Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little or nothing escapes his eye and that makes any book he writes doubly valuable to the serious students of railway history . |
| 2 | If the foreign gene codes for a protein that is toxic to insects or which affects their metabolism , then the resultant recombinant virus may well be more pathogenic than the wild-type virus . |
| 3 | I mean she might suddenly find that she ca n't get the time off the hotel , or she changes her mind , I do n't know . |
| 4 | Everyone 's got their problems , and no-one knows what life 's been like for anyone else . |
| 5 | But of course if salaries go up evenly throughout a forty year lifespan and the Chairman is given a forty year lifespan which is quite or pension lifespan which is quite a suitable one , if salaries go up and someone leaves their company every ten years , then the first three departures are obviously going to be at much lower salary levels and it 's not going to be satisfactory the first three departures are just index linked to inflation , there is the problem of how does one index link them towards the final salary . |
| 6 | Rather than an archaeologist engaged in reconstitution of broken pictures , the enquirer is like the secretary to a historiographical commission which never meets , and which evolves its consensus through bilateral talks with an outsider . |
| 7 | To impose upon a man who , through natural causes , has been made ill to a certain extent , very grave injuries such as were sustained by this plaintiff and which reduces his capacity to bear natural ill health , is in my judgment more likely to increase than reduce damages . |
| 8 | I hope that the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) will , in the House this afternoon , condemn the antediluvian attitudes of the TGWU , which sponsors him , and which turns its back on help for the unemployed made available by the Government . |
| 9 | If they make too long a line in one direction , it will be corrected by a shorter line somewhere else , and the result will be some modification of the normal vision , which is a natural error in the vision of the artist , and which constitutes his style . ’ |
| 10 | In this he stated his loyalty to the ‘ Church of England , whose faith and government and worship are … free from the extremes of irreverence and superstition … and which I firmly believe to be a sound part of the Church universal ; and which teaches me charity to those who dissent from me ’ . |
| 11 | Last : a solid form of wood , plastic or metal on which a boot or shoe is built , and which gives its shape to the boot or shoe . |
| 12 | This is part of the life that we have created , and which gives us pleasure , support and autonomy . |
| 13 | From an attitude that is greedy for possessions , and particularly from house price inflation , which has put the price of houses beyond the reach of many young couples starting out on their life together , contributing directly to homelessness , and which has its root in the increased demand for homes from family breakdown . |
| 14 | It 's as if the initial prophylactic use was enough to salve any consciences , enough to make everyone think , ‘ Well , we 've done our bit ’ , and nobody mentions their absence second time around . |
| 15 | This is demonstrated by such statements as : ‘ you pays your money and you takes your pick ’ . |
| 16 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 17 | When it comes to the state of mental health services , you ‘ pays your money and you takes your choice ’ . |
| 18 | These are these wonderful arguments where you pays your money and you takes your choice . |
| 19 | And actually they 've got two miniature scores in the library , one of which said it was in E flat , and the other one said it was in C minor , so you pays your money and you takes your choice , erm |
| 20 | ‘ And who decides which suyo will grow what ? ’ |
| 21 | It will determine who forms a government on Friday and who governs our country for five years , ’ said Mr Major . |
| 22 | Thus Sya , who announces that ‘ one who believes in war believes in God ’ and who beats his sister with a khaki belt , is an inflexible symbol of a militaristic ethos . |
| 23 | He it is who plans what his people will do , and who instructs their general . |
| 24 | A great deal depends upon the arrival of the Maid from Norway and who secures her hand in marriage . |
| 25 | It should be within the competence of everyone of moderate ability who has worked properly and who directs his mind to what he is being asked . |
| 26 | fairground giant with whom Doctor Marigold becomes friendly and who draws his attention to the deaf-mute whom Sophy eventually marries . |
| 27 | And who knows what creep will be waiting on the roadside to accompany them . |
| 28 | Overlook secession in Yugoslavia and who knows what precedent this might set . |
| 29 | We do have a money adviser erm specifically who works with erm tenants who are in rent arrears and who gives them advice on handling their financial problems . |
| 30 | She does work seventeen to nineteen hours here a week and she takes her work home . |