Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will consider what more needs to be done — because undoubtedly more needs to be done and formidable challenges remain — and whether further progress towards the achievement of those objectives is more likely to come about if the policies of the Government continue to be pursued than if the policies that the hon. Gentleman 's party advocates were introduced in their place . |
| 2 | Trusteeship would not be considered until after a government had been established and after the Joint Commission had been approached . |
| 3 | Broadly , apart from the incorporation of East Germany following German unification [ see p. 37659 ] , the Commission 's attitude was that any expansion of the EC 's membership could not be considered until after the implementation of the single internal market , scheduled for the end of 1992 . |
| 4 | The psychological power is eroded because although the community can still disapprove of you and make you an outcast if you defy the hierarchy , beyond the community is the world of English people — an unfriendly world , but it does exist . |
| 5 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 6 | The heather and the stumbling darkness were forgotten as though the sunrise had melted them . |
| 7 | Vermulen , the Swiss man , had obvious stomach trouble and Wilkins 's underpants looked as though a wild boar had been sick in them . |
| 8 | The following morning the room looked as though an expedition had broken out in it , so we fought all the bits back into the sacs , smiled sweetly at the girl on reception and left . |
| 9 | At times it has looked as though the difficulties might have proved insurmountable , the strain too much . |
| 10 | Thus , to extend the Bell-Szekeres solution , the same initial conditions are given except that the component becomes complex and , from ( 6.22e ) , W must become non-zero in the interaction region . |
| 11 | Certainly no generalisation can be made except that the successful diffusion of the knowledge of soil conserving practices is often one essential change that is required — even although the knowledge may be possessed by some cultivators already . |
| 12 | By the second year there was little noticeable change : the threats they feared the year before had not materialised , but neither had much progress been made except that the language of contracts replaced that of budgets and allocations . |
| 13 | Often no more is said than that the brain is the ‘ organ ’ or ‘ seat ’ of the mind . |
| 14 | At present , half the abortions in the UK are performed in the first 12 weeks ; delays in getting from GP to clinics or consultants mean some women are n't seen until after the nine-week stage has passed . |
| 15 | The obtaining of corroborative statements , etc , is not done until after the Civil Aid Certificate is granted . |
| 16 | The thing to watch out for is getting them twisted because as the male member bangs away and does n't get in very far , it can push the whole thing inside and slip around the sides . |
| 17 | This was suspected because when the particles collide they emit radio signals . |
| 18 | They have struggled since and the promotion battle is now in the melting pot . |
| 19 | This oldest and most common of Western fruits — grown since before the first word was written — now wants to be considered a speciality . |
| 20 | It has not been done since and the status of such bodies as Social Security Appeal Tribunals remains uncertain as a result . |
| 21 | Much of the right-wing discussion of policies for inner cities has been framed as though the attack was solely on two forms of ‘ extremists ’ : one , the ‘ Loony Left ’ and the other , disorderly , criminal elements fomenting riots and social disorder . |
| 22 | The driver of a 1.6 litre company car who can justify more than 2,500 business miles a year and whose petrol bills ( including personal mileage ) are paid for by the company , will be taxed as though the benefit were equivalent to an extra £2,800 in salary . |
| 23 | This can be written as where the reference volume normally assumes a value of . |
| 24 | Confrontation with a novel or unexpected event , in which few replicative aspects are evident , may mean that inappropriate constructs come to be applied as when a viewer orientated towards figurative painting attempts to discover recognizable content with an abstract work . |
| 25 | However , it has been said in the context of applications for judicial review of decisions of bodies exercising powers to regulate takeovers that a remedy would not normally be given until after the takeover process was complete . |
| 26 | Full implementation was delayed until after the Companies Act 1989 had come into effect . |
| 27 | The first instalment of wages was generally paid over by the Exchequer in advance of the campaign , but subsequent instalments were often delayed until after the campaign was over , sometimes long after . |
| 28 | Liability is anticipated except where the seller is not in fact selling in the course of a business and prior to contracting the transferee knows this fact , or reasonable steps have been taken to bring it to his notice . |
| 29 | Major and minor 2nds are perhaps best avoided except when an open string can be used e.g. : ( transpose a fifth or a ninth higher for the other strings ) . |
| 30 | When the acted-upon was presented first , or emphasised through questioning , significantly more passives were produced than when the actor received prior attentional focus . |