Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The most important duty that I owe you , the reader , is that I be absolutely honest and candid , and therefore , although I have no doubt that the growers will not like me for saying so , I suggest that unless you aspire to the show bench , or base your gardening on taking chances , you should not heed the blandishments but look instead for the shortcomings .
2 Erm I w we suggest that while you 're having your coffee and refreshments if you can push some of the chairs back get those rails out into the middle there and you can have a look .
3 Answer guide : The facts suggest that if we apply the same argument as we outlined for vehicles then reducing balance would be the choice .
4 I understand that it is possible , even at this late stage , that the review itself could be overturned by the refusal of France to agree the new allocation of seats and we 've already had an exchange on that , Mr Deputy Speaker , which indicates that whatever we decide today might actually be overthrown and overturned completely by the inability of the French to ratify their part of the arrangement , er the minister referred to it as a massive inconvenience , I suggest that if we have to resort to going back to the old boundaries to fight these elections and indeed the problems that that will cause for the selection of candidates as well , that that will be one of the greatest understatements that even this house has heard .
5 We suggest that if our company wishes to stop the decline in its drink sales and arrest the erosion of its market by competitors developing their units into catering outlets , it ought to enter the catering market as quickly as possible .
6 The last few years suggest that if there is a majority in the land it has been an anti-Labour majority .
7 We suggest that if there is a rise , which we have not seen , it is far outweighed by the higher consumption of both alcohol and tobacco north of the border .
8 The tipsters and sporting gentlemen who frequent the stables and have the inside running from the horse 's mouth as well as from the trainers and jockeys suggest that if you are seeking a handsome return on an investment you should sell your house and put the money on Alain Prost to win the world championship this year .
9 ‘ We strongly suggest that if you open a new course you want to get feet on greens quickly and that means building pay as you play courses . ’
10 The figures also suggest that if you hold a qualification , you are half as likely to be unemployed as someone who has none . ’
11 So to sum up , I suggest that if you are investing a sizeable sum for the first time , put most into two or three UK- based funds called , probably , UK Equity , UK General or UK Equity Income .
12 And some commentators suggest that , and I 'm thinking here particularly of MacPhearson in his book erm erm erm Possessive Individualism , The Theory of Possessive Individualism erm they suggest that if you , according to Locke , if you purchase or inherit property in the territory of a particular civil society that counts as express consent .
13 I suggest that when you told my client he might get hurt you were in fact threatening him .
14 Pity that as you would end up getting hammered again .
15 However , the TTJ also report that if you want the real cause of bird 's eye features , do n't ask a scientist .
16 " I 'm glad for you , my lord , but I expect that as you 're so rich you could have had any woman you wanted .
17 You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on .
18 All the marriage rites emphasize that while her fertility is her main asset , she must be faithful to her husband so that the legitimacy of her children should be beyond doubt .
19 So we emphasize that when we 're signing them up make sure you ask when these people come through where they have seen or where how did they find out about us .
20 ‘ You realise that when you tell it like it is , they ham it up for you anyway . ’
21 And , of course , I realise that when I bring forward proposals they will have to be judged on their merits .
22 But when the dust has settled , when we consider what we know — from reading history , from films , from our own experience , we realise that though it is outrageous the connections Blake makes are true ones .
23 ‘ I think we both realise that if we are booted off RCA , it 's back to a bedsit .
24 Whilst we realise that if we belong to a national organisation , there will be some additional cost to individual Institutes .
25 ‘ I realise that if I was to move to South Africa I would be living a completely different existence .
26 As he prepares to defend his reputation as well as what is inaccurately described as his undisputed world heavyweight title here tomorrow night against Riddick Bowe , he says : ‘ I realise that if I do n't win , I 'll be remembered as a bum . ’
27 You realise that if I 'm unsuccessful , they will foreclose and we 'll be paupered . ’
28 Some say this and some say that but I say number six ’ .
29 ‘ Oh you say that but I know better .
30 But the conservators say that since their membership is made up of people nominated by local councils , it 's wrong to say they 're undemocratic .
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