Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Were the characters of these seven young ladies exactly as shown by the writer or have they been … massaged slightly for novelistic and televisual variety ? |
| 32 | Idle to say that such conformity is merely British : if it were so , the world would not so readily understand British fiction or buy it ; and buy it does , whether as novels , films or TV serials . |
| 33 | ‘ ( 2 ) A person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if by causing a computer to perform any function he — ( a ) alters or erases the program or data ; ( b ) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held ; ( c ) uses it ; or ( d ) has it output from the computer in which it is held ( whether by having it displayed or in any other manner ) ; and references to access to a program or data ( and to an intent to secure such access ) shall be read accordingly . |
| 34 | We all need a myth of some kind , whether it 's in living forever , in Communism or thinking you come from Sirius . |
| 35 | This whole business of sex education and teaching morality in schools , do you think it is the school 's responsibility or do you think mum and dad ought to play more of a part ? |
| 36 | According to the Laws of Manu , a vānaprasthin must control his senses , keep his organs in subjection , abandon his belongings , commit his wife to his sons or allow her to accompany him , be chaste , patient , friendly , and compassionate towards all creatures . |
| 37 | As individuals do we accept our responsibility to be peacemakers or do we passively allow aggression to be part of our lives ? |
| 38 | Use the pips to make a necklace or stick them onto card to make a design . |
| 39 | Will he explain why he wrote to UKIAS on 7 October threatening that unless it accepted the Government 's proposals he would withdraw its funding or curtail it completely ? |
| 40 | At that point were both of you behind the shield or had he stepped out from behind ? |
| 41 | In his first address to the UN since taking office , United States President George Bush on Sept. 25 made proposals for cuts in chemical weapons , saying that the United States would begin elimination of 60 per cent or 98 per cent of its chemical weapons respectively , provided the Soviet Union cut its own stockpile to an equal level or eliminated it completely ; and that the USA would destroy all its chemical weapons within 10 years if the countries capable of producing such weapons signed a total ban treaty . |
| 42 | Do you ever think about a disasters as erm an individual level or do you just deal with them at a large-scale , national group level ? |
| 43 | It is always prudent to wash any foodstuffs before cooking or eating them and to wash your hands to reduce the amount of residues adhering to the skin . |
| 44 | It was partly with the new saw table and also he wanted to try and get more er sellable saleable product out of the slate , cos previously we had been throwing away quite a bit or giving it to and I think it really started as a family argument between him and his brother . |
| 45 | The extent to which local authority initiatives divert schools from particular curriculum policies or lead them towards new approaches within the curriculum is , however , impossible to estimate . |
| 46 | By writ dated 6 August 1991 the plaintiffs in the first action , Barclays Bank Plc. claimed £389,431 from the defendants , Glasgow City Council , being moneys had and received to the plaintiffs ' use as having been paid under void contracts ; or contracts for which the consideration had totally failed ; which were traceable by the plaintiffs into the hands of the defendants , the retention of which would be unconscionable ; which would cause the defendants to be unjustly enriched ; or which the defendants held upon an implied or resulting or constructive trust in favour of the plaintiffs ; or to which the plaintiffs were entitled on the grounds that the defendants had spent the money on their lawful activities or applied them towards the discharge of their liabilities . |
| 47 | Prisoners may be left locked in their cells for longer , because there is not the staff to supervise out-of-cell activities or to escort them from place to place . |
| 48 | A great deal of the blame must be laid at the feet of those who link regression with occult activities or treat it as some sort of parlour-trick to be practised for fun at parties . |
| 49 | Moreover , Corbett realised that if de Craon knew he was asking questions it was only a matter of time before the Council of Guardians intervened and either put a stop to his activities or expelled him from the country . |
| 50 | And is it quite regular hours or do you work all over the time ? |
| 51 | Foot of the bed , nearer sorry , nearer the foot of the , at the side but near to the foot or does it ? |
| 52 | Please pass on your ideas — whether they 're articles , photographs , or cartoons — to your local correspondent or send them to me directly at Key Street , and do not hesitate to telephone on with any suggestions you may have . |
| 53 | She only came to fetch wood for Mum or bring us our cocoa . |
| 54 | if you are a new mum who would like to be put in touch with another mum or feel you can offer some support 'phone me on |
| 55 | Oh bye , oh hello , are you waiting for your mum or do you go home by yourself ? |
| 56 | Do you want me to put this in the bin mum or do you want it ? |
| 57 | Did you ask him if he 'd te , told his mum or did he just volunteer it ? |
| 58 | The offence could be used against counter-demonstrators who set out to ‘ smash ’ their opponents or to stop them from expressing the point of view that they set out to express . |
| 59 | He has already reversed many measures taken by previous governments , which used martial law over economic matters and to detain political opponents or ban them from work or travel . |
| 60 | When we got outside , I was n't sure whether to shut the door on the latch or leave it ajar for the nurse . |