Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( 2 ) A person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if by causing a computer to perform any function he — ( a ) alters or erases the program or data ; ( b ) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held ; ( c ) uses it ; or ( d ) has it output from the computer in which it is held ( whether by having it displayed or in any other manner ) ; and references to access to a program or data ( and to an intent to secure such access ) shall be read accordingly . |
| 2 | The player who trespasses against the rules or ignores them is a ‘ spoil-sport ’ . |
| 3 | Then , when it is ridden in the show ring , or it sees something possibly threatening , its anxiety peaks — it promptly stands on its hind legs or pulls its tongue back over the bit . |
| 4 | I am not alleging that they are mechanically unsafe , but when people go to parties or dances they find that some of the buses are not clean and up to the standard that they had come to expect when buses were under local authority control . |
| 5 | Their faces emanate a radiance , though whether he actually sees this with his eyes or knows it by some sort of deductive process he is not entirely sure . |
| 6 | However , some consumers , and these will be the poorer ones , will be worse off under the two-part tariff regime because they consume fewer than x units under average cost pricing , so charging a lump sum fee unc makes them pay a higher effective price for their units or forces them to consume fewer or even to drop out entirely . |
| 7 | Failure to achieve this goal at the outset may result in a patient who depends on others for insulin injections , misses injections or does them with a very poor technique . |
| 8 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 9 | Amphoterics by themselves are not recommended for use as disinfectants although when compounded with QACs or bisguanides they can be effective if somewhat expensive . |
| 10 | This is not to assert , certainly , that there exists some entity , outside an experience or episode , which experiences or possesses it . |
| 11 | Attempts to develop a peinture feminine , on the lines of the écriture feminine proposed by Hélène Cixous ( whose rhapsodic feminism has had much greater impact on the Aglophone world than on her own French audience ) , led to works which sought to represent the very evanescence , immateriality , and ordinariness of women 's existential condition and past works , as in Bobby Baker 's performance art , in which she makes cakes or reproduces her daily kitchen routines , or , Susan Hiller 's cool , barometrically precise account of her own pregnancy , in the graphic work , ‘ Ten Months ’ . |
| 12 | With bows or crossbows you can shoot up the enemy before your core units get to grips with them , or you can attempt to draw enemy missile troops into an exchange to divert fire from the core units as they advance . |
| 13 | The pump sucks water through this foam and spurts or trickles it back , often creating a distinct current . |
| 14 | It 's the same with shadows : the beautiful thing is n't the alligators or bats you can make with your hands , the beautiful thing is the way the shadow image allows you to see so precisely what the outer contour of your own hand really looks like , those little bunches of flesh under each bent finger joint . |
| 15 | ‘ I should be most grateful , sir , if you could jot down any facts , figures or leads you think might be of assistance to us . ’ |
| 16 | The end result will be no different whether the shareholder takes up his or her rights or sells them in the market ; the end value of the holding will remain unchanged . |
| 17 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 18 | Is it just a collection of stories or does it contain memories of real experiences ? |
| 19 | Section 4 provides : ( 1 ) A person applies a trade description to goods if he ( a ) affixes or annexes it to or in any manner marks it on or incorporates it with ( i ) the goods themselves or ( ii ) anything in , on or with which the goods are supplied ; or ( b ) places the goods in , on or with anything which the trade description has been affixed or annexed to , marked on or incorporated with , or places any such thing with the goods ; or ( c ) uses the trade description in any manner likely to be taken as referring to the goods . |
| 20 | I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her . |
| 21 | Is this couple 's problem simply different expectations regarding the frequency of sexual relations or does it go deeper ? |
| 22 | In physical terms , anything that moves or changes its form causes a disturbance in its surroundings which gives rise to sound waves . |
| 23 | Many teenagers are willing to listen , too , to what interests or worries you . |
| 24 | We tend to observe what interests or concerns us and not the rest . |
| 25 | However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting . |
| 26 | We can provide any special veneers or inlays you may require — the choice is yours . |
| 27 | Neither is it our view ( as some correspondents have suggested the envelope implies ) that rape in any way morally compromises or degrades its victims , or that women 's lives should be defined primarily in terms of their relationships with men , or that rape is not grossly abhorrent in itself . |
| 28 | It is not bad hygiene or insufficient cleansing that causes or encourages your spots . |
| 29 | Then there is probably the thorniest problem of all : does the community trust in the professionalism of the police or does it insist on some greater say in its actions ? |
| 30 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |