Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Language provides the vehicle for this , and the syntax and content of the recall or response tell us much about the way the individual thinks and remembers . |
| 2 | They have used them already to build communal tents , to extrude life-lines guiding them over plants , or ropes to let themselves down from one twig to another . |
| 3 | Neither needed the masculine camaraderie of club or golf course , pub or grouse moor which so many of their colleagues found necessary to solace or sustain their over-busy lives . |
| 4 | But some of the new philosophers and freethinkers — Voltaire ( 1694–1778 ) , for example — go the whole hog and , particularly in Catholic France , where anticlericalism spurs it on , atheism takes root . |
| 5 | It is a risky policy merely to ignore really aggressive behaviour , simply to let children or teenagers fight it out to the finish . |
| 6 | Where Eva went she often followed , to outings , functions , Shakespearean plays . |
| 7 | What books or articles do I already know that address my main question ? |
| 8 | In addition to the barristers in practice , a considerable number have used the Bar as a stepping stone or crutch leading them on to other things . |
| 9 | The pressures to be either Black or lesbian make it very difficult and confusing to develop being Black and lesbian . |
| 10 | As a child it 's your parents or friends or teachers , and in old age it 's helpers or carers to see you through . ’ |
| 11 | If you are not too bothered erm , if you do n't know a priori where the break comes , you can just split the sample size in half and just estimate erm an equation for each , not less , you wo n't but the computer will , if you just specify half the sample size , right , and when it asks for the number of observations failure or Chow tests you just press the return key and it will use all the remaining observations , right , but when you are doing the empirical work you should always test for structural stability , right , and er either of Chow 's tests will , will suffice , right , but if you 've got a very small stock sample where there are fewer observations than there are parameters to be estimated you will have to use Chow 's second test failure . |
| 12 | Put the woodlice in a small plastic box , bottle or tube to carry them home , then set them free in the pot . |
| 13 | You will find that out as you arrange the information or evidence to back it up . |
| 14 | Does the sight of Major , Kinnock or Ashdown make you instantly reach for your remote control ? |
| 15 | The Type II model may lead to inequity between health care groups since large amounts of a health authority 's budget would be compulsorily diverted to those areas where patients are more mobile and where providers find it most profitable to supply services , i.e. mainly elective surgery . |
| 16 | On the other hand , Type II systems would appear to allow little scope for equity between groups since large amounts of a health authority 's budget would be compulsorily diverted to those areas where patients are more mobile and where providers find it most profitable to supply services , that is mainly elective surgery . |
| 17 | ‘ Some chap or other told me once , ’ Artemis 's father suddenly said , ‘ that somebody or other discovered America before Columbus or whoever it was who did , but decided it was best to keep it under his hat . ’ |
| 18 | I mean , my concern here is that if you 've got a procedure that 's got nine points in it , and effectively we 're going to go through one , two , three , five of those nine points and say either this does not apply to access or access does it differently . |
| 19 | W & V bowl them over |
| 20 | The Rank Organisation 's policy defines exceptional cases as those where ‘ the recruit 's seniority , special skills , experience or qualifications make it particularly desirable to offer him employment and it appears improbable that he will accept unless a contribution is made towards his relocation expenses ’ . |
| 21 | Or people order them together , yeah ? |
| 22 | A crumb of chocolate stuck to her lip , where Coffin watched it slowly melt as he spoke to her . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got to get rid of this man before Sister or Robins finds him here . |
| 24 | It is the action of a player too limited in skill or sense to do anything else . |
| 25 | At the time it seemed senselessly cruel , but it often proved justifiable in the end : some girls who married Englishmen or Americans found themselves very unhappy in their new life , and eventually returned to Italy . |
| 26 | Aspects of class , race , or nationalism passed them by , though this was less true of another distinguished author , Margaret Drabble . |
| 27 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 28 | More often the remains will be very slight , but most villages would formerly have had farms or cottages occupying what today are often grassy paddocks in gaps along the streets . |
| 29 | Any artist 's choice of media is often a practical one ; when working outside , it is difficult to manage large-scale work , and gouache or oil lend themselves well to the immediacy and vibrancy of an outdoor setting . |
| 30 | If you really want to make an impression , decorate a basket or box to parcel them in . |