Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it turned out , he was able to see them while in no danger of being seen . |
| 2 | She held her arms across her aching breasts so tightly that her fingers dug into her flesh , but whether in an effort to contain herself or as a substitute for someone else 's embrace , she did n't know . |
| 3 | It had taken her four years to meet him and within an hour it was all over . |
| 4 | Our courts have refused to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament either on the ground that Parliament had no power to pass it or on the ground that the statute had been improperly passed . |
| 5 | To this he added a determination that existing regulations which restricted the number and quality of foreign seamen employed on British ships should he enforced and strengthened , drawing attention to the abuse whereby shipowners discharged British seamen at foreign ports and hired cheaper foreign crews to replace them and to the need to repeal the Indian Merchant Shipping Act which permitted owners to employ lascars on worse terms than British seamen . |
| 6 | The male does nothing to feed them and from the start they find all their food for themselves . |
| 7 | And I do so in the desire to serve you and in the power of the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | We tried to rouse him but to no effect . |
| 9 | she 's had her chance and I 'm doing all I can to help her but at the end of the day it 's on her shoulders . |
| 10 | If you 've signed a contract you have to fulfil it except in the most desperate circumstances . |
| 11 | He explained that ‘ As far as laboratory chemists are concerned there are just a few specific uses [ for tetra ] — they have tended to avoid it because of the toxicity ’ . |
| 12 | None of the frustration of seeing a great-looking slope from the chairlift and not having the time to ski it because of a lunch date in the next valley ? |
| 13 | Then again , it 's difficult to look anything but in a pair of lederhosen . |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman serves on the Committee that is to consider the Bill , he will be able to reassure himself as to the way that works . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 16 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 17 | In other words , if Dr Akhtar has his way , it would become unlawful to vilify a person 's religion , just as it is to humiliate him because of the colour of his skin . |
| 18 | That , along with the kicks and punches shown , has to be practised , and there is no better place to do it than in a kick-boxing or Thai boxing class . |
| 19 | ‘ … he said that a girl he knew once used to do it while in a handstand position . |
| 20 | Well I get involved in it in so many different ways erm this is a difficult one , but one of the things that happens is that a number of teachers , both from the area and elsewhere , erm do advanced courses at the university and as part of these courses we have a unit on evaluation , and for this they will choose some area of their school work which they and their colleagues — and I emphasise that this is something they do have to involve their colleagues back at school in very much — erm feel it would be useful to look at and then they try and discuss with their colleagues what aspects of it are important and significant and what ought to be seen , and they bring this discussion back and we all discuss together there 'll be different teachers working on different problems the different ways in which they could approach this problem and how they might most usefully be able to do it and at the end of the exercise they will have found out quite a lot about this particular area of teaching and very often we find that the people they 've consulted have themselves got quite interested in it and begun to realize that it 's not being done in a way that 's there to threaten them , they 're not sending a report to the headmaster or the Chief Education Officer or anything like that — it 's for the benefit of the people doing the work themselves . |
| 21 | Well I wo n't be able to do it till after the , the end of September , cos we 've got the Victorian fair , the flower festival and |
| 22 | Mm , I suppose they have to do it because of the computing erm , departments , has some equipment they want . |
| 23 | But you would n't have done it quite you would have thought about whether you did it , whereas the moment you 've been forced to do it because of the cuts that have been forced upon us by the Poll Tax capping . |
| 24 | Despite its immense size , it was severely underpowered : by the late 1940s , with BOAC refusing to use it and with no other customer , the project became an expensive white elephant and was ultimately scrapped by the succeeding Conservative government . |
| 25 | or whether you want to leave it until as an out patient . |
| 26 | How better to inculcate it than in the young ? " |
| 27 | By the time I started to react there was no time to do anything except at the instinctive level . |
| 28 | Yet for all her passionate dedication to public service she also knew how to enjoy herself and as an elderly lady was often seen at the gaming tables of Monte Carlo in the late 1920s , savouring to the full the social pleasures made possible by her unique commercial success . |
| 29 | You are allowed to keep them but in a centred box . |
| 30 | We have not , therefore , been able to satisfy ourselves as to the amounts included in respect of these subsidiaries , or the effects , if any , that the proceedings may have upon the consolidated financial statements . ’ |