Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A starting point for this exercise was to look at the courses due for validation or review in 1993 . |
| 2 | Children who tend to be irritable , moody , difficult to manage , and emotional about changes or frustrated will generally react with the most disturbance to the birth . |
| 3 | His discussion is based mainly on the results of field experiments , and he concludes that spiders are limited in numbers by food supplies , yet do not compete with each for food or limit the population sizes of their prey . |
| 4 | We carry the memory of childhood like a photo in a locket , fierce and possessive for pain or calm ; everybody 's past is inviolate , separate , sacrosanct , our heads are different countries with no maps or dictionaries , people walk vast deserts of grief or inhabit walled gardens of joy . |
| 5 | Telephone Leo Kersley on 24995 or Michael Branwell on 639170 for information or write to 17 Old Orchard , Harlow . |
| 6 | But Prince has floated free of grassroots or use value , and ascended to an aristocratic , aerial domain of licence and luxury — where he 's instigated a promiscuous chaos of stylistic miscegenation . |
| 7 | Goff thought none looked fully relaxed or wholly free of shyness or worry , even though it was really Minton , who played the grand seigneur , who was racked by doubts , anxieties and self-pity . |
| 8 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 9 | For medical treatment they and their children depended upon the Poor Law or , mainly in the cities , medical charities , or upon the charity of doctors , some of whom treated poor families free of charge or ran medical clubs of their own to which poorer patients could make small contributions . |
| 10 | Although the bulk of candidates may continue to be those whose aim is to complete a full HNC or HND course , many , who are interested in retraining or improving their skill level in a specific area , might welcome the opportunity to study for just one or two HN Units . |
| 11 | Those who were particularly interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues ( any issues ! ) as the main themes being stressed by the parties , but the level of predictability was low . |
| 12 | Those who were interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues as the main themes being stressed by the parties . |
| 13 | When they were wet from rain or swimming in the oceans , the light might catch on some deep oil in them and they would glimmer shadowy rainbows of colour , like oil spills on a road . |
| 14 | Often referred to as the oyster plant because of its taste , salsify can be eaten raw in salads or cooked . |
| 15 | No Yugoslavs who have come into the hands of Allied Troops will be returned direct to Yugoslavia or handed over to Yugoslav Tps against their will . |
| 16 | Pesticides , for example , can be directly harmful to people or have dangerous side-effects . |
| 17 | Certainly , you should make it clear by words or conduct that you are exercising your right to treat yourself as having been dismissed . |
| 18 | I went to the er conference that we had at Stokewatchford , which together with er , John , er my Vice Chairman er on Europe , the other week , and there is so much mythology , er , that has been dispensed by people who are half-hearted towards Europe or got a vested interest in no has not been committed to Europe , and and they use this , and in fact the classic example was , that , one of our own Lincolnshire M P's claimed that he had saved , Lincolnshire 's from the ravages of Europe . |
| 19 | In order to conform with SSAP9 , most companies include a note in their annual accounts to the effect that : ’ The individual parcels of freehold land held for development are valued at the lower of cost or estimated net realisable value . |
| 20 | Similar proposals continued to be made in various forms in the second half of the century , though none was elaborated in as much detail as that of Saint-Pierre or attracted as much attention . |
| 21 | It is also a free choice option to all other students on the Course fulfilling the role of , say , a relevant introduction to economics for those on business and management fields such as tourism or catering management , or a liberal studies option for humanities and science students . |
| 22 | Some , such as peat and chopped straw , were of less value than others with long fibres , such as cotton or cellulose waste . |
| 23 | Entries provide address , phone number and and service offered and ( most usefully ) the restorer 's qualifications if any , and are arranged geographically under the relevant speciality such as furniture or works on paper . |
| 24 | Following Griffiths , the Korner Report ( 1984 ) recommended that district budgets should be linked to specialties such as X-rays or operating theatres . |
| 25 | " Retention " connotes a positive act such as concealment or misleading the police : Kanwar [ 1982 ] 2 All ER 528 . |
| 26 | Control nervous gestures such as foot-tapping or twisting your fingers together . |
| 27 | Although this amendment would not apply to any method other than dumping ( such as penetrometers or drilled emplacement ) , it would form an unwelcome precedent for those who look to the ocean as a solution to their problems of managing waste . |
| 28 | Water lying in pipes can change in character and pick up metals such as copper or lead , so that it is not representative of the bulk supply . |
| 29 | Should the ENP carry out the nursing care/treatment of all her patients , or should she delegate some of this work ( such as dressings or plastering ) to other nurses ? |
| 30 | Remaining with the research theme , the Government has commissioned a review of the DTI 's five research centres ( including the National Engineering Laboratory in East Kilbride ) to look at options such as privatisation or franchising . |