Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I listened but if it 's of no evidential value there is no point in listening because I 've got so much on my mind at that time erm to sort out that threat in there that I certainly ca n't recall what was exactly said or even along the lines of what was said . |
| 32 | Does this disposition discharge the debtor only from his liabilities at the time the will was made or also from interest accruing subsequently ? |
| 33 | Day 2 Chairs — The issue is do we record them when the purchase is made or only on delivery which is the next day . |
| 34 | [ Had I been more perceptive I might have noticed that even in the movies women were always the rancher 's daughter . ] |
| 35 | Have you noticed that most NDBs in the UK have frequencies that end with point five of a kHz — i.e. 350.5 , and maybe you have also noticed that almost without exception , the ADF receiver in light aircraft does not tune to these half kHz but only to whole numbers of kHz ? |
| 36 | This was welcomed by the head of the Open Software Foundation in Japan , Dr Rob Morel , who ventured that possibly the Foundation was better positioned than before as a ‘ truly independent standards organisation ’ . |
| 37 | As a union we 've successfully argued albeit belatedly at some times , that TUPE protects public sector workers in all cases of contracting out . |
| 38 | At the eleventh hour of the Summit , it was decided that instead of the United Kingdom ‘ opting-out ’ from the revised treaty provision on social policy , the other eleven would ‘ opt-in ’ for a separate protocol and agreement on social policy . |
| 39 | The researches of Robert Whiting into the impact of the official reformation on the people of Devon and Cornwall have revealed that even in this conservative part of the country , where attachment to Catholic ritual had been particularly strong , statues of the saints began to disappear from churches soon after their condemnation by the Henrician injunctions , and within a short space of time the wills of the laity contained fewer references to images or intercessory masses . |
| 40 | The belief has grown that somewhere in the urban jungles , there lurk the dangerous classes who will , if not closely surveyed and controlled , challenge the peace of the streets . |
| 41 | I was less moved than ever by M. Chaillot 's little lecture on his responsi-bilities to the public purse . |
| 42 | Fergus knew the stories ; he knew how it was whispered that once inside the Prison of Hostages no one ever returned to the world of Men , but to Fergus , who had led the Fiana from the age of eighteen , and who knew the secrets and the devices and the weaknesses of half the ancient fortresses in Ireland , no prison was ever sealed so utterly and so completely that there was not a way out of it . |
| 43 | It will , I think , be apparent from what I have said that even in the case of normal medical treatment I can not accept Mr. Munby 's proposition that the child 's decision should determine the matter . |
| 44 | He had said that just to be polite . |
| 45 | I 've said that before to men : ‘ Have you had a long enough look ? ’ |
| 46 | Erm and er oh yes , er no wait a minute I had and take two and started work as a booking clerk , I 've said that before at Needham Station when I was sixteen . |
| 47 | ( It must also be said that only about one in ten of the adult population in Britain in teetotal and it could be that at least some people in this group are unwell , rather than the other way round . ) |
| 48 | Optimists in the West have suggested that he was allowed to make acquisitions undisturbed because certain powerful figures recognised the importance of the work he was collecting ; others have said that only by keeping his activities entirely secret was he able to amass this extraordinary body of paintings . |
| 49 | Some reformers ( Kaldor , 1955 ; Meade , 1978 ; Pechman , 1980 ; Economist , 17 September 1983 ) have argued that instead of taxing an individual 's income , it would be better to tax his or her expenditure . |
| 50 | Another historian , Randolph Trumbach , has further argued that even by the late seventeenth century there was a growing stress amongst aristocratic families on romantic love in the establishment of marriage alliances , though this tended to favour sons rather than daughters , still valuable as makers of alliances between families . |
| 51 | Rather , if one considered the nineteen years of Jordanian rule to be an interruption in the physical integrity of Palestine , it could be argued that ever since the beginning of the century an increasing proportion of the agricultural labour force of the Palestinian uplands provided seasonal labour on the coastal plain for Jewish , Arab and other industrial and agricultural enterprises . |
| 52 | Indeed it could be argued that ever since the 1960s when inclusive charter holidays began to ‘ take-off ’ the United Kingdom industry has been in a continued state of flux . |
| 53 | It can thus be seen that both in this chapter and in the closely related one on adult education which follows , the Report addresses English professors and teaching staff not so much as professionals but as responsible public figures ; as socially concerned part-time and even voluntary preachers functioning to disseminate a national culture . |
| 54 | We have already seen that even within age cohorts women are more likely to experience poverty and low incomes . |
| 55 | ‘ I 've met that before with hippos , ’ he said . |
| 56 | From the comfort of the stand , it still felt very close , even at 14-0 , but not one scoring chance was missed until late in the second half and by that time the game was over . |
| 57 | The treaty lays down that a single currency will come into being by 1999 , but only if those convergence conditions are met and only for those countries which meet them . |
| 58 | Nevertheless , it was a first class talk , very well attended and well worth braving the rain and missing that fictional Victorian , Sherlock Holmes , on TV that night . |
| 59 | All the functions for children were well attended and much in demand . |
| 60 | We were then treated to a very detailed description of the work , done and yet to be done , by John Stowell , a BR signalling engineer who is in charge of P-way on the Llangollen railway . |