Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mr Delors claims that ‘ binding procedures ’ do not break the principle of ‘ subsidiarity ’ — the idea that decisions should be taken at EC level only when it makes sense to do so . |
| 32 | So the pragmatist judge will behave like Earl in Elmer 's case only if he has an indirect , noble-lie reason for pretending that legislative intentions are relevant . |
| 33 | Twist the wire round the foot so that it sits tightly , forming a protective coil around the tubular feet . |
| 34 | It takes aim , compensating for the way that light bends as it passes from water to air and squirts a jet of drops , knocking the insect from its foothold so that it falls into the water and can be eaten . |
| 35 | Institutional care is one part of a complex range of provision ; while it is right to reduce reliance upon it because of its toxic effects ( which are determined by the quality of care provided and not size alone : Huxley , 1991b ) it must be wrong to remove it altogether or reduce its scale or critical mass so that it ceases to be able to perform those functions which other services can not . |
| 36 | There 's a li he puts a light on and it lights it up down the , a long way down . |
| 37 | If I do n't put that light on and he comes in and puts the light on , I wake up just like that . |
| 38 | And likes your light on when it goes to bed . |
| 39 | And also can you put Rebecca 's tracksuit on cos she 's got quite a grubby frock on , so you might as well put her jogsuit on as well . |
| 40 | We do n't pressurise the horse so that it gets more and more upset : remember , it will remember ! |
| 41 | Trim the top large piece on one side so that it slopes to join with the first small piece , and trim the very top small piece in the same way . |
| 42 | She 'll stay with me while I swim , then we 'll take a cup of tea together before she goes — ’ |
| 43 | Trim the sponge so that it fits snugly into the base . |
| 44 | There 's sort of brushes under the car so when it goes round it sweeps and washes the floor at the same time . |
| 45 | These little blocks are positioned along the length of the pickup so that one lies directly under each string — or at least they should in theory . |
| 46 | The student is given the opportunity either of broadening his areas of study so that he learns some of the principles and methods of several disciplines or of concentrating on the narrower range in order to become a specialist after suitable experience , training or further study . |
| 47 | Place this on the very top of the roof so that it bends over on each side . |
| 48 | It 's tempting , when fitting a permanent substitute for the battery , to rewire the existing on-off switch so that it operates on the mains supply to the transformer primary . |
| 49 | Tighten the wheel down until it touches the pipe |
| 50 | Cytosolic PKC is inactive and can phosphorylate protein only after it has been translocated to the membrane . |
| 51 | But suppose that the creditor accepts the debtor 's old car in satisfaction of a debt of £2,000 , protesting that he would much rather have the cash and eventually taking the car only because there seems to be no hope of anything better . |
| 52 | Secondly , there is a temptation to attach a diagnostic label to each condition so that it fits neatly on the problem list . |
| 53 | Hence the procedure for converting an equation so that it becomes valid in accelerating frames can be expressed pithily as : ‘ replace commas by semicolons ’ . |
| 54 | These days , if you imagine a young man 's sexual exploration , he works from the outside in and encounters women 's underwear long before he comes anywhere near the female body itself . |
| 55 | he takes a tape in and he records |
| 56 | This does not mean that a member can claim not to be bound by a rule merely because he has not bought a rulebook or not read it properly . |
| 57 | This is because physical science can be superior as a method of investigation and scholarship only if it has something to be superior to . |
| 58 | Again , the main technique is of modifying the structure of the face-to-face interview so that it comes to resemble , in certain respects , a conversation . |
| 59 | But I will say this , it 's a great deal better than it looks from the outside . ’ |
| 60 | Press the strip around the inside of the tin so that it fits neatly into the square or loaf tin . |