Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere . |
| 2 | What they did not foresee was that people got the impression they were going to be crushed or trampled underfoot and , though the 30,000 portions of pie were eaten , many people opted to stay away . |
| 3 | ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch . |
| 4 | Nothing that has been painted or varnished recently should be allowed in , nor should cosmetics , cleaning materials or any of the other items mentioned in Table 3 . |
| 5 | In the case of the exclusive language of traditional hymns , it is better that congregations be helped to respect and accept such hymns as coming from a former age than that they be either inappropriately altered or abandoned altogether . |
| 6 | When any diagram becomes inaccurate it must be altered or thrown away . |
| 7 | Statements about the state of the world , or some part of it , can be justified or established as true in a direct way by an unprejudiced observer 's use of his senses . |
| 8 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
| 9 | But this indeterminacy should not , and ultimately can not , be hidden or brought together under a single overarching account . |
| 10 | Athelstan remembered Foreman 's words — how the lady who had visited his shop had bought a poison which could not be traced or smelt yet would stop the heart . |
| 11 | Most important of all , it could decide whether Japan 's monetary policy will be eased or kept tight . |
| 12 | ( 12 ) Any notice required to be given under this Article by the Company to a Member or by a Member to the Company shall be given or served either personally or by sending it by first class post to the registered office of the Company or , as the case may be , to the registered address of the Member or ( if he has no registered address within the United Kingdom ) to the address , if any , within the United Kingdom supplied by him to the Company for the giving of notice to him . |
| 13 | ( 12 ) Any notice required to be given under this Article by the Company to a Member or by a Member to the Company shall be given or served either personally or by sending it by first class post to the registered office of the Company or , as the case may be , to the registered address of the Member or ( if he has no registered address within the United Kingdom ) to the address , if any , within the United Kingdom supplied by him to the Company for the giving of notice to him . |
| 14 | Either party may give written notice to the other of a change of address , and after notice of such change has been served and received , any notice , document or request given or served thereafter shall be given to or served upon such party at such changed address . |
| 15 | Money is often telexed or cabled abroad , or nowadays ‘ sent ’ via computer systems known as SWIFT . |
| 16 | In the absence of consent of all parties , or an express term in the lease , an arbitrator can not order a dispute referred to arbitration to be heard or determined together with another dispute involving a stranger , even though the two disputes are closely related , and a consolidated hearing would be convenient ( Oxford Shipping Co Ltd v Nippon Yusen Kaisha [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 835 ) . |
| 17 | All I had heard or read before was the usual superficial assumption that the disease was a matter of slimming which had somehow or other ( no one ever said how ) got out of hand . |
| 18 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 19 | In the opinion of most ministers , however , the next election , like past ones , will be won or lost primarily in the pockets of the people . |
| 20 | However , they should not be over-used or applied anywhere near the face . |
| 21 | During the second half of the sixteenth century , hundreds of medieval sculptures and carved images of saints were destroyed or removed , the colourful wall-paintings which had decorated most churches were whitewashed , stained glass was shattered or taken away , and the rood lofts which had held up the great crucifixes and figures of the Virgin Mary and St John were pulled down . |
| 22 | 7.5.2 When the circumstances contemplated in clause 7.5.1 arise the Rent [ and Service Charge ] or a fair proportion of the Rent [ and Service Charge ] according to the nature and the extent of the damage sustained shall cease to be payable until the Premises or the Retained Parts or the damaged parts of either of them shall have been rebuilt or reinstated so that the Premises or the affected part are made fit for occupation or use [ or until the expiration of [ 3 ] years from the destruction or damage whichever period is the shorter ] [ ( the amount of such proportion and the period during which the Rent [ and Service Charge ] shall cease to be payable to be determined by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator ) or ( any dispute as to such proportion or the period during which the Rent [ and Service Charge ] shall cease to be payable to be determined in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1950 to 1979 by an arbitrator to be appointed by agreement between the parties or in default by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors upon the application of either party ) ] This provision should always be amended to include reference not only to the premises but also to the building of which the premises form part in the event that the premises do not stand alone . |
| 23 | 7.6.5 If upon the expiry of a period of [ 3 ] years commencing on the date of the damage or destruction the Premises and the Retained Parts have not been rebuilt or reinstated so that the Premises are fit for the Tenant 's occupation and use either party may by notice served at any time within [ 6 ] months of the expiry of such period invoke the provisions of clause 7.6.6 |
| 24 | Even so , this does not preclude the possibility that whole verses were varied or fabricated later , or associated by the saga writers , who sometimes misunderstood this material , with the wrong poet and/or wrong leader . |
| 25 | No books left lying about , no newspapers scattered or folded untidily on a table , no dirty cups or glasses . |
| 26 | If not it should be modified or abandoned right away , before valuable time is wasted . |
| 27 | They found that Confluence is a language-cum-posture , and that meanings of words can be radically modified or altered entirely by the stance assumed by the speaker . |
| 28 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 29 | The inner cities no longer respond , because the communities have dissolved or become permanently disfigured . |
| 30 | According to the law , legal proceedings in cases involving a three-year or two-year prison sentence would be dropped or stayed respectively ; valid sentences would be remitted ; and sentences for serious crimes would be lowered ( including the abolition of capital punishment in favour of a 25-year prison sentence ) . |