Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [v-ing] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite those difficulties , it is still easier than proving that the expert has made a " mistake " of sufficient gravity to invalidate the decision . |
| 2 | It is important to realize that this state of affairs is only temporary and that sex may become even more exciting and rewarding once the menopause has passed . |
| 3 | The circuit judge translated this as implying that the ‘ greater stress and pressure ’ of an arrest made a confession more likely . |
| 4 | Lord Wilberforce read this as meaning that the GLC could not exercise its powers ‘ unless and until ’ the LTE had carried out its duty . |
| 5 | The seventh IAEA inspection team arrived in Baghdad on Oct. 11 , led by Demetrios Perricos , who was quoted in Baghdad on Oct. 22 as saying that the government had , for the first time , admitted research into nuclear weapons . |
| 6 | To suggest we should ignore such a sign is as irrational as saying that the blue-black line which appears on the gums due to chronic lead poisoning is of no significance because it does n't cause any pain or discomfort . |
| 7 | What could be more devastating than discovering that the one man you relied on has blown your world apart ? |
| 8 | Minimising — admitting that one or two staff members drink a bit or perhaps use a bit of cannabis or maybe occasionally get into trouble with the consequences of drinking too much but insisting that the Company has more important problems to deal with and that it is not the Company rule nor responsibility to deal with these problems . |
| 9 | The Algerian League for Defence of Human Rights ( LADDH ) was quoted on Nov. 7 as alleging that the security forces were using torture against detainees . |
| 10 | Advanced root etching is shown in Fig. 1.11A , where the root marks are so extensive and overlapping that the individual marks are hard to distinguish and the whole bone appears to have been chemically corroded ( which of course it has ) . |
| 11 | It is both unfortunate and revealing that the solutions suggested by Wilding are managerial in perspective — with more planning and more control seen as the crucial ameliorative requirements . |
| 12 | Her garments were so large and flowing that a man could have pleasured her while she was waiting at a bus-stop and no one would have been any the wiser . |
| 13 | He was glad to return from Siam in 1907 when he started consulting again , covering topics as diverse as sherardizing and the manufacture of composition billiard balls . |
| 14 | ‘ But even that is not as hard as recognising that the sum of human misery has probably been increased by what we did , incredible though that would have seemed to us then . ’ |
| 15 | A White House spokesman was quoted on July 21 as saying that the current stand-off between Iraq and the UN was " about as serious as any we have faced " . |
| 16 | It is cheaper than telephoning and a lot of the time it works . |
| 17 | At the age of 76 and realising that the lifetime of the next Parliament would take him into his eighties , he has decided to make way for a younger man . |
| 18 | Iranian diplomats denied any rivalry , but a Turkish diplomat was quoted by the Independent of Feb. 18 as saying that the Iranians were " clearly wanting to appear as leading " and that this was " the source of some irritation " in Turkey . |
| 19 | Mohamed Sahnoun , the UN Secretary-General 's special representative , was quoted on Sept. 4 as saying that the famine , in which relief agencies had estimated that 1,500,000 people faced death , was in fact far worse than had been realised . |
| 20 | The functionalist method which he so strenuously championed amounted , in fact , to little more than acknowledging that every custom or institution , however strange and bizarre , served some contemporary purpose . |
| 21 | He had only danced with her once , a fast number that involved a lot of flashy twirling and spinning and no holding at all . |
| 22 | A coupling rein broke loose and thinking that the coach was about to crash , the plaintiff jumped out and broke his leg . |
| 23 | Project Leaders are responsible for co-ordinating the Compact and ensuring that the schools ' needs are met . |
| 24 | This book is about the transcendent worlds but some of the ideas of the philosophers of old are so noble and inspiring that the emotions they arouse are of the peak experience . |
| 25 | President Joseph Momoh was quoted on April 6 as stating that the army had done no more than pursue rebels across the frontier . |
| 26 | The Commonwealth Secretary-General , Chief Emeka Anyaoku , was quoted on April 6 as saying that the South African government 's promises would have to be turned into concrete action before economic sanctions against South Africa could be lifted . |
| 27 | Ivan Boiko , was cited in Rossiiskaya gazeta of Oct. 29 as saying that the Directorate had been established at Yeltsin 's suggestion . |
| 28 | That while recognising that the men have had a real grievance in that some firms have employed an unfair proportion of young girls at apprentice wages , or nearly so , we women regard it as a great injustice that one of the main skilled industries open to Edinburgh women should be closed against them . |
| 29 | There 's nothing worse than learning that an act has been signed somewhere else and you never even got a chance to hear them . |
| 30 | There 's nothing worse than learning that an act has been signed somewhere else and you never even got a chance to hear them |