Example sentences of "[vb -s] and [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are also thinking too much about what counts and when you do that you are up the creek , and at the moment Gloucester have not got a paddle |
| 2 | the oppositions between authority and freedom , self-expression and self-control , and masculinity and femininity , are among the basic conflicts around which an individual 's life develops and that they cover his responses to a wide range of logically unrelated issues … they represent some of the earliest developmental crises through which each individual in this particular culture passes : the impact of parental authority ; the demand for self-control , first physical , later verbal ; and the establishment of a satisfactory sexual identity . |
| 3 | Of course this figure tells one nothing at all about why the material has the strength which it has and whether it ought to be stronger . |
| 4 | She can then control how many babies she has and when she has them . |
| 5 | ‘ You are a part of it , ’ he interrupted caustically , ‘ whether you like it or not , and at the moment you are the only friend Steve Cannock has and if you feel for him as you so often have claimed to you 'll be at his side when he needs you . ’ |
| 6 | But eventually she persuaded us she meant it and we went and it was an invaluable experience meeting not only our missionary partner but the people among whom she lives and and works and has done for many years . |
| 7 | Channel four is where the fun really starts and where the Cascade Gain situation has its most effect ; the overdrive really is quite full and pokey . |
| 8 | He also emphasizes that the chief executive should take into account the power structure of the organization , be careful to choose the right time to promote initiatives , and , in particular , avoid committing himself publicly to a specific objective or action until he knows that it is definitely what he wants and that he can get the support . |
| 9 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 10 | When a manager is given the authority to do something , it is automatically presupposed that he has the ability to do it , the facilities that he needs and that the desired results will be achieved . |
| 11 | Many agencies have tried to argue that using temporary workers can be cheaper than using permanent staff , because the employer pays only for the hours he needs and because the non-wage labour costs of agency workers are lower . |
| 12 | Vaccination with recombinant gp160 in patients infected with HIV-1 broadens HIV-specific envelope-directed immune responses , including crossreactive antibodies to gp160 epitopes and and cytotoxic T-cell responses . |
| 13 | Something happens and immediately you change . ’ |
| 14 | right , see what she says and whether it 's gon na be , I 'll get it on tape if I can , for posterity Spoken to John , what 's happening about his biopsy ? |
| 15 | so he there and he 's flashing away his lights and kept his indicators on daft bastard she says and while he 's doing that some fucking overtakes see but he was already flashing his lights and puts his indicators on . |
| 16 | Colleagues , as the resolution says and as we all know , we 've all experienced it , the last fourteen years have been a catalogue of disaster after disaster for all sections of the society , and especially the disadvantaged , those the young , the elderly , the disabled and the unemployed , all been attacked . |
| 17 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 18 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 19 | and , erm what they tend to do once it 's gone in they 'll say if there 's anything you need , if you get any problems on the system or there 's anything you want he says get in touch with us , he says and if necessary we 'll get in touch with |
| 20 | Ah you see here 's somebody who 's writing about , you know , her part of the erm the interest on an er on erm and it says and provided you have no other income er that would take you over your personal allowance register for on the Inland Revenue form R eighty five , interest with no tax deductions . |
| 21 | Crouch low before it arrives and when it hits drop your backside and push your bent legs out to take the strain . |
| 22 | Calculations based on this assumption , however , indicated that any uplift would be confined to the region over which stretching occurs and that no uplift at all would occur if the thickness of the crust were less than about 20 per cent of the thickness of the lithosphere . |
| 23 | It 's also a fact of life that it hurts and if anybody says it does n't , I do n't believe them . |
| 24 | He does n't buy the suit and then ask later if it fits and if it is what he wants . |
| 25 | about necessarily taking it , but I think they certainly ought to be made aware of sort of what it involves and and what it really means . |
| 26 | Actress , Suda Bhuchar , explains that she likes the positive role she plays and that her character has become more rounded in this , the second series . |
| 27 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 28 | In very general terms , Marxist theorists look for the location of power in the wider social and economic structure of society There is continuing debate within Marxism over the exact role that the state ( or political level ) fulfils and whether it has any significant independence from the requirements of the owners of the means of production and the preservation of the system of capital accumulation In the long term , however , Marxists argue that the scope for human beings to choose freely and to shape their society as they wish is severely circumscribed by the private ownership of the means of production , the necessity of the state to respond to the crises and problems generated by capitalism as an economic system and the inequality of competition between different ideologies Elite theories do not go so far in limiting the scope for individuals to choose or to shape their societies They argue that individuals can choose , subjectively , to join , to maintain or to challenge the structure of power which exists . |
| 29 | Assuming that Sophronia is an upper servant , the poem draws no closer to the owners than a description of the room where Biron sleeps and where , Timon-like , he keeps his unread books . |
| 30 | Nevertheless the urgency of his conviction impresses and as his appreciation of Blake proceeds he reveals the extent to which his own preoccupations drew inspiration from this artist 's work . |