Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he goes if he comes he goes or if he brings a load of friends |
| 2 | No one yet knows whether consumers will pay extra for the cinema-like images it offers or whether the huge , high-tech screens needed to make HDTV attractive will soon be ready . |
| 3 | I might point out , for instance , you are still often unsure of what goes where and which item is which . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where livestock belonging to any person strays on to land in the ownership or occupation of another and — ( a ) damage is done by the livestock to the land or to any property on it which is in the ownership or possession of the other person ; or ( b ) any expenses are reasonably incurred by that other person in keeping the livestock while it can not be restored to the person to whom it belongs or while it is detained in pursuance of section 7 of [ the ] Act , or in ascertaining to whom it belongs ; the person to whom the livestock belongs is liable for the damage or expenses , except as otherwise provided by [ the ] Act . ’ |
| 5 | It is not clear whether that fashion persists or whether tales of ‘ geriatric ghettos ’ and overstretched services have reached the next generation . |
| 6 | As she watched her daughter run before her down the stairs , she thought , As long as he lives or until she escapes she 'll never be free to do what she likes . |
| 7 | The way we cope depends on many factors , such as whether the particular answer really matters or whether it is being used as a vehicle to introduce , or work on , ‘ specialising ’ . |
| 8 | She adds that while the CHA is not presently advocating de-insurance of any specific service , a practical example is the hotel cost of hospital stays . |
| 9 | He adds that while the bestv rowers are away practising for the Olympics this year there will still be a lot of competition and younger rowers will get the chance to be at Henley . |
| 10 | The Department of Transport which will take the final decison about the route says ’ it 's no secret plans to link Aylesbury with the M40 are part of an east-west route across the country … and adds that while the road ’ is likely to be dual carriageway , it 's not planned to be a motorway . ’ |
| 11 | A guidebook on the mantlepiece adds that until the plague did for Wensley , Leyburn was just a speck on the map anyway . |
| 12 | He adds that if Washington wants to help , then it should ‘ get off our backs ’ and work at opening European and Japanese markets . |
| 13 | Watkins says SunSoft is happy to support what SunSelect offers in the way of MS-DOS emulation right now , but adds that if another firm comes up with better technology at a lower price ‘ we 'd be stupid not to do business with them . ’ |
| 14 | Based largely on Michels 's study of trade union organizations , the model supposes that once any radical organization has grown to the size where it needs to delegate responsibility to professional organizers , and once it has been in existence long enough to produce a complex bureaucracy , then the original radical thrust is lost as the professionals redirect the organization to serve their own ends . |
| 15 | No-one supposes that because volunteers help out in the pathology laboratory , or carry tea round or give blood , the patients will feel stigmatised . |
| 16 | Reducing The Risk , a leaflet sponsored by British Telecom and published by the Trust , emphasises that if you feel frightened , you should listen to your instincts and speak calmly , gently and slowly . |
| 17 | In particular , Shultz and Wells ( 1985 ) propose a matching rule which specifies that if the result matches the intention , then the result was intended . |
| 18 | Section 1 of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 specifies that if an instrument is to be a deed , this must be clear on the face of it , and that the requirement for individuals to seal is abolished . |
| 19 | Speaking of the activities of elementary particle physicists , he writes that whereas the activity appears essential as long as we believe in the independent existence of fundamental laws that we can still hope to know better , it loses practically its whole motivation as soon as we believe that the sole objective of the scientists is to make their impressions mutually consistent . |
| 20 | One scholar writes that whereas before 1861 " a Russian serf had been a legal nullity " , afterwards he received " entirely new legal entitlements and obligations extending into every basic transaction of everyday life " , with the result that the government had to redesign the empire 's judicial system in order to integrate the peasantry into the community at large . |
| 21 | He writes that while the state plan of the day was ‘ coming apart at the seams ’ , Khrushchev was toying with radical reform that would reshape the Stalinist economy , and pondering sweeping changes in the constitution of 1936 . |
| 22 | She writes that while the children were small : ‘ I had a steady stream of private pupils in need of Physics coaching — lessons were on occasion conducted with a baby over my shoulder ! ’ |
| 23 | Ethridge writes that although expenditure on education increased during the 1980s , ‘ the increase in enrolment has been such that the average per-pupil expenditure actually decreased ’ . |
| 24 | Ata'i writes that before Ebussu'ud Efendi became kazasker of Rumeli , an office he held from 944/1537 to 952/1545 , no attention had been paid to the registration of and that , consequently , it was possible for individuals to enter the ranks of office-holders each in a different manner . |
| 25 | She shouts that if I get soaked I need n't expect sympathy , and I call for her to join me . |
| 26 | For a case in which a plaintiff sustained relatively trivial physical injuries , but a severe mental illness reference can be made to Brice v Brown [ 1984 ] 1 All ER 997 which also illustrates that once causation is established a tortfeasor must take his victim as he finds him . |
| 27 | For the present purposes , however , the model 's general validity for European societies pre 1980 illustrates that although a state is necessary in a capitalist economic system its particular form can vary substantially to reflect local circumstances : form and function should not be confused . |
| 28 | I can not say what that last sentence signifies except that , as is apparent elsewhere in the book , Mr Nikiforuk dislikes rich people . |
| 29 | The magnification tells you how much larger an object looks that if it were viewed with the naked eye . |
| 30 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |