Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further investigations revealed that the platypus 's electric sensors lie within its bill , probably in glands which secrete a fluid to stop the sensors drying out on land . |
| 2 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 3 | There is no provision in the rules as there was in the 1952 Rules for searches for prior petitions in county courts to see if the debt has been paid , but the Practice Direction refers to carrying out these searches and the certificates to be endorsed on the petition of their result . |
| 4 | The navigator plotter and bomb aimer would independently calculate the course to be flown and times to target and an agreement would be reached as to final course . |
| 5 | While the student is encouraged to keep a record of the activities undertaken and the progress achieved in the investigation , there is no requirement for a written report as a means of communicating the results . |
| 6 | In addition , there may be statements from engineers or surveyors suggesting that the building is physically unsound . |
| 7 | Most moral entrepreneurial groups contend that a ( partial ) sexual revolution has taken place , though little evidence of radical changes in sexual behaviour is forthcoming — other than evidence of a circumstantial kind . |
| 8 | Behavioural : Previous values change as the sufferer becomes increasingly in the grip of the disease . |
| 9 | In the way it is said that the Tour de France does not really begin until it reaches the Alps , the cognoscenti contend that the first 63 holes are jockeying for position . |
| 10 | On 3 October , a certain Brigadier McLean wrote to the Director of Military Operations suggesting that the ‘ S.A.S. , L.R.D.G. and 1 L.R.S. be combined and that armour , artillery and infantry the size of a regiment should be added for seaborne operations . |
| 11 | Some environmental groups maintaining that the birds should be left to their own devices rather than being raised in captivity . |
| 12 | ‘ Starving in Silence ’ makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in understanding the way in which famines develop and the mechanisms of censorship . |
| 13 | During this time , the marriage could be saved or the custody of the children resolved before the courts agreed that the marriage was irretrievably broken down . |
| 14 | Most of the fragments detected by the ( T 2 AG 3 ) 4 oligonucleotide are very small in the Mbo I and Alu I digested DNAs suggesting that the telomeric repeats can be as short as 300 bp or even shorter . |
| 15 | Everyone in our sample cases agreed that the law is the law and must be enforced ; they disagree only about what the law in fact was . |
| 16 | Decio where the courts ruled that a corporation could not recover unless it first proved that it had in fact been injured by the insider 's illicit trading . |
| 17 | Bizarrely , the Paris courts ruled that the article had indeed ’ wrongfully referred to the mysterious and even suspicious origins of the Al Fayed family ’ . |
| 18 | The English courts ruled that the article could not be published , because it " prejudged " issues in litigation , and was therefore a contempt of court . |
| 19 | Both groups argued that the current Palestinian negotiating strategy should be reconsidered since it had failed to achieve its objectives . |
| 20 | Local and environmental groups fear that the new mining activity will turn what is now magnificent scenery into a mud choked ecological disaster . |
| 21 | A range of consumer and environmental groups fear that the patenting of plants and animals will give large companies increased control over agriculture . |
| 22 | No immediate statement was made on whether the death of Gryschenko would alter plans to continue when the race leaves Punta , bound for Fremantle , on 28 October . |
| 23 | Previously no distinction had been made between acquittals , cases which were dismissed because there was no evidence that the accused had committed the crime , and cases dismissed because no crime had been committed . |
| 24 | Opponents argued that the cellars were used for punishment purposes , and Special Branch alleged that a man had been seriously wounded by a knife in the stomach after horseplay between fascists at Black House . |
| 25 | In 10 out of 12 EC countries , lower taxes mean that the same bottle is sold for less : |
| 26 | Capital-logic accounts contend that the shift from small and medium-scale industries owned by individual entrepreneurs and their families to larger-scale units . |
| 27 | Pass through the village , and off to the right you will find a farmyard with chickens pecking , ducks waddling and a couple of horses grazing peacefully . |
| 28 | Times change but the victims do n't Television . |
| 29 | ‘ If they have horses , ’ Thorfinn said , ‘ they 'll be at the Ochils by now , and at Tayside with two hours to spare before the fleet gets into the river . |
| 30 | You can pick the work up and do a bit of it whenever you have a few minutes to spare and the final result is really splendid , whether it is all bejewelled and decorated or made in a simple plain yarn . |