Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What else am I for in this place ? |
| 2 | Toll roads were one solution but I was less keen on them than on another idea we developed in the Transport Department . |
| 3 | I know many people who do worse things , but I 'd rather listen to all of them than to this man Monks . |
| 4 | But I think fruit was better in them than in these bo cardboard boxes too . |
| 5 | There were many famous examples , but little is left of any of them except in such cities as Rhodes , where some twentieth century excavations and restoration have been carried out . |
| 6 | Absolutely nothing except on those rare occasions when I am being praised |
| 7 | It appeared on the evidence that he believed himself not to be liable ; but he knew that the plaintiffs thought him liable , and would sue him if he did not pay , and in order to avoid the expense and trouble of legal proceedings against himself he agreed to a compromise ; and the question is , whether a person who has given a note as a compromise of a claim honestly made on him , and which but for that compromise would have been at once brought to a legal decision , can resist the payment of the note on the ground that the original claim thus compromised might have been successfully resisted … . |
| 8 | If at the time any claim arises under this Policy there is any other existing insurance covering the same loss damage or liability the Corporation shall not be liable to pay or contribute more than its rateable proportion of any such claim provided always that nothing in this condition shall impose on the Corporation any liability from which but for this condition it would have been relieved under the provisions of Proviso ( a ) of Paragraph 2 of Section A of this policy . |
| 9 | Provided always that nothing in this condition shall impose on the Corporation any liability from which but for this condition it would have been relieved under the provisions of Exception ( c ) to Part A of this Policy . |
| 10 | 8.1.4 any other act or thing by which but for this provision the Guarantor would have been released [ other than a variation of the terms of this Lease agreed between the parties that is prejudicial to the Guarantor ] Until the case of P & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc it was believed that the benefit of a guarantor 's covenants could only be enforced by a successor in title to the landlord 's reversion , where there had been an express assignment to it . |
| 11 | Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein . |
| 12 | Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein . |
| 13 | He saw himself as in some way subverting that tradition : they told Hawaiians to put their clothes on and stop surfing ; he was taking his off and going pagan all over again . |
| 14 | Neil , who never thought of himself as in any way a Galahad , or a knight errant in shining armour , saving virgins under attack , nevertheless felt compelled to investigate , particularly when the cry came again , more despairing than ever . |
| 15 | Many children and even staff have almost a phobia about school toilets and try to avoid using them if at all possible . |
| 16 | " [ A ] man of the humble class who falls into the hands of law " , he wrote , " is more afraid of the process of law itself than of any punishment . |
| 17 | ‘ Sadly , though — and this is the way of the world as you will find out when you grow up — my friend is less interested in the car itself than in some of the people it carries . |
| 18 | " I have to say that I have a different opinion of you than of some of the others from your house . |
| 19 | In the circumstances you outline , I agree I 'd rather take a chance on you than on most people . ’ |
| 20 | I feel almost more sorry for you than for any , for you have let your heart entwine itself so round mine that the shock to you will be very great ; take care that you be not too much overcome . |
| 21 | And you must believe me when I tell you I 'd rather have been with you than in any of those exotic places . ’ |
| 22 | If you think your — your wonderful offer is going to sound any better coming from you than from that — that pig — ’ |
| 23 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 24 | The Company after you because of that stunt with the blind spider . |
| 25 | If you called to the people , they would follow you because of that . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not even speaking to you because of that flipping letter . |
| 27 | It will not be easy for him to justify dismissing you because of any lack of capability on your part where that could have been anticipated when you were originally offered the job . |
| 28 | But I do n't treat you as below any serious notice or sympathy . |
| 29 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 30 | I got the first one except for this one . |