Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 If he remembered our meeting in the subway or my relationship to my aunt , very correctly , he gave no sign .
2 Other criticisms of the Ridley ruling appear to show scant regard for the integrity of the retailer or its competitiveness .
3 The anti-lobby group 's tactic , which became a habit , was to report particularly sensational comments made by Sir Bernard or his underlings and to name the source .
4 Section 11(1) of the 1968 Theft Act provides : … where the public have access to a building in order to view the building or a part of it , or collection or part of a collection housed in it , any person who without lawful authority removes from the building or its grounds the whole or part of any article displayed or kept for display to the public in the building or that part of it or in its grounds shall be guilty of an offence .
5 Section 11(2) states : [ i ] t is immaterial … that the public access to a building is limited to a particular period or particular occasion , but where anything removed from a building or its grounds is there otherwise than as forming part of , or being on loan for exhibition with , a collection intended for permanent exhibition to the public , the person removing it does not thereby commit an offence under this section unless he removes it on a day when the public have access to the building as mentioned in sub-section ( 1 ) above .
6 She made for the stand where her umbrella was kept .
7 Warrants , addressed to the High Court tipstaff or the county court registrar and bailiff , can be issued to arrest a bankrupt where there are reasonable grounds for believing that he may abscond with a view to avoiding or delaying payment of his debts or his appearance to a petition or to avoiding , delaying or disrupting any proceedings against him or any examination of his affairs ( s 364(1) and r 7.21 ) .
8 Richard Peck House provides a convalescence not readily available through the NHS for serving or ex-Service personnel or their dependants .
9 Richard Peck House provides convalescence not readily available through the NHS , for serving or ex-Service personnel or their dependants .
10 The Association has over 600 voluntary welfare workers throughout the U.K. who are able to help ex-serving R.A.F. personnel or their dependents .
11 Also removed , to avoid presidential veto , was the clause revoking a ban on abortion in US military hospitals for military personnel or their dependents .
12 He 'll steer clear of the lengthy and costly three-month programmes , preferring the therapy of a short three-day course where his people can receive some stimulus on how to improve their business performance .
13 If you knew your twelve times or your two times up to twelve that would be quicker but if you do n't
14 Every Elf city was required to have a martial field where its soldiers could train and fight mock battles .
15 ‘ A ’ and the other girls used to come round to the house asking me to do their hair or their eyebrows .
16 I think its a case of the grass being greener on the other side , you know , you never seem to be happy with what you have yourself you always see it in somebody else , gosh I wish I had her hair or her skin or her body shape , you just never seem to be satisfied with what you 've got and yet other people see you as looking very attractive
17 He never cuts his hair or his beard .
18 What precisely is being disclaimed or denied , the story or its possession ?
19 Something in my story or my way of telling it had evidently touched him .
20 Tom 's pay rise or his leaving the company are events , and attributes of the entity EMPLOYEE will be referred to following these events .
21 Mr Houghton has come across protests , but has little time for their case or their tactics .
22 Previously , the Aquino administration had been reluctant to charge Marcos or his wife with a criminal offence , for fear that their presence in the country could provoke an uprising by their supporters .
23 A signal may therefore be provided by TCR -β gene rearrangement or its RNA or protein product which is required for TCR -α gene rearrangement , but there is no direct evidence to support this hypothesis .
24 In the courts political questions may come before the judges because the matter is already in public controversy , like race or industrial relations ; or because it is claimed that a public authority has exceeded its powers ; or because the matter concerns the activities of the police ; or because the matter impinges on the individual rights of citizens , affecting their freedom or their property .
25 They had n't let him go home for nearly a week ; there was no way he could have coped with his freedom or his family .
26 DeFreitas 's hand injury , which was bandaged by Lancashire physio Laurie Brown , did n't affect his bowling or his catching .
27 as well as a host of other academic successes — but neither Arnold or his successor , Dixon , ever took more than eight boys a time and most of them carefully selected — few were born deaf .
28 Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) .
29 There were no absolute rules governing the succession to the regnum francorum or its division between royal heirs ; and precedents pointed in different directions .
30 He made it a requirement that the husband should not exercise such access in the presence of his mistress or her son without further order of the court .
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