Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consensus could not be guaranteed where particular groups had had little or nothing to do with a particular policy . |
| 2 | In the liberal view the attraction exerted over them by extremist doctrines had little or nothing to do with the social composition of the radicals . |
| 3 | One of the oddities , though , is when C and M slip across a piece that has little or nothing to do with the high-tech graphics which preface their speciality corner . |
| 4 | However , the term ‘ disease ’ is slightly unfortunate in this context because it conjures up notions of a ‘ cause ’ that has little or nothing to do with the natural state of the organism but which is imposed on it , having a discontinuous effect ; as , for example , in infectious diseases . |
| 5 | Just as the young Federman arrives in America and will embark on a new series of experiences , so Double Or Nothing speculates about the possible shapes it might take . |
| 6 | Remember Ma Christie , our Norwegian Pathfinder , who wondered at how his crew just happened to appear as though from some mystique of chance ; how Middleton said in effect " my crew is the best in the Command … leave them be or I return to the Main Force " . |
| 7 | And there was a shadow , something or somebody moving against the eastern window . |
| 8 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |
| 9 | This was the period when admirers of ‘ trad ’ adopted a purist stance , listened rather than danced and frowned on anything slick or commercial or which smacked of the professional dance band . |
| 10 | But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action . |
| 11 | Yes , you could do that , so , so y you go for erm a very high rate of taxation or you go for a lower rate of taxation which is |
| 12 | And when you that lay down you can look at whoever what the other players have got face up and you either go for a player or you go for the maximum points . |
| 13 | You either stamp Lucas up his right buttock or you go over the double white lines , or you brake and somebody behind might be too close behind you . |
| 14 | Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman . |
| 15 | You can either look at people 's jobs because that 's the bulk of the money goes or you look at the charging policy or you look how the building 's run . |
| 16 | Nor were any examples found of we or you co-occurring with a singular verb , and in a very real sense it is this constraint which distinguishes the Belfast vernacular concord system from that of other non-standard varieties . |
| 17 | There are the actions he or she contributes to the total social process , and there are the accounts in which action is interpreted , criticized and justified . |
| 18 | It was common practice , for example , for a brothel-keeper brought before a court to claim that he or she belonged to a privileged nationality . |
| 19 | It suggests that a human being could in theory obtain all the food he or she needed from a well-tended patio ! |
| 20 | He or she works under an assistant education officer . |
| 21 | The researcher , unfortunately , has the same problems with testing this hypothesis , despite its greater precision , as he or she has with the grander ones . |
| 22 | If you think about and watch the settings of your child 's behaviour , it may be that he or she behaves in a non-compliant way , or has a tantrum on some occasions but not others ; that is , some situations seem to act as cues for him or her to behave in a particular way . |
| 23 | He or she lives in an impersonal world , out of touch with other people . |
| 24 | For instance , If you are talking to a neighbour and he or she seems in no particular rush , then invite him or her in for an impromptu cup of something . |
| 25 | Either the mermaid was energetically breasting the waves or she sat on the upturned keel of a drowned vessel and combed out long and improbably yellow hair . |
| 26 | Or who know about a different God to mine . |
| 27 | The Tour tries to create opportunities by staging ‘ open-events ’ and allotting places to amateurs invited by the sponsor or who qualify under the relevant handicap rules . |
| 28 | no longer confined to persons who speak the King 's English or who come under the direct influence of the great writers ; the continuity of our literary and linguistic heritage is threatened by the far-reaching influence of the half educated … |
| 29 | Some of the designs are imported , others are composed in the factories by stylists — either an original design or one based on a specific order or according to the article 's intended market . |
| 30 | Applicants require a good Honours degree ( or equivalent ) in an approved discipline , normally either from a design-based discipline such as architecture , civil engineering or planning , or one based on the biological sciences , and a year 's appropriate professional experience since graduating . |