Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] is [verb] " in BNC.

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1 When groundwater flows naturally or is pumped from an unconfined aquifer , it drains from the pores .
2 However , the basic principle which they enshrine is simple enough and is stated with admirable clarity in note 37.1 to the comparable rule of The Stock Exchange in relation to its listed companies :
3 The new Agricultural Minister , John Gummer , has decided that voluntary restraint is not enough and is planning legislation now .
4 Any spelling error can also be challenged : if a word has been spelled wrongly and is challenged , the last team loses a point , not the team that misspelled it .
5 This is being redressed in version 5.87 , which has a complete new expression engine inside and is scheduled for release next month .
6 It has been brought inside and is approached by the original stair .
7 Interest on your money is calculated daily and is added to your account at the end of March , June , September and December .
8 The £1,000 prize is awarded annually and is given in alternate years for a volume of verse and for a volume of prose fiction .
9 Wade 's chapter on electron distribution in boranes and carboranes follows naturally and is followed by chapters on ab initio calculations of boranes ( Buchl and Schleyer ) , skeletal rearrangements in clusters ( Mingos and Wales ) , recently determined borane structures ( Greenwood ) , and electron deficiency aspects of small carboranes ( Onak and Fuller ) .
10 Inflation there was 36 per cent for the month of September alone and is expected to break new ground this month by touching 40 per cent .
11 Taking advantage of his status as a Roman citizen , Paul demands that his case be heard by the Emperor personally and is sent as a prisoner to Rome .
12 And so , when the manager gets to 60 or so and is given his carriage clock and company pension ( if he is lucky ) , there is somebody to take over who knows the right people and can do the right things .
13 In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ?
14 Article 15 of the second directive gives cancellation rights to all individual contracts except those of six months or less and is amended to exempt where the policyholder has had , for example , the opportunity to reflect on the policy terms before contacting the insurer .
15 It is available in black only and is priced at £25 for the lockable version and £22 for the non-lockable type .
16 First , there is the success of the non-proliferation treaty , and the inhibition on extra states ' developing a nuclear capability ; secondly , there is ensuring that the nuclear capability — particularly the sub-strategic capability — that is at present spread throughout the republics of the former Soviet Union remains under strong control , is brought together and is dismantled at the earliest possible opportunity .
17 Aumann , for example , quoted Mark Twain 's account of his visit to the Holy Land in 1867 in which the American writer spoke of ‘ desolate country whose soil is rich enough but is given over wholly to weeds — a silent mournful expanse …
18 The terms and conditions that govern the electronic bill of lading are incorporated by a reference to the carrier 's ‘ long form ’ bill of lading , much as is done with paper based ‘ short form ’ bills of lading .
19 For now , resolve to hold your shots only for as long as is needed to allow the audience to take in the details of the scene or to cover interesting action .
20 However , the driver/technician who delivers the vehicles spends as long as is needed , normally 1–2 hours , with the teacher/technician who is to be responsible for the duration of the programme , demonstrating the work stations and ensuring that the workings of the vehicle are fully understood .
21 Repetition of the remedy is continued for as long as is required , and the doses are tailed off gradually .
22 Its purpose is best served if the person concerned can take up this attitude , be with it for as long as is required , and then let it go again when stepping back into ordinary life , then there is no risk of becoming over-identified with it .
23 But , in pursuit of joint oversight responsibilities for these facilities in Wales , did the Secretary of State for Wales plead with that Department on the ground of regional policy alone as is pointed out by the Hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan ( Sir R. Gower ) , who is sadly absent today , in his early day motion that it makes no sense to move hi-tech jobs in Government research and development from an area such as south Wales to an overheated area in the south-east of England ?
24 Sexual orientation towards the same or different gender is similarly something which a person learns rather than is born with .
25 He ca n't be dead — he has run away or is hiding somewhere .
26 ‘ In the life of any organisation , a centenary is a very considerable period of time , a good deal longer than is given to most of us .
27 Due to the very nature of vigilance , the tests to measure it must take much longer than is required for the other tests above .
28 [ Children ] … love to be treated as Rational Creatures sooner than is imagined … [ by which ] …
29 The only way to deal with that is by the appointment of a military ombudsman , who can deal with the problems objectively and is seen to do so .
30 The effect of a contract depends on the intention of the parties , but that intention is assessed objectively and is derived primarily from the words of the contract itself .
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