Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commonest problem with central heating pumps is jamming , either after a period when the pump has not been used , or due to sludge in the system clogging the impeller . |
| 2 | Amphoteric detergents : ionise in solution with the active ion being either cationic or anionic according to the pH of the solution . |
| 3 | He has been given every chance to develop , for the West Indies youth team 's tour of Australia in 1988 , another trip to Zimbabwe in 1989 and every representative President 's XI or Under-23s going in the Caribbean against touring teams . |
| 4 | Polyester or down-filled sleeping bags will be washed or dry cleaned before being given a special waterproofing treatment with Nikwax TX10i . |
| 5 | Down bags should be washed with special products , or dry cleaned by a specialist cleaner . |
| 6 | Here it was always twilight , the corridors lit or unlit according to whether or not the local gang bosses had made deals with those Above who controlled the basic facilities like lighting , sanitation and water . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the realisation of this knowledge has been difficult or impractical owing to several well known factors including ‘ closed ’ systems , immature software standards , and high development or re-development costs . |
| 8 | Patients are often embarrassed or hesitant to describe in detail why they have difficulty evacuating their bowels or what the sensation is like before an incontinent episode . |
| 9 | It is a reasonably well-known fact that the same computer program can be run on a number of machines , not only different tokens of machines but different types , where that extends to machines working with quite different physical processes . |
| 10 | There 's plenty more where that came from . |
| 11 | ‘ Plenty more where that came from , ’ he 'd say . |
| 12 | If only Boy had known , there was lots more where that came from ; there was lots of advice which Madame might have given him , but did n't . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not really sure where that came from . |
| 14 | And I say ‘ There is n't any more where that came from . ’ |
| 15 | It could be , there might be a lot more where that came from . |
| 16 | So he must have been convinced that there really was a lot more where that came from . |
| 17 | He said that the Supersight people had put a lot of money up front , and this was his share and plenty more where that came from . ’ |
| 18 | And there is much more where that came from in this attractively illustrated and assiduously researched collection of articles . |
| 19 | ‘ Listen , ’ said Mr Mafouz , clapping Robert on the back , hard , ‘ there 's more where that came from . |
| 20 | ‘ A very great deal and there 's lots more where that came from . ’ |
| 21 | There are more where that came from , but you will easily catch the drift . |
| 22 | There are definitely more where that came from . |
| 23 | But there was plenty more where that came from . |
| 24 | Oh well maybe you discuss that at your meeting on the second of February yeah cos er where that lies with I 'm not bothered who it lies with to be quite honest Er , so what you 're saying basically on point seven then is it 's all tickety boo is it ? |
| 25 | Whether this interference is constructive or destructive depends on the optical path difference , and so the pattern of bright and dark bands reflects the pattern of constant density surfaces ( in a two-dimensional flow configuration ) . |
| 26 | Sex might be more or less important to a person in later life , but the level would be higher or lower according to the general level of importance throughout adult years . |
| 27 | These figures could be ten times higher or lower depending on the circumstances . |
| 28 | Normally amongst these is included any matter where the complainant has or had a right of appeal or right to go to the courts but has not used it . |
| 29 | You either turn left to go to one side of Petswood or right to go to the other side of Petswood . |
| 30 | Marriage is a loving , caring relationship where each thinks of the other 's good and this is especially important in relation to sex . |