Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is an instance of a proof by reductio ad absurdum , in which we assume something true in order to prove it false ; or it is a way of exposing a paradox within the concept of knowledge , for the sceptic can surely insist that if a central concept such as that of knowledge can be used to take us validly from true premises to a false or impossible conclusion , something is wrong with the concept ; there is probably some internal tension which should be exposed rather than swept under the carpet . |
| 2 | Demand switched , from charters produced locally and confirmed by the attachment of a princely seal , to those written in a prince 's name by his own clerks in his writing office . |
| 3 | Old age becomes something to be dreaded and endured rather than enjoyed by the individual . |
| 4 | Others painted professionally and relied on the sale of works of art to earn a living — these included Thomas Davidson , William Trood , Rupert Dent and John T. Rennie Reid . |
| 5 | The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple . |
| 6 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 7 | But he says he 'll go to court rather than pay for the round which works out at £17.50 a measure . |
| 8 | The proportion of responders achieving independence from parents rose with age and suggests that independence is delayed rather than prevented by the presence of cystic fibrosis . |
| 9 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 10 | A modern spacious terminal , situated alongside and integrated to the railway station just inside the main harbour entrance , provides passenger and car booking offices for P&O European Ferries and Sealink British Ferries , a travel centre for Northern Ireland Railways and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board , bookstall , buffet , currency exchange and car hire facilities . |
| 11 | Collections of small objects should always be gathered together and arranged in a group rather than being thinly spread around the house . |
| 12 | ‘ How can you be sure it was only one ? ’ the thin man asked doubtfully but clutching at a straw of hope . |
| 13 | Loopholes had already been made in the stone walls of Gemioncourt 's huge barns which , like the buildings of so many of the isolated farms in the low countries , were joined together and protected by a high stone wall , making the whole farm into a massively strong fortress . |
| 14 | They may be made from aluminium , fibreglass or plastic , and can be anything from a simple pair of flexible aluminium or plastic bars to a complicated collection of alloy pieces riveted together and linked to the harness . |
| 15 | Gilding , normally done by taking powered gold mixed with mercury to form an amalgam , was painted onto the surface and then heated so as to drive off the mercury . |
| 16 | The two got together and announced at the 1989 Seybold conference that they were going to develop a clone of PostScript based on Bauer 's which would use Apple 's new fonts on both the Macintosh and under OS/2 . |
| 17 | 4.4 The Company will place purchase orders with the Supplier for quantities of the Products as and when required , and the Supplier shall accept the same , provided that all such orders will be placed so as to allow to the Supplier at least 90 days for delivery . |
| 18 | Such measures will ensure that the child is carried successfully and born in a healthy condition . |
| 19 | That 's an area of course that we would wish to increase eventually but looking at the protected figures , a large increase in the primary schools delegated budgets this year could result in , in a de facto cut to the secondary schools next year . |
| 20 | When the ‘ meaning ’ theist believes , he or she lives within and reacts to the same world as the unbeliever . |
| 21 | He rubbed his eyes , rose slowly and went into the bedroom . |
| 22 | As it turns out , however , both fared better than expected in an election which produced something positive for almost everyone . |
| 23 | Then if a micro-instruction contains the control bits 10011 followed by zeros , the paths from the accumulator to the left-side of the adder , from the SDR to the right side of the adder , and from the result latches to the accumulator are opened ; thus the contents of the accumulator and SDR are added together and placed in the accumulator . |
| 24 | The agreed sums would then be added together and announced in the ‘ autumn statement ’ on public spending plans . |
| 25 | The ‘ wild ’ characteristics have been bred out of them for many generations and few would survive long if released into the wild . |
| 26 | Veljko Kadijevic on Sept. 12 rejected an order from Mesic ( the nominal commander of the JNA ) to withdraw troops to barracks within 48 hours and reiterated that the JNA would act only if ordered by the Presidency as a whole . |
| 27 | Unlike a winding-up , the board of directors does not become functus officio on the appointment of a receiver but the directors ' powers are substantially superseded since they can not act so as to interfere with the discharge by the receiver of his responsibilities and accordingly their powers are suspended ‘ so far as is requisite to enable a receiver to discharge his functions . ’ |
| 28 | Ignition typically required about 1 g of a mixture of sodium borohydride and charcoal , when equal portions of each were mixed together and formed into a pile . |
| 29 | On these grounds , Acts of Parliament which inadvertently contradict elements of Community law are modified so as to comply with the European Communities Act . |
| 30 | The work of the European Commission has all but come to a halt . |