Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement of law based upon facts which either were not found to exist in the case or were found not to be material to the decision . |
| 2 | Consideration should be given to the question whether " damage " is to be restricted to physical damage or is to extend to loss of profits caused by disturbance of the tenant 's business . |
| 3 | The NI has always been sceptical about the value of government-to-government overseas aid , which too easily finds its way into the pockets of an elite or is wasted on the wrong kind of project . |
| 4 | Then , as section 2 of the 1980 Act , they have the duty , originally spelt out in section 1 of the 1948 Act , to receive a child into care where it appears that a child under 17 ‘ has neither parent nor guardian or is lost or that his parents or guardian are , for the time being or permanently , prevented by reason of mental or bodily disease or infirmity or other incapacity or any other circumstances from providing for his proper accommodation , maintenance and upbringing ; and in either case , that the intervention of the local authority under this section is necessary in the interests of the welfare of the child ’ . |
| 5 | When goods are carried in different vehicles or are of a different kind or are divided into different lots , the sender of the carrier is entitled to require a separate consignment note for each vehicle or each kind or lot of goods . |
| 6 | Once a family contacts or is referred to the referral scheme coordinator every assistance is given to that family to link into their local community group to ensure that the group is physically suitable and that any special assistance needed to enable the child to attend the group and enjoy its activities is provided . |
| 7 | An ex-employee is thus allowed to make use of his own memory of the work he has carried out in his previous employment unless it involves genuine secrets or is covered by an express term in the contract of employment . |
| 8 | It is envisaged that the scope of validation will be greater in the case of a centre which is inexperienced at advanced course level or is submitting a proposal in a subject area new to that centre . |
| 9 | Many of these factors can be deduced or estimated from surviving archaeological evidence , but other factors — such as size of population , whether farming is only at subsistence level or is producing a surplus , and if so , how large a surplus — are much more difficult to assess . |
| 10 | the employee works less hours or is laid off |
| 11 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module names are being reserved and to give an indication of what the modules contain at present or are meant to contain in the future . |
| 12 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module name is being reserved and to give an indication of what the module contains at present or is meant to contain in the future . |
| 13 | Venice , intensely touchy about its international status , was particularly liable to take umbrage if one of its representatives were not offered such a present or were offered one of less value than expected : the failure of the duke of Savoy to make a gift to a departing Venetian ambassador in 1603 , for example , aroused notably bad feeling in the republic . |
| 14 | Will the Supplement entries follow their OED entry on the main tape(s) or be contained on a separate tape ? |
| 15 | A CHURCH has been told to tone down its bells or be prosecuted for noise pollution by Nottingham Council . |
| 16 | Women will no longer accept that they are relegated to the kitchen or are treated as machines for the production of children . |
| 17 | No cases are referred to in the judgments or were cited in argument . |
| 18 | .. Try it out when you leave here , try it out in the meetings and the presentations that you have to make I encourage you to do that , to try it out in your day to day working and for those people who have either already been on this course or are coming on this course after you that you meet encourage them to do the same , because there 's nothing like encouragement and feedback from each other to be able to use these new ideas . |
| 19 | Others reeked of herbs or were powdered with flour . |
| 20 | A Kelmscott Chaucer with an estimate of £4,000-£5,000 either did not reach its reserve or was withdrawn . |
| 21 | All told , 22 ministers — about a quarter of the Government — have been replaced , either as a result of their own decision to stand down , losing their seats in Thursday 's general election or being asked by Mr Major to relinquish their posts . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the 1986 Disabled Persons Act , arising from a private member 's Bill and now on the statute book , seeks to carry forward for adults some of the more positive features of the 1981 Education Act — for example , it provides for the rights of all people with disabilities to take part or be represented in discussion and decision-making concerning services provided for them . |
| 23 | You must be on income support or be expected to get income support when you move into the community . |
| 24 | The stoves either fit directly onto the cartridge or are fed through a short hose with a control valve . |
| 25 | Poor Harriet , laid out in a drawer in the morgue or being worked on even now by the undertaker to repair the more obvious signs of post-mortem investigation before friends and relatives viewed the body . |
| 26 | Conference , this particular motion calls for an increase of members required to form a branch or be allowed to continue as a branch should it lose members . |
| 27 | It was kill or be killed . ’ |
| 28 | Had he worked part-time as a traffic clerk or been employed for less than two years by Humberside Heavy Haulage , Peter would not have been entitled to a redundancy payment . |
| 29 | Many of his radical moves , breaking the BBC down into business units instructed to make money or be closed and buying in services from the private sector if it is cheaper , are either in force or due to be so by the beginning of next month — so if he went they would continue anyway . |
| 30 | During conference debate on industrial law , Brenda Dean , general secretary of the print union Sogat , attacked Mr Maxwell over the treatment of over 100 workers at the Nuffield Press in Oxford who , she said , had to agree to individual contracts or be sacked at the end of the week . |