Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most natural explanation of why we oppose checkerboard statutes appeals to that ideal : we say that a state that adopts these internal compromises is acting in an unprincipled way , even though no single official who voted for or enforces the compromise has done anything which , judging his individual actions by the ordinary standards of personal morality , he ought not to have done . |
| 2 | The view of to taken here also accounts for the impression of what Riddle ( 1975 : 467 ) calls " control " which one often feels with the to infinitive , i.e. the implication that the matrix event is responsible for or affects the complement event ( cf. the difference between Jane forgot to be cautious and Jane forgot that she was cautious ) . |
| 3 | Locke 's thought is that , just as we can distinguish between the characteristics of gold ( or the clock ) , and its corpuscular constitution ( or internal mechanism ) , so we can distinguish between the characteristic properties of a triangle , and what accounts for or explains them . |
| 4 | B : how long has he been away for or has he just been away ? |
| 5 | In this context , it should be noted that best execution would not apply , unless one of the SFA members is acting as intermediary for or advises the other and the client firm does not waive it . |
| 6 | The programme of many modern philosophers , therefore , has been to develop a conception of man and his mind which either disposes of or downgrades the inner , private arena , making the function of mind essentially a part of the public and physical world . |
| 7 | A Marxist book , an anarchist 's guide , attacks on the institution of the family , songs celebrating illegal drugs , films and television plays celebrating physical violence or showing crime as justifiable or successful , can and do become , whatever their varying cultural sources , profitable commodities in a market within a state and culture which officially ( and no doubt , within the terms of its insoluble contradiction , really ) disapproves of or opposes all these things . |
| 8 | The woman who is fearful of or has an aversion to sex at 30 , unless some remedial circumstance intervenes , will be still more so at 70 . |
| 9 | On October 19 1988 the Home Secretary issued directives to the BBC and IBA ‘ to refrain from broadcasting any matter which consists of or includes — any spoken words , whether in the course of an interview or discussion or otherwise by a person who appears or is heard … where ( a ) the person speaking … represents or purports to represent [ any organisation proscribed under the Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions ) Act 1984 or the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act 1978 and Sinn Fein , Republican Sinn Fein and the Ulster Defence Association ] or ( b ) the words support or solicit or invite support for such an organisation ’ . |
| 10 | Order 6 , r 5 provides that in mortgagee possession actions — that is where the plaintiff claims payment of money secured or possession of the property mortgaged — the particulars of claim must state : ( 1 ) the date of the mortgage ; ( 2 ) the state of the account , giving particulars of the amount of the advance , the periodic payments required , the amount of any interest in arrear , the amount of the unpaid instalments , the amount of any costs or fines or insurance unpaid ; the daily rate of interest and the amount remaining due under [ and required to redeem ] the mortgage ; ( 3 ) what proceedings ( if any ) the plaintiff has taken against the defendant in respect of the money secured by the mortgage or the mortgaged property and , where payment of such money only is claimed , whether the plaintiff has obtained possession of the property ; ( 4 ) where the plaintiff claims possession of the property , whether or not the property consists of or includes a dwelling house within the meaning of s 21 of the County Courts Act 1974 ; ( 5 ) where a plaintiff claims as mortgagee possession of land which consists of or includes a dwelling house , he shall state , in his particulars of claim , whether there is any person on whom notice of the action is required to be served in accordance with s 8(3) of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 and , if so , he shall state the name and address of that person and shall file a copy of the particulars of claim for service on that person ( Ord 6 , r 5(1A) ) . |
| 11 | Order 6 , r 5 provides that in mortgagee possession actions — that is where the plaintiff claims payment of money secured or possession of the property mortgaged — the particulars of claim must state : ( 1 ) the date of the mortgage ; ( 2 ) the state of the account , giving particulars of the amount of the advance , the periodic payments required , the amount of any interest in arrear , the amount of the unpaid instalments , the amount of any costs or fines or insurance unpaid ; the daily rate of interest and the amount remaining due under [ and required to redeem ] the mortgage ; ( 3 ) what proceedings ( if any ) the plaintiff has taken against the defendant in respect of the money secured by the mortgage or the mortgaged property and , where payment of such money only is claimed , whether the plaintiff has obtained possession of the property ; ( 4 ) where the plaintiff claims possession of the property , whether or not the property consists of or includes a dwelling house within the meaning of s 21 of the County Courts Act 1974 ; ( 5 ) where a plaintiff claims as mortgagee possession of land which consists of or includes a dwelling house , he shall state , in his particulars of claim , whether there is any person on whom notice of the action is required to be served in accordance with s 8(3) of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 and , if so , he shall state the name and address of that person and shall file a copy of the particulars of claim for service on that person ( Ord 6 , r 5(1A) ) . |
| 12 | It would be diagnosed if the person complains of or shows such things as : poor appetite and weight loss ; disturbed sleep pattern ; loss of energy and an inability to experience pleasure ; feelings of guilt and self-reproach ; difficulty in concentrating ; suicidal thoughts ; and behaviour that is very greatly slowed down or , alternatively , agitated and restless . |
| 13 | Its quantitative response , when correctly terminated , is governed by the parameter introduced in the last section and substitution of and establishes that Because u can not be positive at any frequency , there is no range of frequency that corresponds to inequality ( 9.18 ) and equation ( 9.17 ) is inapplicable . |
| 14 | Fucking … it 's the thing the human race does most of and says least about . |
| 15 | I just , I just honest to God I had n't realized at all the guy was sort of and says er oh it 's probably I said no I 'm sure I was really cheesed . |
| 16 | The use of enriched isotopic mixtures of and allows such species to be identified as follows . |
| 17 | But a more complete understanding of the operation of and limits to parental rights in education requires a wider examination , of how the law deals with other areas where the interests of children , parents and the state are all in particularly sharp focus . |
| 18 | 9–6 CRITICISMS OF AND LIMITS TO REDISTRIBUTION |
| 19 | The kind of testimony which makes sense of and verifies ‘ backs ’ is one involving its related activities . |
| 20 | In terms of the role-mapping model of plural reference , we would suppose that the use of and imposes a constraint which specifies the two individuals as playing the same grammatical role . |
| 21 | Peter Berger calls this a ‘ sacred canopy ’ ( Berger 1969 ) that informs , makes sense of and interprets the world as the focus of God 's concern . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that Charles has done a great deal that his father has been proud of and has excelled at sports like polo that the Duke of Edinburgh played when he was younger , but the Prince never felt he was good enough . |
| 23 | 16.1 It is agreed and understood that is not the agent or representative of and has no authority or power to bind or contract the name of or to create any liability against in any way or for any purpose . |
| 24 | This provokes awareness of and gives practice in those features of language which provide links within sentences or across sentence boundaries : the glue that makes them stick together . |
| 25 | Use of and enhances the likelihood of obtaining a plural anaphor in continuations , but the incidence of plural is never as high as 60% . |
| 26 | When he put one on he sort of and pulls them down , erm to his ears so that |
| 27 | First , syntactic grouping through the use of and increases the probability of a plural reference being used in continuations , as expected . |
| 28 | Indeed , Frank Field claims that the Child Poverty Action Group , which since its foundation in 1965 has consistently and somewhat single-mindedly campaigned for the extension of and increases in family allowance , was positively hindered by the latent opposition of women to the scheme ( Field , 1982 ) . |
| 29 | He was the son of and seems to have been co-ruler with King Cenred ( see Appendix , Fig. 3 ) , whose advice he acknowledges in his laws which date to the period before 693/4 ( when Eorcenwald , bishop of London , whose help he also acknowledges , died ) . |
| 30 | The framework I want to propose rests upon a regard for the importance of the active , interpreting self in social interaction ; for the way it perceives , makes sense of and works upon the actions of others and the situation in which it finds itself ; the way it pursues goals and tries to maximize its own ( often competing ) interests ; the way it pursues these things by combining or competing with other selves ; the way it adjusts to circumstances while still trying to fulfil or retrieve its own purposes — and so forth . |