Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 2 | You could try blocking all daylight except when viewing or have a trickle feed from the mains tap so that it flushes continuously or just use lots of elbow grease . |
| 3 | The next one is er got a meeting on it er I think the airlines are going on a very much a co- ordinated thing er I think most people are probably in agreement with this size eight exemption , make a group specific because really the idea when they put this original proposal in about the size of aircraft was to protect things like the and troops that are shall we say and I think most people would go for that line of thinking because as put in there , why the hell should something again on Cambridge when we ca n't on Stansted but it was really designed to protect certain things . |
| 4 | Matthew shook his head from side to side as though trying to make a comprehensive denial . |
| 5 | He was n't looking at me when he said that but into the air at his side as though reading a sad text written there . |
| 6 | Her lips were satisfyingly full , tensed to one side as though expecting a blow at any moment . |
| 7 | He remained nearly half an hour turning from side to side as though watching some great action which extended over the whole visible forest . |
| 8 | He also knew the face — the firm jaw , the wide mouth that sagged slightly on one side as though supporting an invisible cigarette , the pert nose , the dark blue eyes : the constituent parts of beauty . |
| 9 | But remember ’ — he had lifted an arm now and was prodding with his forefinger as though pointing to the furthest corners of the country ( he was feeling the attention of the crowd and letting it recharge his energy ) , ‘ the people are mightier than a lord . ’ |
| 10 | Her eyes darted round the club as though seeking an escape route and she gave a hollow groan . |
| 11 | At first she sat in silence , stirring her tea as though to get it thoroughly stirred was of the utmost importance . |
| 12 | 8.1 shall despatch the Licensed Software to by post or by such other carrier as and agree upon , which shall be notified to at the above address or to such address as shall in due course communicate to as its delivery address within the Territory . |
| 13 | Application is made on Form 96 and costs £6. ( d ) Action on receipt of reply As when considering the answer to question 18 made of the local authority , consider whether any unregistered disposition of the property for value has been made since registration of title became compulsory . |
| 14 | The reason : before that date registration on a company 's file of such a mortgage had effect as if registered as a land charge , thus giving notice to the world . |
| 15 | Although a common seal may still be used to execute a document , a document signed by a director and the secretary , or by two directors , and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company will have the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . |
| 16 | This , however , can not be correct since section 36A , inserted by the 1989 Act , provides that a company need not have a common seal and that whether it has or not ‘ a document signed by a director and the secretary of the company or by two directors and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company has the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . ’ |
| 17 | Given the quality of much tap water in recent years this point should be borne in mind when considering keeping this fish . |
| 18 | The following comments should be borne in mind when considering making an application for a grant . |
| 19 | She gasped now , putting her fingers to her mouth as though to stifle the horror of her thoughts . |
| 20 | It was like a hammer to his heart , seeing her dark eyes widen with surprise , her hand spread across her mouth as though to stifle a cry . |
| 21 | He dragged in another uneven breath , his eyes moving from her brow to her mouth as though engraving every detail on his mind . |
| 22 | Even under such conditions there may be cases where a weigher , from his own observations , is not satisfied that the vehicle is in the same condition as when tared . |
| 23 | He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert |
| 24 | Locating the feeding routes of bream is no less important when float fishing from a punt than when legering from the bank . |
| 25 | Moreover , the common law is likely to take a stricter approach when dealing with terms in the second category than when considering those in the first . |
| 26 | ( 1986 ) , from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development , showed that members of the cohort of London youth being studied were more likely to commit offences when out of work than when employed . |
| 27 | However Zimbabwe has managed to produce huge surpluses of maize , in non-drought years , with a much higher proportion than before grown by peasant farmers encouraged by good prices and improved roads . |
| 28 | One finds direct contradictions such as Lewis 's ( 1931 ) observation that an 8 km/h ( 5 mile/h ) current off Hurst Castle Spit was ineffective in moving the lightest shell debris except when combined with wave action and Russell and Macmillan 's ( 1952 ) belief that shingle has been scoured to a depth of nearly 60 m ( 200 ft ) by this same current . |
| 29 | The launch held her place , riding the swell as though held to the Wheel by invisible ties . |
| 30 | It poked its front door out into the green as though to challenge an equality with the deanery opposite . |