Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) The firm must indemnify every partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities incurred by him ( a ) In the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the firm ; or , ( b ) In or about anything necessarily done for the preservation of the business or property of the firm . |
| 2 | While these difficult categorizations , either in their most serious and sustained forms , or in their commonly received popular forms , retain or attempt to retain their position above society — above the historical socio-material process or the full , undelimited cultural process — they have to be seen not only as intellectually unsatisfactory but as , in themselves , disguised social processes . |
| 3 | Your pension can then normally be paid into a bank in the United Kingdom or to someone else authorised by you . |
| 4 | Similarly , he felt that part-time tutors were more likely to respond to advice from a professional tutor than from someone not involved on the teaching side . |
| 5 | So I did really enjoy reading this report , a well written report , and for me well received , and I offer my congratulations for it . |
| 6 | She may have a house to sell , or a tenancy to terminate , and she should be made aware of your willingness to help her with this , if she wishes , and with everything else connected with the move . |
| 7 | In the best run schools there is a clear cut agenda for the staff meeting with a tight timetable and with everyone well prepared for the business of the meeting . |
| 8 | A friend and I spread the maps out , moved the cats , and decided to pick off five Munros that form a horseshoe ridge culminating in Sgurr a' Mhaim , and including something ominously titled the Devil 's Ridge . |
| 9 | He must have learnt a great deal from Thomas May , and from him also acquired an enthusiasm for pottery , but he was quick to grasp the crucial principle that the changes in the form of some vessels was due to a chronological development , an idea that had eluded May , who never rose much above the level of that of ‘ an indefatigable draughtsman ’ , as his Antiquaries ' obituary rather dismissively calls him . |
| 10 | In my view he is the one player Beardsley apart ideally qualified to bring inspiration to a rejuvenated Rush and to anyone else brought in as partner or , in time , successor to the great Welshman . |
| 11 | I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Dispatch Box and to his newly appointed position . |
| 12 | But in its softly lit ballroom , scented by the adjacent conservatory , Grandcourt 's lethal contest with Gwendolen is begun . |
| 13 | The only sound in the night was the soft rustling of the trees in the night wind , but to their nervously attuned hearing even that carried a note of underlying menace , especially with the thought of the prowling killer pack uppermost in their minds . |
| 14 | RNA-like molecules , because of their negatively charged backbones , would tend to coat the outsides of clay particles . |
| 15 | In 1978 , it was decided to select ten small towns which , because of their beautifully preserved old quarters , ambience of arts and crafts , and situation away from the routine tourist tracks , would be a family unto themselves through their subtle relationship of styles , and give a cross-section of Swiss life of today and yesterday . |
| 16 | This poem , though in appearance and make-up is different from other Owen work it still carries the same anti-war message , but for me this poem is the best of his poems because of its subtly hidden anti-war message and meaningful ambiguity . |
| 17 | It is all the more so in the housing market because of its highly geared nature . |
| 18 | But he inspired awe not only because of his military resources , but also because of his lavishly spent wealth , his splendid building projects , the perception of his learning , the magnetism of his personality which brought him a following of other ecclesiastics . |
| 19 | Political observers felt , however , that difficulties could still arise with the USA , because of his publicly expressed view that Japan 's trade surplus was a " fundamentally insoluble problem " caused by unstoppable world demand for superior Japanese products , and would remain impervious to import tariffs or even major currency shifts . |
| 20 | Because of his fully integrated and flowing plans , his fitted furniture , and his stripped exteriors , Scott has often been seen as one of the fathers of Modernism . |