Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [indef pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Gettier argued that they show the tripartite account to be insufficient ; it is possible for someone not to know even when all the three clauses are satisfied .
2 I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while .
3 His voice was low , too low for anyone else to hear , but it 's tone was biting .
4 The IBOA fundamentally disagrees with this course of action as the clarification document which resulted from the Labour Court Recommendation 13601 clearly indicates times for opening from 10.00a.m. to 4.00p.m. uninterrupted with one late opening day .
5 The researcher is little different from anyone else joining a new group and trying to be accepted by them .
6 Such a reaction is closely analogous to one frequently observed among baboons and other primates .
7 Some women are financially dependent on other members of the family and so may be dependent on someone else to pay their Poll Tax bill .
8 It can nevertheless be seen as a kind of charade whereby societies have in the past been held together but which , as a charade , is replaceable by something not involving the pretence element .
9 Polygon and EUP staff work alongside one another in the press 's four-storey Georgian offices , effectively open-plan through everyone habitually leaving the doors of their small rooms open .
10 The persons solicited in this way reacted with annoyance , perhaps indicating that they supposed that they were being solicited for the purposes of prostitution ( the magistrates having found as a fact that ‘ it would be impossible for anyone so touted or solicited without enquiry to appreciate the purpose of the solicitation , and that a solicitation for this purpose in the circumstances of time and place was such an affront that it might provoke a breach of the peace . ’ )
11 He is content for everyone else to have their say first , though his everyday associates and friends respect his views too much to let him get away with that too often .
12 Conflict over designation is symptomatic of something already referred to in this chapter — the transformation of the city from a locale of production to one of consumption-reproduction .
13 In these languages , the fourth person refers to ‘ a person or thing distinct from one already referred to by a third person form ’ .
14 The law , similar to one already introduced in Estonia , has angered many thousands of Russians who have moved into the republic in recent years .
15 Indeed , it is not unusual for someone recently retired ( and perhaps looking forward to it ) to find themselves coping with sharply increasing dependency of their parents and unable to enjoy the period of active leisure which they were anticipating .
16 Peter was famous for nothing besides denying the Lord and putting his foot in his mouth up to the kneecap on several occasions , but he was chosen .
17 ‘ I 'm not sure about anything any mow .
18 But I do n't consider it really music ; it 's not music because anybody could take those words and learn how to say them and it would sound just as good with anybody else saying them .
19 She had always sworn that her private life would take second place to her career until she had established herself , that she would never become involved with anyone remotely connected with racing , and fortunately temptation had rarely come her way .
20 I 'm stuck for something else to do at this minute , so I might as well listen . ’
21 Because no one can know at this stage what those conditions might be , it would be unwise for anyone now to decide irrevocably to take that decision at a future date .
22 yeah it is local so I 'll still be coming to the group , I mean it 's erm , going , I mean erm just bear that in mind I might need sort of some help with coordinating cards and things , and erm , particularly if we do opt into the campaign , er it might be advisable for somebody else to do it , or at least sort of give me assistance .
23 Or do you feel comfortable making decisions about where you 're investing your money , or would you be happy for somebody else to do it ?
24 ‘ But when you feel perfectly happy with something why change it ?
25 However , how many times have you seen your ball deviate off course at the last moment due to someone not repairing their pitch mark ?
26 ‘ We rejoice that our brother has passed through the valley and is in the everlasting arms of the Saviour ’ might mean something to a Christian but it is difficult for anyone else to understand .
27 Why they should think this , it is difficult for anybody else to understand , but it is a traditional belief among union leaders .
28 As a result , we would no longer be able to use the concepts of material things in the way we normally use them and the question whether something observed on one occasion is identical with something else observed on a different occasion would not even arise .
29 Astron also carries a Russian X-ray detector , identical to one now flying on the manned Salyut 7 space station .
30 Now , as the bloke said there , the only way you can do that with people coming in from the outside is that British Gas have got to keep pushing their prices up to make it worthwhile for somebody else to come in .
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