Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some details of breeding success were recorded by the survey , with an average of 2.4 young reared from 15 nests , in which 61 eggs were laid ; three eggs were infertile and 17 stolen or destroyed by man , an important predator of this species . |
| 2 | With the partial exception of the two decades which followed the Treaty of Utrecht ( and even then there were probably never less than half a million men under arms in Europe ) there was scarcely a year in the century during which a large-scale struggle was not either raging or threatened in some part of the continent . |
| 3 | They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx . |
| 4 | I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this . |
| 5 | Ca can we just look at a I do n't know which way to be specific or to look at the general first , can I just |
| 6 | The other could think of nothing to tell to either corroborate or add to the mystery . |
| 7 | In July after touring the states of the region Vietnam 's Deputy Foreign Minister reportedly said that Hanoi was not interested in joining ASEAN or subscribing to the Zone of Peace proposal ‘ for the moment ’ . |
| 8 | If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat . |
| 9 | This indemnity shall not be prejudiced or waived by any exercise of our rights under Condition 3.3 . |
| 10 | NeXT Computer Inc , Redwood City , says Digital Equipment Corp , Compaq Computer Corp and NCR Corp are to offer NeXTstep for Intel processors on some of their 80486-based personal computers , pre-installed or bundled by reseller organisations . |
| 11 | NeXT says DEC , Compaq Computer Corp and NCR Corp are also to offer NeXTstep for Intel processors on some of their 80486-based personal computers , pre-installed or bundled by reseller organisations . |
| 12 | 25 shelf units each 6m long × 3m deep ( these can be free-standing or placed against a wall ) |
| 13 | Several pieces of stiff paper or card , attached at the top , which allow viewing of only the top leaf ; it can be free-standing or attached to the top of an easel or blackboard . |
| 14 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 15 | ‘ We hereby agree acknowledge and confirm as follows : ( 1 ) That we have each received from you a copy of the guarantee dated 3 July 1987 ( a copy of which is attached hereto ) under which Nicholas Edward O'Brien guarantees the payment and discharge of all moneys and liabilities now or hereafter due owing or incurred by Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. to you . |
| 16 | As the TOM allows investors to avoid purchasing shares , the higher the actual and expected levels of interest rates the greater the incentive to use options and delay the acquisition of shares in order to benefit from the rates of return prevailing or expected in the money markets . |
| 17 | Bradenham hams should be presented uncrumbed or coated in white breadcrumbs . |
| 18 | There is no indication or evidence that under such circumstances contact can be confusing or lead to divided loyalties . |
| 19 | The term ‘ own account ’ includes ( in the words of the FTA ) ‘ the delivery and collection of goods sold , bought , used or let on hire or hire purchase or processed in the course of the operator 's trade or business whether transport costs are included in the price of the articles involved or charged separately ’ . |
| 20 | In the same year an Act was passed declaring that from henceforth the boundaries of all the royal forests should be taken to extend no further than those ‘ commonly reputed , used or taken in the twentieth year of the reign of James I [ 1622–23 ] . |
| 21 | The Listed Intellectual Property Rights are all the Intellectual Property Rights owned , used or required by the Vendor in connection with the Business . |
| 22 | The section only applies to public houses ( for meaning of " public house , " see s.139(1) ) in respect of which applications for Sunday opening have not been granted under Sched. 4 , and , in respect of which , part of the premises have been adapted and set aside for the provision of the customary main meal at mid-day or in the evening or both , The procedure for applying the section to the premises is similar to the procedure under 5,57 , Before a licence-holder can apply the section to his premises , he has to obtain a declaration of satisfaction from the licensing board that part of his premises are adapted and used or intended to be used for habitually providing the customary main meal at mid-day or in the evening and that the adapted part does not contain a bar counter ( subs . |
| 23 | Section 68(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1938 ( the interpretation section ) defines a trade mark as : a mark … used or proposed to be used in relation to goods for the purpose of indicating , or so as to indicate , a connection in the course of trade between the goods and some person having the right either as proprietor or registered user to use the mark , whether with or without any indication of the identity of that person . |
| 24 | The assisted area map may well change after the general election , but I can assure my hon. Friend that we ensure absolute fairness between assisted areas and that no one area is disadvantaged or advantaged in relation to the others . |
| 25 | Another common composite building placed the cow-house , stable or cart-shed under part of the barn . |
| 26 | But a visit to Vanessa , ‘ humming & booming & flourishing over the hill ’ in a household of children , could make Virginia feel suddenly diminished , her life thin and pale by comparison , Monk 's House poky and mean . |
| 27 | The challenge which this fate represents to a child , born deaf or deafened before learning language , is equally difficult to grasp . |
| 28 | The task is either hopeless or depends on a very bold speculation about brain differences , if one focuses only on the wink itself . |
| 29 | When she went back he was asleep or pretending to be in his own bed . |
| 30 | Perhaps Mr Paxman would at last achieve what we have always been waiting for him to do in one of his interviews : either fall fast asleep or choke to death on one of his own jokes . |