Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People tend to assume that parents of mentally handicapped children and those who work with them are gifted with abnormal powers of patience and understanding , or suffused with some form of religious or social awareness that make them adopt a sacrificial purpose in life . |
| 2 | The comparative method in sociology will be discussed in chapter 3 , but essentially consists of the sociologist assembling data about several societies or social contexts and comparing them with each other , with the intention of explaining the causes of any variations . |
| 3 | For some , the reason is one of choice ; they do not have a job or social links that tie them to a 24 hour day . |
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| 5 | Further , a widespread parish response to famine-level prices was to purchase supplies of wheat or substitute foodstuffs and re-sell them at subsidised prices to the poor . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , certain commentators ( particularly Atkinson , 1984 ; Meager , 1985 ) have seized upon these or similar examples and Presented them as showing the direction which personnel policy ( and here their writings are rather unclear ) is , or should be taking to cope with the challenges posed by a rapidly changing , increasingly competitive economic environment . |
| 7 | Without doing anything at all he could make things happen for which he must be punished with slaps , missed meals or verbal assaults that left him trembling and incoherent . |
| 8 | Paint them deep matt , eggshell or shiny gloss and hang them with pictures or a collection of some sort . |
| 9 | The judge also had to consider a submission made by the mother that the return of the children ( if ordered ) would expose them to a ‘ grave risk of physical or psychological harm or place them in an intolerable situation ’ within the terms of paragraph ( b ) of article 13 . |
| 10 | They are always ready to rescue and support sick or injured animals and help them to the surface to breathe , in the same way that mothers and ‘ aunts ’ will help their young to take their first breath . |
| 11 | For that reason , the majority are likely to be studying technical or vocational subjects that equip them with more immediately useful skills . |
| 12 | In Allied Dunbar ( Frank Weisinger ) Ltd v Frank Weisinger [ 1988 ] IRLR 60 Millett J when discussing a clause which prevented soliciting ( but not dealing ) appeared to give judicial approval to the defendant 's understanding that the clause prevented him approaching a client on a secret or confidential basis and telling him that " he can still advise him but only if the client makes the approach " . |
| 13 | Without going to look at it , does the face of that clock bear Roman or Arabic numerals or does it have dots or other symbols to mark the numbers ? |
| 14 | You can choose a white fir , green fir or blue-green fir and take it home already cut , root-balled or complete with all its roots . |
| 15 | The question I think we should ask is not , ‘ Is violence learnt or innate ? ’ , but rather , ‘ What are the ideological constructs that encourage violent or peaceful behaviour and make it meaningful and proper ? ’ , and the closely related one , ‘ What do the behaviour patterns mean to the participants ? ’ |
| 16 | Since then much theoretical work has been directed at this short-sighted empiricism , uncovering the pattern of cultural or ideological assumptions that supported it . |
| 17 | He spent a great deal of time in similar situations , seeking gold or demons or distressed virgins and relieving them respectively of their owners , their lives and at least one cause of their distress . |
| 18 | Get green material or green paper and cut it into the shape of lily pond leaves . |
| 19 | At first , they went to the bond markets , especially offshore ones , raising dollars or Swiss francs and swapping them for yen . |
| 20 | ‘ A foundry is where you melt iron or other metal and pour it into moulds to make castings . |
| 21 | Erm , everything else we 've looked at , there are either statutory problems or other problems that prevent us from charging . |
| 22 | Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6 below , the Funding Council shall have the power — ( a ) to acquire , hold and dispose of land and other property ; ( b ) to enter into contracts , including contracts for the employment of staff for the purposes of the discharge of their functions ; ( c ) to invest any sums not immediately required by the Funding Council for the purpose of their carrying on any of the activities which they have power to carry on ; and ( d ) to accept gifts of money , land or other property and apply it to , or hold or administer it in trust for , the purpose of the discharge of any of their functions . |
| 23 | Two male friends dressed in drag appear , possibly as twin brides , preferably in long dresses or other outfits that keep them well covered to prevent any incidents among their own group or from outsiders . |
| 24 | Conventional procedures for studying receptive fields involve presenting small spots of light or dark , or light/dark edges and moving them around until you find the point in the visual field where they affect the response of the cell . |
| 25 | We asked them if they had vomited or abused laxatives and asked them to record their weight on a weekly basis . |
| 26 | They proved much easier to collect than direct taxes and made it possible for government revenue to keep pace with the swift rise in production . |
| 27 | His concern was solely with effectiveness rather than style ; he rarely spoke with more than brief notes and left it to the occasion to furnish the words . |
| 28 | They told the Cannes conference that new legislation that requires them to give more information on toxic chemicals to federal safety watchdogs could leave them wide open to spies . |
| 29 | Presumably it was both practical and political reasons that led him to the subject working party strategy . |
| 30 | It was Lexy 's voice and imagined image that tormented her , though she could n't bring herself to pronounce the name . |