Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There are many illustrations throughout which offer a visual display of the technique or design which the text is referring to .
2 This is the payment or receipt which arises from the way in which the EC budget is financed and disbursed ( see Chapter 4 ) .
3 For problem.solving , strategy formulation or appraisal there is little logic to the voting approach .
4 Systematic referral to other institutions or agencies which could help adults get the appropriate qualifications or advise them on what to do next might also encourage such enquirers .
5 Much political research still relies on this approach to explain how government is maintained , but immediate problems that present themselves are that it can not be assumed either that the institutions or organisations themselves do really exercise power or that their nominal members are all equally active in such exercise of power as there is .
6 At present hospitals and community services often use the translation services of a relative who is bilingual , or of a kitchen porter or nurse who may know nothing of mental health problems , or of anyone in the vicinity who happens to speak the language .
7 This could involve use of the local environment , making use of a relevant local site or sites in the locality , or it could involve a visit to a major historic site , building or museum which offers an example of the best of its kind .
8 The lender accepts that the surplus cash flow over operating costs will cover the cost of interest payments arising from a debt , or that the building or project itself has a realizable capital value .
9 Although the agricultural departments may make competent judgements about the suitability of hill land for agriculture or forestry it is difficult to comprehend how they might also make an assessment of the potential wider impact of a change in land use without considerably more evidence than is currently available .
10 Equally , there were others such as Plataia or Thespiai which looked to Athens instead .
11 Her attraction had only grown ; he found himself trying to smell her hair when they sat together in pubs , he gazed out of the comer of his eye at her breasts under whatever jumper or T-shirt she was wearing , wanting to touch them .
12 New Historicism is very adept at employing ‘ thick description ’ , a detailed skilful exposition of , usually , some text or document which has been largely critically bypassed previously , but which is shown to have a charged metaphoric function in revealing some facet of Renaissance culture .
13 In a developed legal system the rules of recognition are of course more complex ; instead of identifying rules exclusively by reference to a text or list they do so by reference to some general characteristic possessed by the primary rules .
14 These are reasons or issues which have increasingly come to dominate our discussions within Obair in the past year .
15 Earlier a drugs worker had given evidence relating to general drugs policies but Sheriff Archibald Bell QC said it was n't the court 's job to listen to critisism of government agencies , local authorities or individuals who were n't represented .
16 Not suitable on objects or surfaces which can not resist the high temperature of steam , e.g. delicate and some man-made materials , velvet , natural fur , plastic , Dralon etc .
17 Some elders may have been obliged to be attached to objects or routines which in some way were exploitative , oppressive or otherwise caused suffering .
18 Breach of the partnership agreement It is usual to specify certain provisions of particular importance ( eg failing to maintain proper accounts or actions which might cause the firm to lose its investment business certificate ) the breach of which would enable the power of expulsion to be exercised and , in a further ground , to refer in more general terms to persistent and general failure to observe the spirit of the agreement .
19 That 's the season when coloured hollies or laurels which may have spent most of the summer masked by the bright herbaceous flowers in the foreground , take centre stage and preside over the border .
20 President , Congress , Roy London Region moving motion two five five on the T & G. Colleagues , let's make it clear , this motion is not opposed to a merger of the T & G. What it seeks to do is put forward another idea which is to continue to work closely with the T & G on a wide range of jointly agreed .
21 We can also expect de-recognition by employers who are frightened to death by the T & G. It it 's already happening .
22 Clearly in any merger between the G M B and the T & G there are big hurdles to overcome .
23 The instincts are known to us as impulses , wishes or desires which seek direct satisfaction , unless they are totally repressed .
24 The so-called ‘ feminine ’ vanity and self-conscious attention to , for example , hair or modesty which is present in many other interpretations of sea-shore bathers , is certainly not evident here .
25 Surgery on the heart or lungs themselves , or involving opening the chest for access ( e.g. to the oesophagus ) directly affects function , as air enters the normally airtight pleura , causing the lung to collapse .
26 And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct
27 That suspicion of the referendum or plebiscite which we noted was partly based on the fact that it is a device which had been used by some dictators and despots to give their rule at least the semblance of a basis in popular consent .
28 Face facts , John , football supporters owe their manager , board or players NOTHING .
29 After any loss , damage or accident you must give us full details of the incident in writing as soon as possible .
30 After any loss , damage or accident you must give us full details of the incident in writing as soon as possible .
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