Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In districts where industrial crafts such as weaving or metalworking had been long established many families had a history of involvement in one or more of the local trades over several generations . |
| 2 | But is this so , even in a context , which we assume throughout , in which the parent or guardian has been fully informed and can make a rational decision ? |
| 3 | Where a temple , folly or grotto has been long abandoned and the roof has collapsed , bringing down the ceiling with it , a careful archaeological sift must be made through the debris . |
| 4 | ‘ The court shall not be bound to allow the appeal on the ground merely of misdirection , or of the improper admission or rejection of evidence , unless in the opinion of the court substantial wrong or miscarriage has been thereby occasioned . |
| 5 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 6 | It is by making use of this complexity of an extended observing participation I believe anthropology can edge beyond its contemporaries in the other social sciences , so that the ‘ thick description ’ which Geertz ( 1975 ) urged us to use , takes on the ‘ finer grain and detail ’ necessary for an anthropology at home ( MacDonald 1987 : 120 ) where access to the social group or community studied is readily available to any demand for analytic reassessment . |
| 7 | Each compact disc , cassette or record has been carefully chosen for the quality of its musical content and its recording . |
| 8 | Car owners needing their wheel or battery changed are now greeted by men clad in bright orange uniforms and natty caps . |
| 9 | The alternative strategy is to inform patients whether a given method of diagnosis or treatment has been properly tested for efficacy so that they can make an informed choice . |
| 10 | Parents may be motivated by the fact that a child whose father or mother smokes is far more likely to smoke too . |
| 11 | But this nettle was never grasped ; in the absence of a coherent national urban transport policy neither restraint nor reconstruction have been consistently practised and British cities have become used to ‘ muddling through ’ , without any clear idea of the goal they are trying to achieve . |
| 12 | It is usually conveniently overlooked that there was settlement in the area beforehand and that for most of man 's life on earth neither iron nor coal has been particularly important . |
| 13 | Well known as riff-writer extraordinaire and with a seemingly bottomless pit of catchy songs to draw from , Canadian Adams confides that his approach to songwriting and guitar playing is actually based upon a formula . |
| 14 | In reality , the changes may be positive for the staff , but they may be perceived as negative ( there is also the possibility that change will be negative and resistance to change is therefore a positive thing ) . |
| 15 | I salute the HKRFU ( whose own representative seven brought the house down in winning the Plate ) ; the sponsors , whose far-sightedness and faith has been amply rewarded ; and the participating unions — with the ‘ minnows ’ as important a part as the ‘ big fish ’ . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) To make " total loss " the only test of a condition is contrary to authority , for example , terms as to the time of shipment , delivery and payment have been traditionally regarded as conditions , irrespective of the fact that failure to comply with them does not always have serious consequences . |
| 17 | Over the centuries , the stories have been altered until the boundaries of fact and fiction have been irrevocably obscured but it is wrong to be too quickly dismissive when judging the sources of nursery rhymes or other traditional tales . |
| 18 | Planning permission for a new kitchen was eventually granted for the listed building , and the wall between the dining room and kitchen has been partially knocked through to create a greater feeling of space . |
| 19 | In recent years the role of knowledge in discourse production and comprehension has been significantly stimulated by findings in the field of Artificial Intelligence , which , among other endeavours , attempts to program computers to produce and understand discourse . |
| 20 | organisational structure and decision making are considerably modified … when there are large numbers of professionals … |
| 21 | There is no natural landing place , the seas are fierce , and permission to land is only given to groups who are have a suitable boat , and who are well provisioned , capable , and with a proven interest in an outdoor topic . |
| 22 | Retailing and banking have been very effective in attracting managers of this sort . |
| 23 | Briar roses and honeysuckle had been cunningly trained to festoon the trees , until the whole effect there was one of enchantment . |
| 24 | As the Doctor gives the conventional lore of his day , a blend of ethics and medicine : we see that we are also those ‘ deaf pillows ’ , that the masking and unmasking has been all for our sake . |
| 25 | Although malabsorption of fat and protein have been extensively investigated , malabsorption of complex carbohydrate has not attracted much attention in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency . |
| 26 | ‘ Your sister and brother-in-law have been so kind to me , ’ Ianthe went on . |
| 27 | The central functions that Hewitt and Hare identified were partly concerned with human activity and partly involved the systems approach reviewed in the next chapter ( p. 140 ) . |
| 28 | The pattern of shopping has also changed in that the shopper has , for most goods , been prepared to dispense with the personal service of the shopkeeper , and self-service and self-selection have been readily accepted in the interests of lower overheads and more competitive prices . |
| 29 | Aspects of driving such as clutch control and gear changing are initially extremely difficult and require considerable concentration , being easily disrupted by other tasks . |
| 30 | It 's Kevin Howley , whose profile both in feet and inches and column inches is now very much lower than that of the towering P N Willis . |