Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the overlap of tax payments and transfers in cash and/or kind leaves as much as half the households in a broadly unchanged position has drawn criticism ( see Burton 1985 ) . |
| 2 | For anyone to claim to be pure Scots , English or Welsh seems nonsense . |
| 3 | If swelling of the hands , face or ankles develops . |
| 4 | Few would quarrel with the above statement but it is , of course , qualitative and any engineer or scientist needs a much more exact definition of stiffness . |
| 5 | Bristol & West offers a range of insurance services , many specially negotiated and not available elsewhere . |
| 6 | A NEW mortgage deal from Bristol & West offers a rate of 8.5% reducing to 6.5% by April 1994 . |
| 7 | As the mortgage payment and related insurance premiums will constitute a major part of your monthly outgoings , the Bristol & West provides Incomesure , a special sort of insurance , to protect your ability to maintain these payments in the case of unemployment , accident , or sickness . |
| 8 | Mr. Barrie Lamb of DRPS likened closure of this line to bulldozing the pyramids : so much of the old S & DR and S & T has been obliterated and this last remaining relic must survive . |
| 9 | The scene of scrabbling around at the top of the stairwell and the subsequent scene of ED 209 's lashing about furiously at the foot of the stairs , unable to regain its footing , were then animated , the latter mostly using back projection and maximum blurs — almost literally hands-on , with the animator waggling the legs with wires during the one- or two-frame takes . |
| 10 | In which case the non-verbal concomitants of the various utterances are improvised as if for the first time , and in the best of all possible productions an unforeseeable Lear , Macbeth or Rosalind emerges in performance , and the speeches come across expressing meanings which would have been hard to foresee from reading the bare text . |
| 11 | Further , by wills and settlements , provision may be made for those who may come into existence at a future time , subject to the rule against perpetuities , which forbids any disposition which is not certain to take effect ( if it takes effect at all ) within lives in being and twenty-one years afterwards ; but a life in being includes a person en ventre sa mere at the time when the will or settlement takes effect . |
| 12 | By comparison , following a chain or tag involves reading the link field , finding the key in it , picking up the address and searching for it . |
| 13 | I usually sit in and watch telly or play sounds until she comes round and then we go out together . |
| 14 | Erm Romans verse and verse four you notice this text is taken from verse twelve , rejoice in the hope and then persevering prayer , but if you go into verse four , what it 's speaking about there , but just as we have in one body many , members , but the members do not all have the same function and then in six to eight he goes on to describe that we all have gifts do n't we differing according to the undeserved kindness given to us , whether er so forth and so faith , ministry , erm teaching , exhorting , all these different gifts , though sometimes if a particular brother or sister does n't have a particular gift and we think well you know that 's a bit hard going I ca n't seem to listen to them , that 's an area perhaps where we could erm be quivering could n't we , or complaining , especially about assignments , you might get speakers that come here from other congregations , and some are better than others are n't they ? |
| 15 | For many young children , the birth of a brother or sister provides their first experience of sharing . ’ |
| 16 | Epistemic modality ( the word " epistemic " means " to do with knowledge " ) involves various markers in language of the degree of certainty or possibility a speaker or writer feels towards what is being said . |
| 17 | A Chinese or Japanese speaker or writer does not have to choose between singular and plural , unless the context demands that this information be made explicit . |
| 18 | An Arabic speaker or writer has to select between ‘ you , masculine ’ ( anta ) and ‘ you , feminine ’ ( anti ) in the case of the second-person singular . |
| 19 | " Parole " is the particular uses of this system , or selections from the system , which the speaker or writer makes on this or that occasion . |
| 20 | This may partly explain why a speaker or writer opts for a marked theme in a given context . |
| 21 | Susanna , is there an article that you can dig up where Illona says I 'm good ? ’ |
| 22 | You wo n't be asked to mend fences or brand steers , but you will have the chance to watch the ranch hands — the wranglers — at work ; go riding or walking , or take a drive into town for some shopping . |
| 23 | Similarly , it may be highly risky if the product or brand contains only those benefits and costs selected on a subjective basis by the supplier , without reference to the marketplace itself . |
| 24 | If , for example , you obtain an injunction to halt building or demolition works , you may be interrupting a building contract ; though this may well only be temporary , the opposition may also seek an undertaking , or even a bond , to cover their costs should you lose . |
| 25 | no alteration , modification or addition has been made to the Licensed Software without 's prior written consent |
| 26 | Coutts & Co prides itself on offering comprehensive national and international banking and financial services with ‘ an unwavering commitment to courteous and individual service ’ . |
| 27 | Smithers & Co calculates that the trend growth of real GNP in the decade before the oil shock of 1974 was nearly 9% a year . |
| 28 | The Cook & Co pursues the idea that no meal is made without sacrifice to an extreme conclusion that is macabre and funny , but there is an element of truth that ought to be more widely recognised in our squeamish society . |
| 29 | Louis Gerstner received a lesson on Friday on just how tough it will be to lead IBM Corp in the midst of its economic woes , as he was showered with difficult questions about his qualifications to lead a computer company , Dow Jones & Co reports : Gerstner was also asked to explain why he left RJR to lead IBM — ‘ I thought this was an extraordinary opportunity , ’ he said , and asked if he felt he had completed his job at RJR , Gerstner responded ‘ I do n't think the job is ever finished as chief of a large company . ’ |
| 30 | Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes . |