Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No statute in terms prohibits offenders from telling their story or expressing their feelings . |
| 32 | If you have a story or issue you would like to see covered or if you have any enquiries about the programme please write to : |
| 33 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 34 | ‘ So , are you going to climb on board or do you prefer to stay here in the water ? |
| 35 | Whether the coffin-maker produced a bespoke outer case or took one from existing stock is not known , though logic argues in favour of the latter . |
| 36 | ‘ Brownies do n't do good turns for rewards , ’ Heather told him , ‘ but , ’ she added eagerly , ‘ if you would let us use your loft as a meeting-place we 'd promise not to do any damage or make ourselves nuisances , would n't we , Shirley ? ’ |
| 37 | In particular , grazing molluscs leave characteristic erosions from a leaf edge ; birds , particularly the wood-pigeon , feed on clover and often leave characteristic beak-marks ; weevils remove circles of tissue , often leaving the upper epidermis intact ; sheep ( causing damage probably indistinguishable from that caused by rabbits ) remove whole leaves , leaving torn petioles or leave their bite marks on the leaflets that remain . |
| 38 | Honesty or making yourself cheap . |
| 39 | Well designed information systems can give the information which will assist managers make better decisions , give their businesses competitive advantage or help them improve their cost structure or product base . |
| 40 | Above all , each was determined not to allow the other to gain any strategic advantage or increase its general influence in the region . |
| 41 | On the other hand , if the incentives are too high , they may themselves distort the market , by giving the beneficiaries an unfair advantage or enabling them to operate in a way which does not reflect genuine supply and demand . |
| 42 | The idea behind this latest Spalding missile is that , because it spins less , it is more forgiving in terms of the higher handicapper 's hook or slice which is also , of course , part of the appeal of the metal wood . |
| 43 | There are those whose keenest pleasures in their job are to be found outside the class-room , in informal contacts with their pupils , where they may be able to exercise their own skills or pursue their own hobbies while helping others enjoy the same pleasures . |
| 44 | Nor can a single moment be cited when Poland , even if only in comparison with Russia , has successfully represented progress or done anything of historical significance . |
| 45 | While I have great sympathy for the doctors of twenty years or more ago who did not realise the addictive effect of such tablets when they began to prescribe them , I do not feel equal sympathy for those doctors ( fortunately their number is growing less ) who still hand out similar prescriptions to their patients and then fail to monitor their progress or to help them give up the medication as soon as possible . |
| 46 | The main ones are : ( i ) where the plaintiff seeks to , or is forced to , found his claim on an illegal contract or to plead its illegality in order to support his claim . |
| 47 | Mr Edwards also detects caution in employers who are recruiting : ‘ They hire people for a specific period , maybe one or two years , so that at the end of that time they can decide whether or not to renew their contract or make them redundant . |
| 48 | If , instead of persuading B to break his contract or causing him to do so by direct unlawful action against him , A brings about the breach of the contract between B and C by operating through a third party , X , A may still be liable to C , provided unlawful means are used . |
| 49 | Such agreement would not be fully enforceable : the court will not compel a partner to remain in the firm against his will , but an unwilling partner would have to choose between honouring his contract or laying himself open to an action for damages for breach of contract . |
| 50 | Did you start doing a passenger service when you got the mail contract or did you to the mail just on its own first or did you |
| 51 | This evidence can then be used to modify the contract or allow it to terminate and not to offer renewal . |
| 52 | Alternatively , by resting pasture or grazing it with another host , such as sheep , which are not susceptible to O. ostertagi , until most of the existing L3 on the pasture have died out . |
| 53 | People would yell or shout out , put excreta through the door hatch or throw their dinner out . |
| 54 | These include plungers , wormscrews ( for boring into a blockage and pulling it out ) , and scrapers for removing sludge and silt and either pushing it down the drain or pulling it back into the inspection chamber on which you are working . |
| 55 | Whether he was still staring out of the window at the storm or watching them made no difference . |
| 56 | Did you get the sack or did you just pack it in ? |
| 57 | It 's , it was , it was er er sheer coincidence that Beverley had been to Crete the year before and I said to Jackie we 've been to Yugoslavia four years , do you want , do you want a change or do you wan na go back to Yugoslavia , she said well I 'll , I 'll have a look , I said how about , how about going to the Greek islands for a change |
| 58 | Tip it into a food processor or mash it with a fork in a bowl , then return to the freezer . |
| 59 | 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 ? |
| 60 | 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 . |