Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening for the foot to halt and the steps to end there |
| 2 | THE operating theatre is designed for the patient to arrive and recuperate in the special recovery room in his own bed , instead of the more familiar method of patients being transferred via hard trolleys for an uncomfortable ride to and from theatres . |
| 3 | Indeed , to the extent that any such request may represent an unjustified use of scarce resources , it would be unethical for the doctor to comply or for the patient to insist that he does so . |
| 4 | She advises on skin care , particularly in relation to avoiding pressure sores , and may supply sheepskin heel muffs to protect the feet , and sheepskin squares for the patient to sit or lie on . |
| 5 | It can go on and on , soaking through boxes of tissues , seemingly having no end and making it quite impossible for the patient to speak or to say why he is crying . |
| 6 | A spokeswoman for the ministry said that it had seen a draft of the report earlier in the year and had felt that it had made ‘ inappropriate use ’ of the generalised derived limits . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the ministry confirmed that an outbreak of food poisoning in Bedworth in July had been traced back to the monastery . |
| 8 | This decision , coupled with Bank of Montreal v. Stuart [ 1911 ] A.C. 120 appears to apply an equitable principle that , in circumstances of influence or likely influence of the debtor husband over the surety wife , it is not enough for the creditor to show that the surety understood the import of the security document ; the surety must , in addition , have independent legal advice . |
| 9 | ‘ The minimum time for the lights to flash before a train appears is 30 seconds , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 10 | It is not , of course , enough for the landlord to say that he honestly believes that the house is fit and proper for safe habitation . |
| 11 | It is advisable for the precise extent of the centre to be readily identifiable and the tenant should take care to ensure that where there is a right for the landlord to extend or reduce the centre , such extension or reduction does not adversely affect the tenant 's use or occupation of the premises and that there is provision for any specific service charge percentages to be varied accordingly . |
| 12 | It would be for the jury to decide whether consent was present , applying its ‘ combined good sense , experience and knowledge of human nature and modern behaviour to all the relevant facts . ’ |
| 13 | In his summing-up , the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest . |
| 14 | THE MAN accused of stealing the memo which exposed Paddy Ashdown 's love affair was cleared yesterday — only for the jury to hear that he is a professional cat burglar . |
| 15 | The integrity of highly conserved region 2 is essential for the DNA binding and transcriptional regulatory functions of Vmw175 . |
| 16 | A spokesman for the station confirmed that the 27-year-old Anfieldborn DJ was meeting City FM chiefs . |
| 17 | By using the detachment technique during the course of the regression , it is possible for the hypnotherapist to ensure that you do not suffer in any way — if , for example , you are undergoing past-life regression and you came to a painful and untimely end in an earlier life . |
| 18 | It would be easy for the CAB to assume that people in need of advice and information who do not approach the CAB are served by other agencies . |
| 19 | The Romans did no have to wait for the Greeks to discover that they were mortals . |
| 20 | And the people that write for the Sun know that the readers of the Sun will read that if they have a headline like that . |
| 21 | We had such happy family holidays in the drizzle waiting for the sun to try and come out that it seemed churlish to spoil things with science . |
| 22 | ‘ Time is quickly running out for the army to show whether it is on the side of the people , ’ said the Bosnian Interior Minister , Mr Alija Delimustafic . |
| 23 | Clearly , it is far less problematic for the teachers involved if they each take full responsibility for separate groups of children and work independently — especially when their independence is underlined by physical separateness . |
| 24 | A spokesman for the DTI acknowledged that the department had been broadly aware of the situation at Leyland-DAF in September but insisted that news of the receivership had still come as a surprise . |
| 25 | That is a matter for the Inspector of Taxes or those responsible for the assessment to decide as to how they will deal with those matters . |
| 26 | A new home for the museum exhibits that are seldom seen . |
| 27 | You may need to make an advance payment ( the difference between the total cost of the three year hire for the vehicle selected and the amount of finance available from mobility supplement ) , but for smaller cars there may not be anything to pay . |
| 28 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 29 | The fixing of the amounts of compensation made it very difficult for the investors to refuse and it was aimed at defending the DTI from outright criticism as well as preventing public uproar , he said . |
| 30 | This right does not arise under the SGA where the contract provides for delivery in more than one consignment , since there has been no breach in respect of goods not yet delivered , however reasonable it is for the buyer to fear that there will be in the future . |