Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ania Loomba puts it , in relation to colonialist studies , ‘ the neglect of histories surrounding native insubordination either devalues or romanticises the latter , or worse , tends to read colonised subjects through linguistic or psychoanalytic theories which , for some of us at least , remain suspiciously and problematically shot through with ethnocentric assumptions whose transfer to all subalterns is unacceptable ’ ( ‘ Overworlding ’ , cited from manuscript ) . |
| 2 | Each time the Collective Ghost clutches at someone they must make a successful WP test or suffer the same effect ; if they are already suffering from despair , the effect lasts an extra D10 turns . |
| 3 | And whether the Oare now gotten is like to prove richer or leaner than now it is , or to continue the same state of goodness that now it is in … |
| 4 | For the past six years , however , she had done little more than declare things open , or say a few words of thanks in public . |
| 5 | moved and seconded must be accepted by the Chairman , unless it is frivolous or illegal , or covers the same ground as a motion on which a decision has already been taken in the same meeting . |
| 6 | Assume the dividend and divisor are integral , in two 's complement representation , For definiteness , assume that the remainder is zero or has the same sign as the dividend ( see Stein and Munro 1971 , Chapter 6 for more details ) . |
| 7 | Would the sand tend to compact , and need thorough cleaning or replacing every few months ? |
| 8 | If Midland Life is required to make any payment under the Policyholders ' Protection Act 1975 ( or any enactment amending or replacing the same or of a similar nature ) or if there is any change in the law or Inland Revenue practice affecting a Guaranteed Capital Bond the benefits provided by such a Bond may be varied by Midland Life in such manner as the Midland Life Actuary considers appropriate . |
| 9 | The boss , Mr. Uphill , always had his sleeves rolled up way past the elbows — whether for comfort or to exhibit the many tattoos which covered his arms is anyone 's guess . |
| 10 | When I see these Islands in sight of each other , & possessed of but a scanty stock of animals , tenanted by these birds , but slightly differing in structure & filling the same place in Nature , I must suspect they are only varieties . |
| 11 | Hotels shelter discreetly among refreshing pine trees or beside sumptuous sandy shores , and everywhere there is an opportunity to relax , to enjoy a wide variety of watersports or to play a few rounds at the 18-hole Is Molas Golf Club . |
| 12 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 13 | Piecing together a catalogue of recurring laments neither answers nor dismisses the still pertinent question : are things really getting worse , getting better , or remaining the same ? |
| 14 | Faced with the same situation , not all scientists will reach the same decision or adopt the same strategy . |
| 15 | Duke William , essentially a warrior of the European mainland , found himself in a quandary : he must either renounce the claim or mount a once-for-all amphibious operation which would stretch his resources to the absolute limits . |
| 16 | But settling a potential employment dispute tends to involve rather more than just signing a letter prepared by the company or initialling a few sheets of paper which explain the agreed terms . |
| 17 | Further , the table reveals 10 subjects where the university jobless rate ( this time including short-term employment ) has risen or stayed the same while the poly rate has fallen . |
| 18 | The survey showed also that the majority , 92 per cent. , felt that the service had improved or stayed the same . |
| 19 | You can not counterfeit forty years ' honest work , or get the same result by being a clever young man who prefers vanilla to orange or heliotrope to lavender perfume . |
| 20 | With the decline of these markets , the company has been forced to look elsewhere or face the same fate as IBM . |
| 21 | You need to interpret your list of daily weights in order to see if , over a month or so , it is going up , down or staying the same . |
| 22 | All the authorities have twenty eight days to appeal that could result in the final cap being higher , lower or staying the same . |
| 23 | constitute a demonstration that an aversive CS will interfere with further ( appetitive ) conditioning , whether the context is changed or stays the same . |
| 24 | Another , the scaffold-web spider , rigs a whole series of sticky threads from the branches of a bush down to the ground and hauls each one so tight that if an insect , either walking on the ground or flying a little way above it blunders into one of them , the thread breaks and the victim , stuck to it with glue , is hoisted into the air . |
| 25 | may well , well what was the company 's policy , to update in the sales period or to use the same brochure ? |
| 26 | Combine the processes , or perm the same tresses more than once , and the result can be hair that 's dry , brittle and plagued by split ends . |
| 27 | ‘ Or initiated a few , ’ Piers said smoothly , looking at André . |
| 28 | They join the Army to get guns , and they 're always in trouble for possessing one illegally or swiping a few rounds of ammunition . |
| 29 | This common bond can be based on living in the same area , or working in the same factory , or attending the same church , or being members of the same club . |
| 30 | There are , the article reveals , scientists who pad a reference list of their publications by publishing almost the same material in several journals , altering the title a bit , dropping a paragraph or adding one , or doing the same with a table or graph . |