Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 2 | C. F. G. Masterman in his contribution to Smith 's report observed the ‘ manifest tendency of the Nonconformist worshippers to collect together into strong centres … which is inevitable where preaching is so emphasised and the stimulus and guidance of the pulpit so much desired ’ . |
| 3 | When recycling or re-use is not practicable , C&P 's waste is sent for landfill or incineration by professional contractors who are authorised and policed by the regulatory bodies . |
| 4 | The money which is invested or lent is called the principal . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1 above ( ‘ the unauthorised access offence ’ ) with intent — ( a ) to commit an offence to which this section applies ; or ( b ) to facilitate the commission of such an offence ( whether by himself or by another person ) ; and the offence he intends to commit or facilitate is referred to below in this section as the further offence . |
| 6 | Similar pores have been observed also in the Z1 Carbonate of the Auk ( Brennand and van Veen 1975 ) and Claymore fields and in outcrops of Zechstein carbonates in the U.K. , where leaching is thought to have been caused by meteoric water during uplift and exposure ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 7 | Where leaching is of only moderate intensity , cations released during weathering can build up in the solutions moving through the weathering mantle and the formation of cation-bearing clays such as illite and smectite is favoured . |
| 8 | Clay minerals such as illite and smectite , which are readily altered in the zone of active leaching towards the top of a profile , may be relatively stable at lower levels where leaching is less intense . |
| 9 | Someone for whom it really is of no concern whether others enjoy or suffer is schizophrenic ; he is no egoist , but one whose imaginary viewpoints are disconnected from the real people around him . |
| 10 | But the idea that in many of his works Shakespeare shows something exquisite or innocent threatened or crushed is not new : it is to be found in the writings of Hereward Price ( 1947 ) and in an ordinary introduction to Venus and Adonis . |
| 11 | Plenty of other modern animals make their living in conditions where seeing is difficult or impossible . |
| 12 | Some gardeners will do anything to win prizes ( marrows filled with lead shot to add weight , for instance ) , but there 's one show where cheating is positively encouraged . |
| 13 | My guess is that you would draw a comparable , but equally misleading , conclusion from similar analysis of the human game of chess where cheating is not possible . |
| 14 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |
| 15 | Anyone moving or laughing is out , and the last person remaining is the winner and probably has the worst sense of humour ! |
| 16 | Everything I do or say is turned against me . |
| 17 | Requiring a driver 's licence where driving is not a major or frequent component of the actual work done , or where any driving duties could be easily allocated to fellow workers , could be an act of disability discrimination . |
| 18 | Like the relation between prominence and deviance , that between prominence and literary relevance or foregrounding is not a one-to-one match . |
| 19 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 20 | 7.6.3.5 the rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by war act of God , government action [ strike lock-out ] or |
| 21 | 7.6.4 The Landlord shall not be liable to rebuild or reinstate the Premises or the Retained Parts if and for so long as such rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by Supervening Events |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 23 | Usually such data are so extensive that considerable compression or smoothing is a vital preliminary to analysis . |
| 24 | What is to be agreed or accepted is already known . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) The denial that there is some one and the same quality of pleasantness and another of painfulness which mark all those experiences which it is desirable to promote or prevent is a more forceful objection to Benthamite utilitarianism . |
| 26 | One of the best major centres I have worked or seen is the International Congress Centre in Berlin , which has two auditoria with a stage in the middle . |
| 27 | Auden was rightly suspicious of his own rhetoric ; but to say that the line We must love one another or die is untrue because we die anyway ( or because those who do not love do not instantly expire ) is to take a narrow or forgetful view . |
| 28 | But the crucial point about pretence or acting is that these are activities for which there are criteria too . |
| 29 | If we believe that the deaf child begins life as communication-handicapped , then any development in the ability to speak or lip-read is an education success . |
| 30 | The situation is quite similar therefore to that with the verbs of perception , which explains why Kruisinga and Erades ( 1960 : 366 ) have pointed out that " the perception or causing is thought of as happening simultaneously with what is perceived or caused " . |