Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A job function might be regarded as essential if performance of the function is the reason the position exists at all ; or performance could only be re-distributed amongst a limited number of employees ; or the position has to be filled by someone with particular expertise or ability to perform what is a highly specialised function . |
| 2 | Either way , the word seems to suggest that it was their inability or refusal to suckle which was regarded as characteristic — a supposition exactly in line with my theory that they represent the masculine , aggressive , weaning mothers of early agriculture . |
| 3 | In fact , according to Austin there are more than a thousand of these acts which are performable in English , and unless the hearer or reader recognises which of these is being expressed by the utterances in question he or she has missed the point . |
| 4 | I want to be known for my driving , not as a society man or a lover or God knows what . ’ |
| 5 | Potentially the customer holds the strong cards at this stage of the discussion : the hotelier or restaurateur knows what his business problems are and knows what the computer system is going to have to achieve — and the potential buyer , who has thought this through before the supplier appears , is more likely to end up with the right system . |
| 6 | But once granted that we have adequate ground for interpreting people 's preferences as those of conscious beings , it is not clear why it should be denied that we have adequate clues as to whether they have pleasant or unpleasant experiences under various circumstances and for some judgements about the degree of the pleasure or pain involved which allow interpersonal comparisons . |
| 7 | To the layman , logic might seem to compel that acceptance by the State of a person as a female for one purpose or at one level would necessarily mean acceptance of the person as a female for all purposes , on the simple reasoning that acceptance means what it says . |
| 8 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 9 | Thinking and practice impose what has been called the ‘ sick role ’ ( Tuckett , 1976 ) on people with learning difficulties . |
| 10 | Another example of that , when a colleague of mine joined as a Trainee Manager , she was being shown round the branch by the Section and as they went , they were walking along she said oh this is the room and Susie thought , what 's it , a buff and she said that 's racking and Susie said what 's the overs racking . |
| 11 | Indeed in the Future of the Profession Report of 1970 , the text preceding a recommendation that the Institution have a structure of three chapters , stated , inter alia , that ‘ there is an historical nexus between land agency , general practice and building surveying which still validates the view that they are different applications of the same basic skills . ’ |
| 12 | I tell you something I was amazed at erm the reading book he appeared with , Fluff and Nip and goodness knows what that went out with the ark when I came out of college , I do n't know whether they 're all reading that or whether it 's just sort of found them and must of been just perhaps a one off or something , but , I was amazed |
| 13 | Okay , Jesus is the Son of God , poor old Joseph is just a kind of surrogate father erm , you know like a test-tube baby father actually test tube er is er is like you know er a complete surrogate father er for God erm they 're threatened by Herod so they have to flee to Egypt and er then they come back and eventually Jesus realizes who he is and after a long struggle with good and evil , temptation at the desert , crucifixion and God knows what , erm off he goes back to you know , sitting up there on the right hand of God saying you know I 'm the Son of God which he is , so Oedipus , Oedipus is expelled by his parents , there 's a prophecy he will murder his father and marry his mother , so they get rid of him , but he does n't die , he gets found by a shepherd , brought up by a shepherd . |
| 14 | What is transmitted is the plasticity and capacity to learn which are themselves ‘ given ’ by the genetic and developmental programmes of the organism . |
| 15 | ‘ Building operations ’ , for instance , include rebuilding operations , structural alterations of , or additions to , buildings and , somewhat curiously , ‘ other operations normally undertaken by a person carrying on business as a builder ’ ; but maintenance and improvement works which affect only the interior of the building or which do not materially affect the external appearance of the building are specifically excluded . |
| 16 | Tempers exploded at breakfast time after Rosemary and Carssier who had feuded for a month accidentally bumped into each other between two beds and their slanging match to violence when Rosemary shouted what you need is a man ! |
| 17 | Now on your hotel project it 's terribly easy for most more difficult for er the bit that Sarah tackled which was the er public access area , because she did n't have one room , one room , one room . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It is also useful to look at the bibliography or index to see what it includes and what it misses out . |
| 20 | At the close of a moot the judge or judges declare which counsel or side performed best ; he , she or they then go on to the next round . |
| 21 | The officer on a tidal river will be much more tolerant of pollution : one , for example , took a murky-looking sample of the discharge from a sand and gravel works which he described as ‘ a bit high ’ in suspended solids . |
| 22 | It is ideal for planning remedial work and helps identify which grammatical areas should be worked on . |
| 23 | In addition , we have our own Pavilion and sports field which is used by several local clubs for hockey and cricket matches . |
| 24 | These outputs take the form of personal attitude and intention to purchase which , if favourable , will lead to the purchase decision being made . |
| 25 | Manager Atkinson said : ‘ I thought QPR were having the better of the first half until Deano did what he 's good at — scoring a goal when there is not really anything on . |
| 26 | Matron thought the shock was making him talk gibberish but Endill understood what he was trying to say . |
| 27 | S.U. was to be encouraged , eliminating chains of assessment and decision making which had lain within the purview of the superintendent . |
| 28 | While it recognises that the Catholic community has a particular vision of Religious Education ( related to a wider catechesis and formation in faith ) the Commission urges that Religious Education teachers in Catholic Schools give due consideration to the benefits in terms of organisation , teaching methods , assessment and motivation to learn which are offered in the Religious and Moral Education Short Courses . |
| 29 | I goes you better get a tetanus cos God knows what Dempsey 's got . |
| 30 | It 's trial and error to decide which is the right one . |