 9 | More recent authority has however expressed the view that planning law is of a ‘ public character , ’ and that the courts should not introduce private law principles unless these are expressly authorised by parliament or are necessary to give effect to the legislative purpose . |
| 10 | That 's really the interpretation of extrovert and introvert and the fact that it can apply to you know being loud and gregarious as an extrovert or being quiet and keeps to himself as an introvert that 's more of a popular view which is n't the sort of thing we 're trying to put across . |
| 11 | Migrants who said they did not want to do another course or were unsure , generally said that they wanted to finish the current course before considering anything else . |
| 12 | According to the STV 's advocates votes are wasted if they do not contribute to a candidate 's election or are superfluous . |
| 13 | Sadie did not even know what play or being nice was . |
| 14 | In addition , variation in SRS will not reflect variation in LRS ( see Gadgil , 1972 ) if individuals that breed successfully show reduced success in future or are likely to cease breeding or die earlier than less successful breeders . |
| 15 | In exchange , homesteaders will pay a lower rent or be able to buy at a reduced price . |
| 16 | It is for broadcasting authorities to determine what constitutes the appropriate degree of impartiality , and they must not lose sight of their obligation not to include in their programmes matter which is likely to encourage or incite crime or be offensive to public feeling . |
| 17 | Reactions have varied — some were in favour of operating such a scheme , while others either doubted its feasibility or were unable to participate . |
| 18 | In order to obtain a conviction , it must be shown that the accused intends to use violence or is aware that his conduct may be violent . |
| 19 | At p. 332 it appears to be envisaged that it will depend upon the question whether the label switching was dishonest and coupled with the other elements of the offence of theft or was due to a perverted sense of humour . |
| 20 | In the recent House of Lords judgment in the aptly named Savage case , the court ruled that a person can be guilty of actual bodily harm regardless of whether she — in that case — intended any harm or was reckless about causing harm , so long as she intended the assault . |
| 21 | The prosecution are not obliged to prove that the defendant intended to cause some actual bodily harm or was reckless as to whether such harm would be caused . |
| 22 | If a third party has harmed the child , therefore , the statutory criteria will only be met if a reasonable parent would have acted to prevent the harm or was unable to do so because of his lack of control over the child . |
| 23 | And that is how it would remain , until such time as the people would be free to worship in their religion and be proud of their centuries-old heritage . |
| 24 | A basic attitude of empathy ( a ) to appreciate the power and attractiveness of religion and be able to get on the wavelength of religious people ; ( b ) to be aware in a meaningful way of the kind of experiences and arguments upon which religious people base their convictions ; ( c ) to learn fluency in the language of affirmation , both of others as people and of what is meaningful and important to them . |
| 25 | As we emptied our dustbins out we noticed another bin full of cold ravioli and bread left over from lunch ; the bread was mixed in with the garbage and was soggy from being in a dustbin of cold ravioli for two hours . |
| 26 | Northumbrian regnal tradition gave a reign of ten years to Eardwulf , who returned from exile and was acclaimed king of Northumbria on 14 May 796 and consecrated on 26 May at York by Archbishop Eanbald and the three Northumbrian bishops of Hexham , Whithorn and Lindisfarne ( ASC D , s.a 796 ) . |
| 27 | Both are produced by the Henry Doubleday Research Association and are available at £5.45 each from Chase Organics , Addlestone , Surrey KT15 1HY . |
| 28 | In 1870 he was elected president of the Medico-Psychological Association and was Goulstonian lecturer to the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 29 | Secondly , the research will assess the school-based experience and training that the students receive in teaching methods in order to determine the extent to which students have mastered an understanding of the nature and development of pupils ' historical thinking and are able to exemplify such understanding in their teaching styles . |
| 30 | Those very features of the written word which encourage awareness of language may also encourage awareness of one 's own thinking and be relevant to the development of intellectual self-control , with incalculable consequences for the development of kinds of thinking which are characteristic of logic , mathematics and the sciences . |