Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Predation experiments showed that when presented with a school of fry of mixed sizes , predators ate smaller fry more often than larger fry . |
| 32 | It would suggest that when faced with a choice between a case which rests on constitutional theories about limited government derived from a ‘ higher law ’ which controlled what government could legitimately do , and a case which rested on actual practices of government bolstered by actual law , the jury preferred the theory of what the constitution ought to be to the practice of what it is . |
| 33 | Firms might hold such stocks so that when faced with an unexpectedly high level of demand they can meet it without recourse to a sharp and possibly very costly increase in production . |
| 34 | He noticed that when viewed with a camera obscura the image of the sun was too large but this enlargement was not explained by existing theory . |
| 35 | The local doctors believed that when undertaken by the child 's mother it could have positive effects but fundamentalists like the magistrate insisted that any such teaching was morally wrong . |
| 36 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc and its partner Sony Corp has developed a more highly integrated device for use in CT2 cordless telephones : the Sunnyvale , California company says that the Am79C410 controller integrates virtually all the baseband circuitry of a digital cordless telephone on a single chip and that when combined with a radio frequency front-end , the CT2 PhoX controller offers manufacturers a complete CT2-standard cordless telephone system with minimal engineering effort , and claims that it will enable manufacturers to offer telephones with greater portability , lower power consumption , lower cost and superior sound quality ; sample quantities of the new controller are available now ; no price given . |
| 37 | This volcanic cloud could have warmed the upper atmosphere in the tropical latitudes and blotted out the differences in temperature between surface and upper air that when combined with the effects of the earth 's rotation , cause the trade winds . |
| 38 | Given the fact that the temporal relation between means and end is clearly one of before to after , and the fact that when used with an infinitive how denotes the means and the infinitive the end , our hypothesis leads us to predict that to should be found after how . |
| 39 | It was inevitable that when confronted with the initial chaos the Trust 's staff concentrated on dealing with trees which blocked roads and drives or which posed a threat to the safety of people or buildings . |
| 40 | The abduction and murder of 2 year old , James Bulger , she says , underlines the importance , whenever possible , of not letting youngsters out of your sight and ensuring they know that when confronted by a stranger they 're allowed to scream and shout as loud as they like . |
| 41 | He was sure that when confronted by the letter Nicola would have told her husband to get lost . |
| 42 | They will include : ( i ) modification of share rights ; ( ii ) acquisitions or disposals of shares or substantial parts of the business or its assets ; ( iii ) changes in the Memorandum or Articles of Association ; ( iv ) changes to the auditors , bankers , or the accounting reference date ; ( v ) resolutions to wind up the company ( or a subsidiary ) ; ( vi ) payment of dividends or other distributions other than as provided in the Articles of Association ; ( vii ) changes in issued or authorised share capital ; ( viii ) contracts or arrangements by the company with any of the directors ; ( ix ) changes in borrowing powers ; ( x ) changes to the nature of the business ; ( xi ) guarantees or indemnities provided by the company ; ( xii ) limits on capital expenditure ; ( xiii ) creation of mortgages or charges over any of the company 's assets . |
| 43 | Suicide or self-injury , wilful self-exposure to peril ( except in an attempt to save human life ) , the influence of drugs ( except as prescribed by a registered medical practitioner other than for treatment of drug addiction ) or alcohol , or the person insured engaging in , during the period of holiday or journey , wintersports , mountaineering , racing ( other than on foot ) or other hazardous adventure . |
| 44 | Regulations made under this section must not delegate to one or more members of the licensing board , or to officials or other persons , except as authorised by the Act , any responsibility which must be exercised by the licensing board at any of their meetings . |
| 45 | ‘ Except as provided by the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act — ( a ) no person who under or for the purposes of this Act receives information relating to the business or other affairs of any person ; and ( b ) no person who obtains any such information directly or indirectly from a person who has received it as aforesaid , shall disclose the information without the consent of the person to whom it relates and ( if different ) the person from whom it was received as aforesaid . |
| 46 | He was never more present than in this act ; never more comprehending of himself than when buried in the other sex . |
| 47 | They can also be extremely awkward , never more so than when loaded with the needle-tips of a yucca or the sharks teeth of an agave . |
| 48 | Close inspection of the data showed that the context effects were due to inhibition : when preceded by an anomalous context , words took an average of 110 milliseconds longer to identify than when preceded by a row of Xs . |
| 49 | Meetings are to be held otherwise when and where determined by the trustee ( r 6.153(1) ) . |
| 50 | finally , local councils were to be formed for each former borough , urban district or parish council area in the new unitary authorities , and where wanted in the metropolitan areas . |
| 51 | However , the Provincials are certainly not out of the frame by an means and although beaten by the PGL , must not be under-rated in any department by the high flying NIBA side . |
| 52 | And although restricted by a virus , the Glaswegian-born centre-forward has only found the target twice this season . |
| 53 | WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently . |
| 54 | Mr Kallisher said Green was assisted by his knowledge as a CPS solicitor to construct his own defence and although arrested for the murder he was released on 3 November and not rearrested until 14 November , 1991 . |
| 55 | Sceptical doubts about objectivity make good sense within a practice ; there are objectively correct answers to questions how to go on , and if challenged in a particular case , we can support our choice by appeal to the rule ( 'Why did you write 20,002 ? ’ 'Because you told me to go on adding 2' ) . |
| 56 | There are some natural phenomena which we generally explain in terms of the workings of their parts , and if asked for a more detailed account , we discuss the relations between smaller and smaller parts . |
| 57 | An extract from the gland is white in colour , but there " will presently appear a pleasant light green colour ; and if placed in the sun it will change into the following colours : light green , deep green , full sea green , watchet blue , purplish red , very-deep purple red " ( Cole , 1685 , quoted by Baker , 1974 ) . |
| 58 | Formulations of definitive tests are always dangerous , but it seems to me that , without claiming to expound an exhaustive guide , the following provides a satisfactory working test for whether , in any given case , a covenant touches and concerns the land : ( 1 ) the covenant benefits only the reversioner for the time being , and if separated from the reversion ceases to be of benefit to the covenantee ; ( 2 ) the covenant affects the nature , quality , mode of user or value of the land of the reversioner ; ( 3 ) the covenant is not expressed to be personal ( that is to say neither being given only to a specific reversioner nor in respect of the obligations only of a specific tenant ) ; ( 4 ) the fact that a covenant is to pay a sum of money will not prevent it from touching and concerning the land so long as the three foregoing conditions are satisfied and the covenant is connected with something to be done on , or to in relation to the land . |
| 59 | According to the Prudential , the average dad puts in 20 hours a week working in and around the home , and if employed through an agency , his weekly bill would be £244 . |
| 60 | Always suffering with a nasal catarrh ; pressing pain in the root of the nose with a chronic catarrh and if exposed to the cold the discharge dries up and a headache begins , ( like in Kali Carbonicum ) , often starting with dim vision . |