Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [noun] is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1979 the courts have ruled that review and appeal are available only where certain standard forms of contract need to be interpreted by the court or an award is plainly and seriously wrong : see Jaffe in ( 1989 ) Arbitration vol 55 , p184 . |
| 2 | Since quite a lot of money may be involved , you would be well advised to consult an accountant : or , if you are thinking of moving ( and the issue is really whether to transfer an existing mortgage — or possibly acquire a new one ) , include this among the points to raise with your solicitor . |
| 3 | Stone & Dobinson 's test of " obvious risk to health or welfare " would broaden manslaughter perhaps unacceptably , and the position is now that accepted by the Privy Council and Court of Appeal . |
| 4 | The carving is quite deep , and the frontality is surely because the sculptor , used to working figures in the round , felt that this is how a carved figure should look . |
| 5 | These are essentially meant to be measures of productivity and of service quality , and the idea is both that targets be set , and that analysis of outcomes be presented . |
| 6 | When I get home Mrs Marsh has polished off half the biscuits in the tin and the teapot is all but empty . |
| 7 | And the final point I wanted to make , although yes , we do welcome the special transitional grant second tranche of ten point eight million pounds , and it would be churlish not to , it is nevertheless a reduction on what the share of it was last year erm s of the national total so there is actually a reduction in the share that is getting this year , and alongside that , and of course hence the need for the recommendation in the budget , is that we 've actually lost very specifically one point eight five six million in the rollover grant from last year 's erm S T D tranche which we are specifically asking and very grateful to policy and resources for , hopefully , erm we 're asking and we 're hopeful they will underpin it and the Chairman is here and er er has nodded in that direction I think it 's fair to say . |
| 8 | The difference between need and dare and the modals is simply that the latter are by the very nature of their lexical meaning incapable of evoking a reality , while the former can evoke potentialities only in non-assertive use . |
| 9 | With the Sim-Fix it is unnecessary to punch extra fixing points in the slate and the strap is quickly and easily nailed to the batten with three optional fixing points , making it possible to use it with any size of slate . |
| 10 | Most people er recognise that er being able to park in a space in a busy street is an important part of driving , and the surprise is really that it 's never been part of the test before . |
| 11 | We 'll go no more a-screwing So late into the night , Though the heart is still as loving And the moon is still as bright . |
| 12 | The arts and culture of Renaissance Florence , are undoubtedly the region 's chief attractions , and the city is less than 10 miles away , but all around , the rolling countryside is quite superb , offering some wonderful rural drives amidst olive groves and vineyards . |
| 13 | At a seated dinner the speakers are usually at the top table and the microphone is nearby and can be handed to each speaker . |
| 14 | Right , now if we look on , erm we come to Regional Action Networks , another reason why Amnesty seems not to allocate more than one prisoner and all now is that they have expanded the ways in which we deal with prisoners and the world is more or less been divided up into areas , erm , of smaller regions and groups are asked to choose one or two regions to deal with particularly and we , we have for quite a long time now erm been concerned with Southern Africa and Central America and we get information through on prisoners and what 's happening in those two regions , so John do you have anything else on Africa at all ? |
| 15 | The problem here though and the show is quietly and very deliberately subtitled ‘ Lesbians take photographs ’ is that we rarely see a pairing of two sleek , longhaired and long-legged blondes . |
| 16 | Scorpius is setting , and the Cross is more or less out of view , though as seen from anywhere south of Sydney or the Cape it never drops below the horizon . |
| 17 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
| 18 | Among other contributions , Neil Allen looks pityingly at athletics and boxing , and the stink is just as pronounced in soccer . |
| 19 | The heavy , crude outlines are now no longer broken and sporadic as they were in some of his most characteristically Fauve works , and every shape is carefully and fully outlined ; only a certain emphasis on the oval forms of the foliage , and a few touches of arbitrary colour retain any flavour of Fauvism . |
| 20 | ‘ This is my palace but the king is here and God knows who listens in ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , but the telephone is downstairs and if she 's in bed she would have to get out to answer it . |
| 22 | Government may not succeed , but the opportunity is there and in order to understand that one has to understand the political culture and the extent to which it endures . |
| 23 | Zednik says : ‘ Petr is still extrovert on court but the difference is now that he does n't lose his concentration on the next point as much as he used to . ’ |