Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( See table 12.1 ) The Democrat President Carter had great difficulty in getting even his most basic requests through a Congress controlled during 1977–80 by 2:1 Democratic majorities , a failure that was put down to Carter 's unwillingness and/or inability to bargain and deal with members of Congress . |
| 2 | I usually sit in and watch telly or play sounds until she comes round and then we go out together . |
| 3 | Thus , a man may have sexual relations other than vaginal or anal intercourse with his mother , daughter , grand-daughter or sister provided that she is over 16 and provided she gives her consent in the legal sense of the term . |
| 4 | Once a direction has been made it is the responsibility of the person conducting the examination or assessment to ensure that a child of sufficient understanding does in fact consent . |
| 5 | Sausalito , California-based design automation specialist Autodesk Inc , which has its UK base in Guildford , Surrey , has entered the home computer market with the launch of a new range of computer-aided design modules for Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts , interior and exterior designers as well as small business home renovation contractors : ‘ The Home Series ’ comprises four modules — one for designing landscapes , one for bathrooms , one for kitchens , and one for general home improvements ; the software was released in the US 18 months ago , and into Australia and the Benelux countries between six and nine months ago , but is now available in the UK via Solihull , West Midlands-based distributor , Force 2 International Ltd , at £60 per module including value-added tax ; the decision to release into the UK was taken after research from Banner & Co indicated that the UK home computer market was growing 25% per year , and a study by market research company , Jordans , indicated that the UK DIY market was growing at an average 3% ; according to marketing communications manager Karen Hiscock , ‘ the time was right ’ because people now want to do more with their personal computers than just play games or use the things as word processors . |
| 6 | Smithers & Co calculates that the trend growth of real GNP in the decade before the oil shock of 1974 was nearly 9% a year . |
| 7 | There would be a couple of quick scenes of frenzied activity and then they would cut to a grand finale of Mickey Rooney & Co singing and dancing their way across a barn miraculously transformed into a splendid stage . |
| 8 | Organic manure might be animal or vegetable derived although both are difficult to obtain in quantity in a modern society . |
| 9 | The bailor warrants that he has the right to transfer possession for the period of the bailment , and that the bailee will enjoy quiet possession for the period of the bailment except so far as possession is disturbed by the owner or other person entitled to the benefit of any charge or encumbrance disclosed or known to the bailee before the contract was made . |
| 10 | Thrips or thunder flies as they are sometimes called because of their tendency to fly in clouds when thunder threatens — are minute midge-like flies that like to get into buds just as the bud scales ( sepals ) are opening and lay their eggs there . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) If he knew that the writing or printing contained or referred to conditions , he is bound . |
| 12 | Names like Menzies , Hawthorns , Mortons , Crans and Ramage & Ferguson to name but a few . |
| 13 | Telephone VISA or MasterCard accepted or order through any good bookshop . |
| 14 | Present Position : Managing Director , J. Pringle & Sons Casting and General Engineering . |
| 15 | It makes the British attitude to planemaking — make it commercial or defence oriented and make it pay PDQ — look plain shortsighted and stupid . |
| 16 | Clearly , fact and fiction become intermingled in such a process , but , as Chapter 4 points out , the idea that ‘ treatment equals methadone ’ developed at this time in Wirral , as did native knowledge concerning which agency or GP did or did not prescribe methadone . |
| 17 | All orders or judgments to do or abstain from doing any act must generally be personally served ( Ord 29 , r 1(2) ) , but there are exceptions ( Ord 29 , r 1(6) and ( 7 ) ) . |
| 18 | ‘ If there 's any difficulty , Eileen , or advantage taken because you used to know them , we 'll sack the lot and get a completely new staff . |
| 19 | Second , the only way of avoiding this presumption of responsibility is for the defendant to prove either ( a ) that the driving , accident or damage occurred before he took the car , or ( b ) that he was neither in , on or near the vehicle when that driving , accident or damage occurred . |
| 20 | Proceedings must be commenced within three years of when the injury or damage occurred or , if the injury , etc. , was not discovered until later , within three years of when the plaintiff became aware of the injury or damage . |
| 21 | Furthermore , the Child Abduction Act 1984 makes it an offence for any parent or guardian to take or send a child out of the United Kingdom without the consent of any other person who is a parent or guardian of the child . |
| 22 | Mr Wood said : ‘ Or experience indicates that the national feeling of doom and gloom in residential property ownership is clearly not appropriate in our region . ’ |
| 23 | Poor leadership might also lead to conflict , with the goals of individuals or groups diverging and at odds with each other . |
| 24 | The source of these conflicts was the differing measures of willingness or otherwise of individuals or groups to suppress and control the inborn tendencies to satisfy the evolutionary appetites . |
| 25 | We have considered various analyses of the kind of criteria that enable individuals or groups to judge whether one theory is better than a rival , or whether or not a particular body of knowledge is scientific . |
| 26 | Some of these girls whose families have come from rural areas in Azad Kashmir or Mirpur feel that their parents allow them to go to school only because in Britain it would be illegal for them to remain at home . |
| 27 | Junctions which are initially SX create more disturbance , are transformed to either XS or XX puckers and push the facing junction in the direction of smaller ε-ζ values ( between 26° and -12° ) . |
| 28 | Most companies will adopt a positive approach to site investigations and use standard forms or check-lists to ensure that no stone is left unturned in investigating every aspect of the site . |
| 29 | The conclusion on the whole matter seems to be that trustees , albeit only the representatives of ulterior beneficial interests , are assessable generally in respect of the trust income under Rule 1 of the Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D ; but that — just because they represent those beneficial interests they may have a good answer to a particular assessment , as regards some share or part of the income assessed , on the ground that such share or part arises or accrues beneficially to a cestui que trust in whose hands it is not liable to Income Tax , e.g. a foreigner under Case V , Rules 1 and 3 . |
| 30 | A member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and , on a poll , to vote instead of him . |