Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb base] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kerr deplores the invasion of privacy in small houses , where visitors rub shoulders with the tradespeople , where the sounds of the scullery can be heard in the dining-room , where the kitchen can hear what goes on in the drawing-room , and the dresser or cooking-range may be seen in the kitchen . |
| 2 | Usually , where subsidiaries have shares in issue which are not held by another company in the group they are reported in the consolidated financial statements within minority interests but in some cases they are required by the [ draft ] FRS to be reported within liabilities , that is , as debt . |
| 3 | Maxwell & Kennedy make chocolates for grown-ups . |
| 4 | Where firms maximise profits in uncompetitive conditions the effect is that consumers are denied goods which they would have been willing to buy at the competitive market price . |
| 5 | Spades , scoops and spoons of different size , shape or colour give opportunities for comparisons . |
| 6 | Spades , scoops , spoons of different size , shape or colour give opportunities for comparisons . |
| 7 | Families of dolls or puppets provide children with the opportunity for much free imaginative play . |
| 8 | One of the more engaging aspects of this artist 's work is its cheerful , slightly perverse fantasy , where satyrs hitch rides on the back of coaches and nudes swimming in eighteenth-century fountains are menaced by long-necked swans . |
| 9 | These problems include failure to standardise the definition of hypertension and diabetes , the use of either IV or V Korotkoff phases for diastolic blood pressure and a failure to take account of obesity or differentiate between the types of diabetes . |
| 10 | If you , your relations or friends bring children into the wildlife garden , remember that many berries are poisonous . |
| 11 | Bernard Comrie also points out that where languages mark degrees of animacy by means of case inflections , as is done in Slavonic languages , gender is sometimes a relevant factor distin-guishing high from lower degrees of animacy — that is , women may be designated as of ‘ lower animacy ’ than men . |
| 12 | Where pipes turn corners with elbows or bends , do n't put them hard up against a wall . |
| 13 | It is perhaps appropriate to stress again that where playwrights require pages of dialogue to explain every factor in the development of the plot , to create a changing atmosphere and to show how the actions affect the actors in the play , dancers can communicate whole passages of dialogue in a few expressive gestures woven into enchaînements . |
| 14 | Where claims involve losses in these areas during the winter period stated , they should be carefully checked to see if the clause has been complied with . |
| 15 | Where Arrowanas leave tyre-tracks among the giraffes |
| 16 | Indeed , the argument is often advanced that mergers bring benefits through reducing costs of production because of the attainment of economies of scale . |
| 17 | Indeed the Lord Chancellor 's Department figures draw attention to the fact that solicitors make mistakes in court documentation and evinces the hope that improvements can be made in this respect . |
| 18 | These Regulations are designed to ensure that employers introduce arrangements for effective management of health and safety in which employees and safety representatives will have to play their part . ’ |
| 19 | It is only necessary , for the paradox to have its force , that an assertion that p provide grounds for believing ( rather than : express ) that the speaker believes that p . |
| 20 | It would mean that courts appoint teams of probation officers , drawn from a pool of accountants , lawyers , engineers , mechanics , chemists , physicists , management scientists , and so on , and selected to meet the requirements of each situation . |
| 21 | A more recent theory supposes that animal signals are mainly selfish , that animals give signals in order to manipulate other animals into doing things that benefit the signallers . |
| 22 | Demonstrate , in talking about stories and poems , that they are developing their abilities to use inference , deduction and previous reading experience , eg by recognising that authors provide clues about the outcome of their stories . |
| 23 | Consequently it is reasonable to suppose that decision-makers form judgements about the likelihood of controls being imposed and take action to mitigate their effects . |
| 24 | Again , the point of this is to suggest that words have possibilities beyond what their ‘ standard ’ definitions and common uses suggest . |
| 25 | Dunnachie said neither inspectors nor schools impose standards on the other . |
| 26 | One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) . |
| 27 | ‘ They 're very expensive to make , compared to game shows , so companies prefer things like Blind Date . |
| 28 | In a welcome change of emphasis , a senior official of the Bank of England suggested on June lst that banks explore ways of shifting property assets into more enthusiastic hands , securitising them where possible . |
| 29 | What this means is that telephones utilise variations in electrical current to mirror what is being fed into them , in this case the human voice . |
| 30 | Under the uniform business rate , the rate in the pound that businesses pay stays in line with inflation and never rises faster than inflation . |