Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talk may be cheap , but her time is expensive , and , unless I pay her , she prefers to stay right where she is . |
| 2 | ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’ |
| 3 | Modern beliefs , one might think , ought to be in the rationalist mould of the Enlightenment , but little or nothing is taught about the psychology of consciousness in schools , except in terms of religious studies . |
| 4 | That way little or nothing is revealed . |
| 5 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 6 | Likewise , according to this theory , as we are all stress-prone , we are bound to get stressed when we find ourselves working somewhere where there is a high stress-count . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's clearly bad to construct a golf course somewhere where there is an existing habitat , or grassland . |
| 8 | Such an order should be made only where there is evidence of the defendant 's ability to pay . |
| 9 | Only where there is a strong ‘ in-house ’ maintenance capability , and good liaison between users and the machine supplier , is it wise to treat chemicals as products in isolation . |
| 10 | ‘ Marriage can succeed for an artist only where there is enough money to save him from taking on uncongenial work and a wife who is intelligent enough to understand and respect the working of the unfriendly cycle of the creative imagination . |
| 11 | However , the European Court has recently held that national courts should declare that agreements infringe Article 85 only where there is no possibility of the Commission granting an exemption . |
| 12 | Installation through a window is possible only where there is single glazing . |
| 13 | The condition is implied only where there is a sale by description . |
| 14 | In the current political climate , with the state sector steadily withdrawing from the provision of public services and the private sector providing alternatives only where there is a possibility of profit , the third sector of the economy , that of charitable organisations , becomes increasingly important . |
| 15 | Only where there is deception as to the nature of the act or as to the identity of the accused will there be no consent . |
| 16 | The grant of a right of way over a road will include the following ancillary rights : ( 1 ) the right to stop for such time as is necessary to load and unload vehicles ( McIlraith v Grady [ 1968 ] 1 QB 468 ) but only where there is no other convenient place to stop London and Suburban Land v Carey ( 1991 ) 62 P & CR 480 ) ; and ( 2 ) the right to a sufficiency of vertical space immediately above the road for the purpose of loading and unloading ( VT Engineering Ltd v Barland ( Richard ) & Co Ltd ( 1968 ) 19 P & CR 890 ) . |
| 17 | In my opinion the true rule is that the definition applies only where there is an element of bounty . |
| 18 | It is probable that this exception would apply only where there is a state of affairs which would make it unsafe to use the vehicle immediately . |
| 19 | When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office . |
| 20 | Internally , money is spent only where it is needed . |
| 21 | But in the F-Plan we use bran only where it is palatable . |
| 22 | It is curious that in modern works on insects , the different stages are often shown in different illustrations , in order to be clearer , to give less systematic hostages to fortune , and to use colour only where it is necessary . |
| 23 | The court will issue such a warrant only where it is satisfied that the failure to pay the charge was wilful or negligent . |
| 24 | Finding a partner can become more difficult the older people get , and retirement from work means one place less where there is the possibility of meeting someone new . |
| 25 | ( b ) The pressures on the police may be such that they will try to avoid keeping records especially where nothing is found or they feel that no request for a copy of the record will be made . |
| 26 | This is only as one might expect -at all times and in all places — for it is always a problem in art history or archaeology to know to what degree certain persons can be held responsible for the appearance of particular aspects of design ( especially where one is dealing with aspects of arrangement , structure , and figural types ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Mostly , we find that Packman is being bought by larger , more safety-conscious farmers , especially where there is pressure from operators who have been on COSHH and FEPA courses . ’ |
| 28 | For example , it is in companies with a small number of core businesses , especially where there is a coordinated global strategy ( eg BP and BOC ) , that the executive board is most heavily involved in operational decision making . |
| 29 | The subaerial equivalents of deltas are the waste fans that occur at mountain fronts in arid regions and in certain European mountain valleys , especially where there is a lot of coarse debris available , for example in the southern Alps . |
| 30 | Procedures for monitoring the teachers ' assessments are to be established — especially where there is disagreement between the results of the two forms . |