Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sometimes it is a case of a more specific influence ; a concept , technique or even piece of equipment which acts as an exemplar , parallel or metaphor in another field . |
| 2 | Other useful devices include printers to provide printed text or perhaps graphics as well , voice input , joystick controls , as well as graphics tablets , touch keyboards and light pens enabling flexible touch input and ‘ freehand ’ drawing input . |
| 3 | Example 2:18 Covenant to yield up tenant 's fixtures at the expiry or sooner determination of the tenancy to yield up the demised property including all tenant 's fixtures in good repair and clean and tidy Example 2:19 Covenant to remove tenant 's fixtures if required if so required by the landlord by written notice given not later than three months before the term date to remove ( or pay for the removal of ) all fixtures affixed to the demised property by the tenant or such of them as may be specified in the notice Example 2:20 Covenant by tenant to inquire about removal of fixtures not later than six months before the expiry of the term to inquire in writing of the landlord which ( if any ) tenant 's fixtures the landlord requires the tenant to remove on the termination of the term |
| 4 | It would have been otherwise if he had covenanted to paint in the quarter " preceding the expiry or sooner determination of the said term " . |
| 5 | Because of more elaborate film-printing techniques and finer-grained film stocks , board or even canvas may be used instead of glass and a black or white silhouette substituted for the clear glass area — though glass still provides a uniquely flat , untextured and rigid surface . |
| 6 | This can cause a cart-wheel and major damage or even injury . |
| 7 | They do not touch hard liquor or even coffee . |
| 8 | The Communist SED which , in round-table talks with opposition groups , has agreed to hold the first free elections in East Germany since 1946 — planned for next May — is seriously threatened by a split or even dissolution . |
| 9 | Pulverized bark or even wood shavings can be used as it is so exposed to the air that denitrification is avoided . |
| 10 | Recommendation ( ix ) calls upon local offices and the Department of Social Security to give higher priority to those entering residential care to make sure that their claims for income support are processed in good time so that people do not have weeks of worry or possibly weeks in a home without paying . |
| 11 | Thus , to give one case example in ten thousand that spring to mind , no psychiatrist in his right mind would pay credence or even attention to the findings , as uncovered by Hans Eysenck some years ago , that patients undergoing psychoanalysis have an improvement rate of 44 per cent , those subject to the effects of other psychotherapy recover at the rate of 64 per cent , and those to whom nothing whatever is done , who receive no treatment at all , are cured at a rate of 72 per cent . |
| 12 | This contrasts strongly with the simplicity of word processing , data base or even spreadsheet software . |
| 13 | The granules of spinea have broad base and a trifid or slightly rugose crown , those of hamula have a narrower base and the crown is more rugose . |
| 14 | And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning , |
| 15 | And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning , |
| 16 | What these things can do is to enhance the quality of life by helping us to transmute ‘ stress ’ into positive challenges , thus preventing the onset of apathy or even depression . |
| 17 | While French opinion may thus favour the work at local level of the individual deputé , national politics and the Assemblée Nationale are regarded with considerable scepticism , apathy or even contempt . |
| 18 | For the last hour or so Lewis ground it out with Smith , the Notts man restrained to the tune of eight runs in 19 overs , Smith reaching a 101-ball fifty . |
| 19 | For an hour or so Fabia wandered around the area which the dramatist Goethe had once called ‘ a paradise on earth ’ , and began to wish that she had more holiday than she had in which to explore more fully . |
| 20 | WITHIN AN HOUR or so Bourne had equipped a little room off the dais as a private office for the chief superintendent . |
| 21 | I think one of the things that is necessary is that you do need quite a strong centre within government at the moment , and , as we deal with all these complicated issues , whether they are … political or intelligence issues [ such ] as … the Falklands Isles or whether it 's something highly controversial such as nuclear power or defence or even road systems , you need a much stronger centre than we have got at the moment . |
| 22 | The next level — called ‘ Doctor of Philosophy ’ ( PhD or occasionally DPhil ) regardless of the subject of study — is a more advanced qualification requiring the submission of a thesis based on original research , and usually assumed to take three years of full-time study . |
| 23 | The desirable goals of accurate reading of handwriting or indeed recognition of spoken words have almost been achieved . |
| 24 | Do you have gifts such as music , or preaching , or teaching or even story-telling ? |
| 25 | So all the restaurateur has to do ( in the privacy of one 's own kitchen one can , after all , call one 's inventions what one pleases ; until they leave the house one 's guests are in no position to pass remarks ) is to follow the French example and describe his dish as faisan flambé au whisky or alternatively pheasant au Scotch . |
| 26 | In it I read and re-read the Greek myths and legends , consumed with a desire to understand the sexual exploits of the gods , capricious beings , sometimes part or wholly animal . |
| 27 | Are they distinct forms of the verb or simply variants of a single verb form — the infinitive ? |
| 28 | What is rejected is the necessity or even possibility of maintaining or augmenting one 's social position through violence . |
| 29 | Several NATO representatives suggested that " NATO could lend material support or even troops to the CSCE if needed and if agreed by our member countries " , in the words of the Dutch Foreign Minister , Hans van den Broek . |
| 30 | Where selective logging is at a low density ( 10 stems per ha ) in Pahang , West Malaysia , infant mortality in all primates is greatly increased , perhaps because of injuries due to the female adults having to make greater leaps from crown to crown across gaps or abandonment in the face of human presence or possibly reduction in available food . |