Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the limited company has vacated its registered office and/or made no arrangements for forwarding post does not affect the validity of service . |
| 2 | When Pop said , ‘ What about all those other people in the convoy , does n't the dear Lord care about them too ? ’ this worried the two ladies considerably , and I rather think after that they either thought that we were faithless , or became a little apprehensive themselves ! |
| 3 | Throughout the 1950s , '60s and '70s these restrictions were reduced or became a less important hindrance to the City 's international operations , but they remained partially effective until they were completely abolished in 1979 . |
| 4 | Not necessarily no , piggyback is where you asked , you asked me several questions and su and then either added another question to it or asked a question and gave an answer and by doing that you are limiting my responses and I was n't sure which an which question I was answering . |
| 5 | And I found months and months after that most of the boys that got on there had their fathers work there , who went to the office , or asked the Butties , they used to talk about Butties in the pit , and I found this was short for deputy . |
| 6 | It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about . |
| 7 | They pointed out that Lome III had not stimulated trade between the EC and the ACP countries ( since 1985 trade in both directions had actually fallen in both absolute and relative terms ) , or lessened the ACP countries ' economic dependence on the production of primary commodities , or encouraged industrialization . |
| 8 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 9 | In the region of sub-Sahara Africa , the once general custom of observing a long post-partum abstinence ( often as long as three or four years ) was based on recognition of the chain linking the sickness or death of an infant or young child to the new pregnancy that disturbed or interrupted the breastfeeding of the suckling child . |
| 10 | As a top physiotherapist , she is more than used to stretching and flexing the muscles of people who have tortured their frail frame , or endured a bad tackle on the football field . |
| 11 | Torture remains an instrument of policy , death squads still operate and many hundreds of people are shot or stabbed every year for refusing to accept the status quo . |
| 12 | There was also palpable relief from the auditing section of the accountancy profession because the report had not favoured an extension of auditors ' liabilities , or recommended a ban on their providing their audit clients with other services . |
| 13 | I kept the rooms clean and made sure that no-one robbed or attacked the clients . |
| 14 | St. Audries actually wrote Bonar Law on the subject & got a reply saying the policy was quite unauthorised . |
| 15 | who was at Cambuslang at that time , commented " He seems hurt at being asked to preach as a candidate and I sympathize with him in this , as I think candidating and preaching contests are the most objectional things conceivable , and also the least satisfactory way possible of getting good ministers as a rule good men who have done their work well will not preach as candidates for myself I never in my life either preached as a candidate , offered for a parish or got a certificate . " |
| 16 | I went to the er conference that we had at Stokewatchford , which together with er , John , er my Vice Chairman er on Europe , the other week , and there is so much mythology , er , that has been dispensed by people who are half-hearted towards Europe or got a vested interest in no has not been committed to Europe , and and they use this , and in fact the classic example was , that , one of our own Lincolnshire M P's claimed that he had saved , Lincolnshire 's from the ravages of Europe . |
| 17 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |
| 18 | A few years earlier he had been the undisputed master of the empire : two hundred thousand of his warriors had paraded before him while a hundred thousand others guarded the marches of the north or fought the Somalis in the deserts to the east . |
| 19 | Customers who declined to pay cash across the counter with ‘ real ’ money , a cheque or by direct debit , or produced a bank credit card , found the price of their purchases greatly increased if they were a store card holder . |
| 20 | It was seen that the traditional system , in which the patients were at the bottom of a communication and status hierarchy and were denied autonomy or participation in the running of the institution , exacerbated the problems many patients had , or produced the characteristic ‘ institutionalization ’ which was to be deplored . |
| 21 | ( 63 ) Two months ago , I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like . |
| 22 | Few if any pianists have ever matched the haunting sweetness and intensity of his cantabile or equalled the lightness and vivacity of his rhythm . |
| 23 | They were among those few who controlled or owned the bulk of the country 's wealth and influence . |
| 24 | Where the events occur after the contract was made and the contract is avoided or frustrated the effect is not the same ( see below ) . |
| 25 | It may have been a teetotal , chapel-going household but do n't imagine it was ever narrow-minded or lacked a sense of fun . |
| 26 | Few could have met their demands for additional labour internally , and not because they were hampered by rigid job demarcation system or lacked a workforce with adaptable skills . |
| 27 | However , when I took to hanging about in the new house , when I watched her while she chatted to her staff and guests , or entertained the local burghers , or genteelly remonstrated with her suppliers and various tradesmen over the phone , I began to see this seeming tact as an extension of that complicity I had long been aware of . |
| 28 | Consultation details , recording of clinical signs ( pulse rate , blood pressure , etc ) , treatment given , drugs taken after the attack ( at the time of final medical contact ) , and follow up arrangements were sought whether or not the patient was seen by a general practitioner or an accident and emergency department , was admitted to hospital , or experienced a combination of all three . |
| 29 | There are few who have not on occasion felt the press of irrational thought , been tempted into unwarranted belief , or experienced the highs and lows of inexplicable mood . |
| 30 | You can change your Will , or made a new one , as often as you wish although your Solicitor will have to charge a fee each time . |