Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp now says that it will spend more than $17,200m — that 's what it translates to — a year to connect every home and office in Japan to its fibre-optic Integrated Services Digital Network by the year 2015 ; it started on the network in 1985 . |
| 2 | The referendum or plebiscite is a device viewed with suspicion in some quarters , largely because they have often been used to ratify or endorse decisions already taken or policies already embarked on , as was the case with Britain 's entry into the EEC , or because they have been staged , and the issue presented , in such a way as to produce the outcome wanted by the government which initiates them . |
| 3 | A considerable proportion of self-employed temporary workers come from industries where the overall rate of self-employment is above average , such as construction , or have occupations best described as " professional " , although low skilled service and industrial workers are also to be found in large numbers amongst them . |
| 4 | A considerable number come from industries where the overall rate of self-employment is above average , such as construction , or have occupations best described as " professional " , but they also include many low-skilled industrial and service sector workers . |
| 5 | By the end of the morning pupils were discussing the materials , relating the different activities and using information already gained and also beginning to think in terms of a wide-ranging , long-term project in which they were all involved . |
| 6 | It was a childlike boast and made Rosen finally turn while she went on . |
| 7 | The push and pop instructions also increment or decrement the count field of the specified accumulator by one , and signal count over- and underflow . |
| 8 | It is also important to measure and cut fabric accurately to ensure that the pleats not only lie squarely on top of each other when the blind is pulled up but also to ensure that the blind hangs squarely when down . |
| 9 | This problem is n't exclusive to Dublin , of course , but the endemic mistrust of dance music that makes it a rock and roll island also means that the new noises of the Eighties hip hop , house , techno et al have been , at best ignored , at worst patronised . |
| 10 | If you take part you will be showing solidarity with the poorest nations in the world and letting governments everywhere know that you care about the environment and its undeniable rush to destruction . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend further agree that the Opposition spokesman showed his lamentable inexperience of industry when he talked about poaching ? |
| 12 | A transfer of part of land in a registered title is a simple matter , too , but requires a plan to define the land ( and see remarks already made as to the need for accuracy ) and the document may also , of course , contain mutual rights and obligations such as rights of way , of support , of liability for maintenance of common parts , covenants to observe restrictions , etc . |
| 13 | The drafter may be tempted to overcome this problem by using " and/or " , as follows : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract the Seller may terminate the contract and/or recover goods already delivered and/or retain all payments already made . |
| 14 | It was the best rock 'n' roll picture ever made because it was anti-rock 'n' roll . |