Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] or [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Oxfordshire residents who are registered unemployed or retired the fees are waived for part-time associate study , and from 1988 — 89 part-time degree students will pay only half ( £24 ) the normal rate per credit . |
| 2 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 3 | People seeing anything suspicious should dial 999 or call the anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789321 . |
| 4 | Well would you rather do that or have a conservatory ? |
| 5 | If it is clear that a listed building is being neglected and is in urgent need of repair , and the owner has no plans to remedy this or to sell the property , the next stage is simple . |
| 6 | Many people these days have a rather negative concept of health in that they tend to look on it as a state in which one does not feel ill or has no pain — in other words , a state of absence of illness . |
| 7 | Perhaps you would like to help ; please do not feel maudlin or offer a vicarious prayer . |
| 8 | The Okapi '86 procedure would be improved by the use of an exception list containing words which can not safely be made singular or have an " ing " ending removed ( " rights " " housing " " painting " ) . |
| 9 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
| 10 | I just think it 's sick that , if the three of us got ill or had an accident right now , we 'd be broke . |
| 11 | All that was required then was for one of these tormentors to fall ill or suffer a sudden accident and the old ‘ witch ’ was to blame . |
| 12 | The beauty of it is that while nut everyone can become Black or become a woman , anyone can join the ‘ real people ’ . |
| 13 | It is further submitted that , as Parliament has intervened by the Act of 1976 in the matter of pre-natal injuries to unborn children , it should be left to Parliament to effect any further change in the law that may be thought necessary or to develop the law from where it was left by the Divisional Court in Ireland in Walker 's case . |
| 14 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
| 15 | It is the kind of job that can easily be made to seem glamorous or tempt the power-mad . |
| 16 | The truth is that my women friends really would n't feel much better if they were 19 going on 20 , 29 approaching 30 or nudging the big Four-O . |
| 17 | More importantly , with so many instructions to follow , it 's easy to miss one or to make a mistake . |
| 18 | Pinot Blanc wines in Champagne have more body than the Chardonnay and a greater alcoholic potential , but they lack finesse and usually remain neutral or possess a slightly earthy taste . |
| 19 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 20 | Sometimes close friendships can go wrong or get a bit hurtful . |
| 21 | JIT and FMS developments , for example , may go hand in hand or in sequence , and either development may stand alone or precede the other . |
| 22 | Call FREE or complete the coupon . |
| 23 | I thought she might have been taken ill or had a fall or something . ’ |
| 24 | Wine was decanted against the flame of a candle , and pouring would be stopped as soon as the wine started to get cloudy or showed the first signs of deposit . |
| 25 | Do you need to think big or to pay a lot of attention to detail ? |
| 26 | Among the issues raised by this case were how the court was to go about deciding exactly what powers Parliament had intended to give to the GLC in relation to London Transport ; whether the GLC owed a duty to its ratepayers not to spend the rates on large subsidies for travellers ; whether the GLC was entitled to implement its cheap fares policy just because it had been a major issue in the recent GLC elections ; the extent to which central government ought to control local authority spending ; whether and to what extent public transport ought to be treated as a public service or , on the other hand , as a business which has to break even or make a profit . |
| 27 | Any gang member who regularly fails to break even or achieve a surplus would be laid off . |
| 28 | The tactic used by the Commission for passing the Single European Act was to present it to the member states as if it were the only thing on offer : either take this or leave the Community . |
| 29 | But er , I never heard of them if they did and er , I mean I , I used to involve meself not in politics or anything like that is the last thing I ever thought of involving meself in but er , I did er , sort er , well being on the milk round you used to see the people in , because they come to door to bring a jug you see and you , you talk to people and you know they were , er were sensible and they were , were should I say soft or had no er conversation at all like , you know . |
| 30 | He does n't mean that he wants to become mature or to quell the beast within or anything else comfortable to the understanding . |