Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Barrie Lamb of DRPS likened closure of this line to bulldozing the pyramids : so much of the old S & DR and S & T has been obliterated and this last remaining relic must survive . |
| 2 | If the creditor had , before the commencement of the bankruptcy , issued execution against the debtor 's goods or attached a debt due to him , that creditor is not entitled to retain the benefit of his execution or attachment unless the execution or attachment had been completed before the commencement of the bankruptcy ( s 346(1) ) . |
| 3 | no alteration , modification or addition has been made to the Licensed Software without 's prior written consent |
| 4 | Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes . |
| 5 | Come , now , and see how I have lodged her , and that no harm or insult has been offered her . |
| 6 | The tendency for oxidation or reduction to occur is indicated by the redox potential ( Eh ) of the environment . |
| 7 | Because of the way in which my visit to the judges and the prison was arranged , I am quite confident that no ‘ set-piece ’ situations or activities had been organized just for my benefit or to create a more favourable impression of the judicial system or the detention centre . |
| 8 | In districts where industrial crafts such as weaving or metalworking had been long established many families had a history of involvement in one or more of the local trades over several generations . |
| 9 | There is a down side to this heightened immediacy in that spurious noises ( many of them unavoidable ) such as chair creaking , pages turning or performers grunting are made all to recognizable and more difficult to ignore . |
| 10 | For a claim to be recoverable the Policyholder must satisfy us that on the balance of probabilities the loss or damage sustained was caused by a peril insured against . |
| 11 | The Act creates a statutory right of action for damages , where injury or damage has been caused in breach of a duty . |
| 12 | Section 12(1) provides that ‘ where any injury or damage has been caused in breach of a duty imposed ’ by the Act , then subject to certain exceptions ‘ no other liability shall be incurred by any person in respect of that injury or damage . ’ |
| 13 | But is this so , even in a context , which we assume throughout , in which the parent or guardian has been fully informed and can make a rational decision ? |
| 14 | Where significant innovations have happened , it is astonishing how often through history other individuals or groups have been working along parallel lines of thought . |
| 15 | Once the relevant occupier or occupiers have been identified the next stage is to ascertain the status of the plaintiff . |
| 16 | The most serious forms of illness are those where the patient 's ruwai or smell has been taken by one of these beings . |
| 17 | But by the time crime categories or definitions have been established , the most important foundation stone of ‘ our crime problem ’ has been well and truly buried in cement , beyond the reach of any liberal ‘ scientific ’ shovel . |
| 18 | Lonely : The spiritual isolation of the disease is lonely enough but add to this the " Jekyll and Hyde " behaviour ( depending upon whether or not a drink or drug has been taken that day ) causing untold damage to family and other relationships and the loneliness becomes intense . |
| 19 | The alternative electrostatic headphones are by nature precision assemblies and , like electrostatic loudspeakers , remain firmly in the upper price bracket except where the simpler and less costly electret principle with a pre-charged diaphragm or backplate has been used . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , if a creditor , with grounds for suspecting that a company is in financial difficulties , makes a search he is all too likely to find that no recent annual returns or accounts have been filed . |
| 21 | As an accounting-based measure it can be decomposed through the asset-turnover or profit-margin ratios to pinpoint exactly where problems arise ( or progress has been achieved ) in short-term financial performance . |
| 22 | 4. 9 councils in Yorkshire have been testing foods for Listeria and are encouraged that food handlers & manufacturers have been improving their hygiene practices . |
| 23 | Features , like seams and folds , should be marked for visual effects before taking up the chisel , as inaccuracies can not be corrected once a deep gouge or V-tool has been used . |
| 24 | Unlike other UK retailers in the Canadian market — Boots came out last year and Marks & Spencer has been struggling to break even — WH Smith has shown profits growth . |
| 25 | MARKS & Spencer has been criticised by mothers who claim that it is Britain 's least parent-friendly stores group . |
| 26 | History might have been different if Cleopatra 's nose had been longer or Napoleon had been taller . |
| 27 | The Law Commission proposing the offence had confined it to situations where the alarm or distress experienced was " substantial " but this requirement was dropped from the Act itself . |
| 28 | The European eco-label designed by Newel & Sorrell has been thrown into confusion following the introduction by France and the Netherlands of their own individual labels . |
| 29 | Of a random sample of 644 female householders who were or had been married , 87 or 14% had been the victims of rape or attempted rape by their husbands or ex-husbands . |
| 30 | Second , either as a result of his or her independent actions , or acting as a result of an objection by a member of the public , the auditor can seek redress in the courts when an item of account is contrary to the law , or where money has not been brought to account or loss has been incurred through wilful misconduct . |