Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [subord] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Justice Cooke said that if a receiver failed to terminate a receivership although he had funds that would have achieved just that , then he should be treated as if his authority had ceased . |
| 2 | Hence , in some measure , if not crises then problems were wished for because their solution could give a sense of purpose . |
| 3 | Beside her Rune slept like the proverbial baby , brow unfurrowed , mouth closed , lips slightly curled as if his dreams pleased him , golden brown lashes , tipped with ash-blond , an innocent sweep against the high carved Nordic cheekbones . |
| 4 | The issue of preferential treatment given to boys is not , however , confined to whether their examination papers are marked more favourably or whether they are allowed to talk more in classrooms . |
| 5 | oh , any thing at all , just looking at cars and getting the design right so you cut down on accidents , really I think that this has n't been looked at because its male dominated |
| 6 | Because she 'd abruptly felt as if her heart would burst if she did n't let him touch her , kiss her , hold her in his arms again , and then the desire had escalated so quickly that kissing had n't been enough ? |
| 7 | Though perhaps not quite so avidly sought after as its Pirelli or even Ilford counterpart , these nonetheless prove to be extremely popular with local folk who send them to their far-flung nearest and dearest . |
| 8 | But the experience is one Mr Lang and his ministerial colleagues could have done without if his plans for a radical shake-up of the local government system are to remain credible . |
| 9 | The fingers on her shoulder did n't move , but his voice thickened as if his emotions were suddenly too strong to be concealed . |
| 10 | Tactically too Dublin were more clued in than their opponents , and their ability to get players behind the ball repeatedly denied and defied the All Ireland champions . |
| 11 | Here there may arise a conflict between two principles , one that the court will not imply a term unless it is one which reasonable men would obviously have agreed to if their minds had been directed to the point , the other that a contract should if possible be interpreted in such a way as to achieve fairness between the parties … mistake is a much more difficult problem … [ than fraud or partiality ] . |
| 12 | Laughed at when his US promoter described him as ‘ the new Marvin Hagler ’ ; now having the last laugh back home in Ilford |
| 13 | The University Day Nursery is a centre where children are cared for while their parents are engaged in studies or other University duties . |
| 14 | For fifty years Massachusetts had behaved as if its possession of its own charter made it into something very like an independent state , and the Stuarts set out to reduce its power . |
| 15 | In order not to seem too dictatorial , and perhaps to conform with some grass-roots grocer-Tory image , ministers have sometimes spoken as if their aim was not so much to take powers to themselves ( and thus away from Local Authorities ) as to give powers to parents . |
| 16 | Less appears to be known about whether his mood swings were severe enough to justify manic-depression as a primary diagnosis ; but Smart himself gives us some clue when he writes : ‘ For I have a greater compass of mirth and melancholy than another . ’ |
| 17 | The legitimate purpose of a combination is sometimes spoken of as its justification ( and the expression is convenient ) but this does not mean that a combination to do an act harmful to the plaintiff is necessarily actionable unless the defendants prove that it was justified . |
| 18 | These data suggest that , for both men and women , outcome significantly depended on whether their wishes were considered , or , alternatively , that their wishes were taken more seriously in less serious cases . |
| 19 | Yet questions are now being asked about whether his combative and aggressive style is really appropriate for Eurotunnel 's latest debacle . |
| 20 | We completed the film during the early summer of 1979 and in August Mountbatten was granted the quick but not peaceful death he had asked for when his boat was blown up by an IRA bomb off the west coast of Ireland . |
| 21 | The researchers then asked the students to explain their actions : had they worried about whether their decision had been fair ? |
| 22 | I felt comfortable and relaxed , much better than the previous day when I had n't slept at all , worried about whether my injury would stand up , whether I had come all this way for nothing . |
| 23 | As the gap began to narrow , he continued to drum the tin , and Eyles ran and retrieved as if his life depended on it . |
| 24 | In his Introduction to Modern Criticism and Theory ( 1988 ) , a collection of major critical essays of recent years , David Lodge writes : ‘ Literary criticism can no longer be taught and practised as if its methods , aims and institutional forms were innocent of theoretical assumptions and ideological implications . ’ |
| 25 | Such specimens have not been bred from since their problem was discovered , and the breed is now well established with no apparent weaknesses . |
| 26 | You 'd lived as if your time was infinite : |
| 27 | Doubts are being expressed about whether its successor , the Universities Funding Council , will do this . |