Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 538 , 1891 ) or by the father of an illegitimate child to pay the mother an allowance if she proves to him that the child is well looked after and happy ( below , p. 224 ) . |
| 2 | The father replied , ‘ I am prepared to let you have ( the child ) and pay you up to £1 a week allowance for her providing you can prove that she will be well looked after and happy and also that she is allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . ’ |
| 3 | The father agrees to let the mother have the child , provided the child herself wishes to come and provided also that the mother satisfies the father that she will be well looked after and happy . |
| 4 | MORRIS L.J. : It seems to me , therefore , that the father was saying , in effect : Irrespective of what may be the strict legal position , what I am asking is that you shall prove that the child will be well looked after and happy , and also that you must agree that the child is to be allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . |
| 5 | The real irony is that if , as so many commentators suggest , the British are becoming increasingly disillusioned with and disinterested in the royal family , all these much-hyped books would stop selling . |
| 6 | This self-criticism also con er this self-criticism of the Party and purification also contributed to erm the rise in absolute egalitarianism which thought would thorough and satisfy the peasants but problems arose from er absolute egalitarianism in that how that the interests of middle peasants were encroached upon and rich peasants were severely under attack . |
| 7 | It is also clearly much easier to produce one 's own draft agreement than to work from and mark-up someone else 's . |
| 8 | It is highly effective , highly professional and highly regarded and in no way would its organisational change mean that it was any less committed to or capable of working on the types of renewable energy mentioned by the hon. Gentleman from tidal to wave power . |
| 9 | He was also committed to and involved in the admission of women to the medical school , which obviously involved much tact and understanding in order to break down prejudices . |
| 10 | Is the vendor committed to and clear as to the reason for a sale ? |
| 11 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |
| 12 | It is in these areas that Save The Children has consistently moved forward through developing long term strategies which are being added to and developed year after year . |
| 13 | In addition , we are looking at ways of reducing fear by enriching the environment of the birds ( with small objects to peck at and intermittent music ) during the rearing period . |
| 14 | For bonds trading at or above par ( so that ) , duration increases with maturity and approaches this limit from below . |
| 15 | Coun Harford said the council chamber in Middlesbrough town hall or Teesside Polytechnic could have been looked at or public buildings in one of the districts would have been better . |
| 16 | What we have in terms of the advice for the open countryside outside the areas that would normally be looked at and allocated for development is the rural exceptions policy that forms part of P P G three . |
| 17 | On the other hand , the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or above accuracy levels of 50 per cent and the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or below accuracy levels of 50 per cent . |
| 18 | Our job is to be dominated by and subject to that and to be a mouthpiece for Jesus again to speak through us to his people . ’ |
| 19 | If total benefit ( utility ) derived from being in locality is denoted by and total benefit from being in is , then equilibrium occurs where |
| 20 | The accepted standards of political morality differed from our own ; evidence is hard to come by and difficult to interpret . |
| 21 | This has been applied for but certain electrical deficiencies must be rectified before it is granted . |
| 22 | Did you get all monies applied for or only part payment or none at all ? ! |
| 23 | This unidimensionality is imposed on history by a backward projection of present-day standard phonology on to the past , and according to the theory of language standardization that we have tentatively advanced elsewhere ( J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) , it can be seen as an attempt to historicize the standard language — to create a past for it and determine a canon , in which canonical forms are argued for and unorthodox forms rejected . |
| 24 | At its Forum 92 European user conference , held on the shores of Lake Como in Italy , Informix also began to talk about near-and mid-term plans for its current 5. x series products . |
| 25 | It 's a hard thing to talk about and difficult to define , but it is that essence that makes an event special , different from the rest , even from similar occasions in other years . |
| 26 | If it be light , dry and free from bugs , if it be central in position , and if it contain three rooms , it will be eagerly sought for and hard to find . |
| 27 | accounting standards and policies consistent with and to be applied on a similar basis to those adopted for and implicit in the accounts of the Company for the year ended [ date 19XX ] |
| 28 | accounting standards and policies consistent with and to be applied on a similar basis to those adopted for and implicit in the accounts of the Company for the year ended [ date 19XX ] |
| 29 | Many women in their 40s/50s/60s are involved in looking after and nursing ageing parents so it is quite possible that a specified age range of 45 to 65 could also be indirect sex discrimination . |
| 30 | Differences can account for prices varying between one and four : Flemish-Dutch pastels are about three times cheaper than watercolours ; French pastels are four times cheaper than oils ; the differences are less important for the Italian School , since Italian drawings in general are more sought after and collected than others . |