Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [conj] the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor will often feel it necessary to examine the pelvic organs manually to assess whether there is evidence of pelvic inflammatory disease , fibroids in the uterus , or to see whether the uterus is enlarged when pregnancy is suspected . |
| 2 | Occupations tend to be upgraded in status , for example , by implying possession of a special skill or suggesting that the work is in a supervisory capacity . |
| 3 | Available in a wide range of sizes , the uPVC framework will never rot or corrode and the conservatory is double glazed throughout . |
| 4 | It is possible that an individual 's echolocation system is impaired or disrupted when the whale is close to gentle sloping sandy beeches . |
| 5 | It appears to me that default in the sense of breach of duty must persist after the act or neglect until the damage is suffered . |
| 6 | When they are asked to share their true thoughts or feelings with an unfamiliar partner or in a small group , I have never known anyone to object , or complain that the exercise is an invasion of privacy . |
| 7 | He might be brought in for periodic boosters or to help when the problem is in the degree of difficulty and intensity not experienced before . |
| 8 | Whatever may be the attitude of any individual teacher , if s/he does not receive adequate support from the school in implementing change , s/he is likely to give up , or decide that the innovation is not worth the extra time and energy required . |
| 9 | It is quite likely that they will make suggestions or ask that the work is prepared according to a set of guidelines that they provide . |
| 10 | This inappropriate behaviour can indicate the level of distress or anger that the child is feeling and extensive investigations into family functioning are indicated . |
| 11 | HOW many more police officers have to be stabbed , shot or beaten before the law is changed to protect them ? |
| 12 | This is located on a permanent-memory chip , which can neither be added to , or altered , by an operator , nor erased when the machine is switched off . |
| 13 | Add the egg white to the icing sugar and knead until the mixture is stiff and doughlike . |
| 14 | In bites and stings if the creature is known to be poisonous or the person is known to react badly to such bites or stings . |
| 15 | Wring our hands and bleat that the world is ‘ interdependent ’ , ignoring the plain truth that interdependence without equity leads only to the deepening dependency of the weaker ? |
| 16 | I can not say that the letter is in the drawer and mean that the cake is in the cupboard , or that the letter was or will be in the drawer . |
| 17 | Add the rice and simmer until the rice is cooked . |
| 18 | Reduce heat and simmer until the garlic is tender , about 15 minutes . |
| 19 | Gruelling and demanding as the tour is likely to be , the tourists will of course be aiming to win yet another series in England . |
| 20 | These included speaking more slowly , facing the client , and checking that the advice is being understood . |
| 21 | A common example is an instruction to increment the contents of a specified store location and skip if the result is zero . |
| 22 | Walmsley looks at several possible explanations and concludes that the change is largely due to the Act itself , firstly in the simple sense that the passing of the 1967 Act brought to an end a trial period of uncertainty for the police by making quite clear that , although in the future homosexual acts in private between consenting adults were to be legal , such acts in ‘ public ’ as defined by the Act were not . |
| 23 | Reduce the heat to low , cover , and cook until the pasta is tender and the liquid almost absorbed . |
| 24 | Stir and cook until the caramel is golden brown . |
| 25 | ‘ This will happen until artists and others get hold of VR and realise that the medium is not necessarily the message , ’ he says . |
| 26 | And he said , it looks as though they 've put the chimney on and found that the flue is the ba the boiler 's in the bathroom , so they 've had to come down here . |
| 27 | Add the water and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy . |
| 28 | They have replaceable laminated foil liners and deflate as the liquid is emptied . |
| 29 | Material placed on the spike can be copied and edited but the original is maintained , the Messenger Group system refers to the spike as ‘ carbons ’ which is possibly easier to visualise . |
| 30 | Sit it on a hill and wait till the enemy is within half range and then let fly . |