Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case the non-verbal concomitants of the various utterances are improvised as if for the first time , and in the best of all possible productions an unforeseeable Lear , Macbeth or Rosalind emerges in performance , and the speeches come across expressing meanings which would have been hard to foresee from reading the bare text . |
| 2 | Epistemic modality ( the word " epistemic " means " to do with knowledge " ) involves various markers in language of the degree of certainty or possibility a speaker or writer feels towards what is being said . |
| 3 | " Parole " is the particular uses of this system , or selections from the system , which the speaker or writer makes on this or that occasion . |
| 4 | This may partly explain why a speaker or writer opts for a marked theme in a given context . |
| 5 | speaks at masses or meetings writes for the newsletter |
| 6 | Iain Banks is a thoroughly Scottish writer , and The Crow Road has already been identified as his ‘ crisis ’ novel : a notable softening of the baroque violence and elaboration of the earlier books and the sideline science fiction ( where Banks hides under the minimal false moustache and wig of a middle initial ) . |
| 7 | All clubs received a letter warning them against organising practice or trial matches before the season officially starts on 1st September . |
| 8 | The relative merits of measuring Z or h-parameters rests on which of the signal termination conditions is the easier to provide . |
| 9 | THERE are still bargains to be found among the terraced property and this one on the books of J Trevor & Sons looks to be worthy of closer inspection . |
| 10 | When items are faulty , not delivered on time , or more rarely where Ian has by his own fault succeeded in botching an order , then he goes on the defensive . |
| 11 | The specifically indeterminate forms that inhabit the underside of misericords — birds with human heads , dragons with foliage tails — give way to bats , cats , men — on horseback or performing somersaults under the ledge to balance it on various parts of their anatomy . |
| 12 | WHERE MOISTURE COMES FROM |
| 13 | It is doubtful that such activities can be interpreted as remnants from pre-communist society , soon to disappear as socialism or communism comes of age . |
| 14 | If drawings or handwriting has to be reproduced then the stencil can be cut by a ‘ stylus ’ pen . |
| 15 | A business bargain or contract rests on the basic proposition that each party to the contract is in agreement . |
| 16 | Surprisingly , N & P seems to be the only building society to offer a permanent share dealing service , though others have offered temporary privatisation arrangements . |
| 17 | Evidently it was one of Marcel Boulestin 's favourite sweetmeats ; a recipe for tomato jam or preserve appears in every one of his cookery books . |
| 18 | Havelock suggests three categories : the research and development and diffusion model , where an idea or practice conceived at the centre is fed out into the system ; the social interaction model , where change proceeds through formal and informal contact between groups ; and the problem solving model , where individuals are themselves involved in initiating , developing or modifying aspects of a programme at local level . |
| 19 | ( b ) Where however the prosecution evidence is such that its strength or weakness depends on the view to be taken of a witness 's reliability , or other matters which are generally speaking within the province of the jury and where on one possible view of the facts there is evidence upon which a jury could properly come to the conclusion that the defendant is guilty , then the judge should allow the matter to be tried by the jury . |
| 20 | But otherwise , on the principle stated by Lord Lane C.J. in Reg. v. Galbraith [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 1039 , if the prosecution evidence is such that its strength or weakness depends on the view to be taken of its reliability , the magistrate is entitled to act upon that evidence in deciding whether there is sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal . |
| 21 | A model helicopter is a very narrow object and , unless the disc can be seen , the only indication on whether the model is banked or level comes from observation of the undercarriage skids . |
| 22 | And still , after Crime and Punishment , the idea of a confession novel or story tugs at the edge of Dostoevsky 's vision , and continues to do so for the rest of his life in the form of The Life of a Great Sinner which he planned on the scale of War and Peace , but which never got written though it fed previous material into his novels of the seventies , and especially Karamazov at the turn of the next decade . |
| 23 | Probably Tolkien would have accepted the thesis ( not unfamiliar to medievalists ) that all great works of fiction should contain a kernel scene or a ‘ lyric core ’ : to use the terminology of Marie de France , whose ‘ Breton lays ’ Tolkien imitated in ‘ Aotrou and Itroun ’ , 1945 , every conte or story comes from a lai or song . |
| 24 | The condition of spiritual imprisonment or freedom depends on many things , but especially on how we breathe and think . |
| 25 | The jacket is rather short , so a jersey or fleece has to be put under the shoulder straps of the salopettes , not over , or it will stick out below the jacket and get wet . |
| 26 | Food contact surfaces : Although all food contact surfaces can transfer contamination the potential for causing infection or spoilage depends on the type of food handled and the stage of manufacture or preparation . |
| 27 | Ultimately , if it is to count , the independent thought or action has to be offered or at least to be open to others for their evaluation . |
| 28 | The success of any reform , whether to curriculum , teaching method , school organization or administration depends upon teachers being ‘ in-play ’ , willing to participate in the search for a more powerful and enabling form of schooling , and to give proposed reforms ( to quote the Americans ) ‘ their best shot ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I want nothing left here that David Bellamy would n't approve of , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke ordered as the wind whisked her flounces up to display her silk Marks & Spencer camiknicks with elasticated waist and cotton-lined double gusset . |
| 30 | Even Marks & Spencer stands in awe . |