Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got to 'ave him done away with , afore the licence is due . |
| 2 | ‘ You must have been in a hurry to come out without your coat ; you 'll feel the chill afore the night 's out . ’ |
| 3 | " Like as not we 'll be at war again afore the decade 's out . " |
| 4 | ‘ Like I say , where the Milettis are concerned , rather you than me , my friend . |
| 5 | Where the sting is not a matter of general knowledge , its defamatory capacity is judged by its impact upon ordinary readers who have such knowledge — if the plaintiff can first prove that such persons were amongst the actual readership . |
| 6 | Where the notification is made by a parent company , however , its subsidiaries do not have to make their own notification . |
| 7 | The conditions of engagement show that the valuer accepts liability in tort to the borrower and the society but this has no additional consequence where the valuer is liable to the society under his contract of employment and the society would be vicariously liable to the borrower for the valuer 's negligence if it were not already liable to the borrower under a contract . |
| 8 | Where the valuer is advising an individual contemplating such an investment , he should discuss the likely possibility with him so the shares can be valued on that expectancy . |
| 9 | Pressure fryers are used principally for dishes such as chicken , fish and mushrooms — but not chips — where the requirement is to keep the food moist . |
| 10 | It should be noted , however , that because of the extended turn-around period for outhoused items , ‘ initial failure ’ involving such material — that is , cases where the wrong book is initially sent , or where the call-slip is returned to the Main Building for checking — are particularly serious , causing a minimum delay ( over the normal delivery time ) of two hours . |
| 11 | There was no more conversation until they reached Mr Zamoyski 's shop , where the cobbler was sitting on his front step , looking disconsolate . |
| 12 | But in cities like San Francisco and New York , where the NAP is a familiar presence , judgments of a different sort — ‘ deceitful ’ , ‘ divisive ’ , ‘ political destroyers ’ , ‘ Moonies of the left ’ — echo with remarkable consistency from the lips of activists , black and white alike , who have encountered Fulani , the NAP and party leader Fred Newman through more than a speech . |
| 13 | In cases of full surrogacy , where the fetus is not genetically related to the surrogate mother , there appears to be some doubt as to who is the legal mother , and this question will need to be settled . |
| 14 | Once a director able to work his obsessions into powerful narrative films like ‘ Point Blank ’ and ‘ Deliverance ’ , he has drifted towards autobiographical whimsy , with predictable consequences : much of his diary is taken up with the crisis of confidence after the failure of his ‘ Where the Heart Is ’ . |
| 15 | Where the heart is turbulent and restless , where it is mixed in motive , and conceals anger , pride , or fear , then the vision of God can not be seen . |
| 16 | Owning your own home means that home is no longer simply where the heart is — it is also a major financial investment . |
| 17 | Where the prey are merely distasteful or unpalatable , the predators can learn their lesson safely . |
| 18 | Where the prey is shoaling fish , the schools of common , spinner and spotted dolphins who feed on them can often number in the hundreds , sometimes even thousands . |
| 19 | First , where the settlor is insolvent but sets up a trust over some or all of his property . |
| 20 | Second , where the settlor is solvent but the trustee of the trust he has set up is not . |
| 21 | Where the settlor is himself insolvent , the trust is invalid , and creditors can execute against all the settlor 's property including that over which he had purported to set up a trust . |
| 22 | In many cases , where the settlor is domiciled outside the United Kingdom , this may not have serious tax consequences if the nominees hold non-UK assets . |
| 23 | Under TCGA 1992 , s69(2) , where the settlor was not domiciled , resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom when he made the settlement , then if the trustees or a majority of them are " professional trustees " they will be treated as not resident in the United Kingdom and the general administration of the settlement will be treated as ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | Then , having found the point on the video tape where the dub is to commence , hold the machine on play-pause and switch to dub mode . |
| 25 | Alternatively , where the chapel is too large , the congregation may move into the church hall , freeing the chapel for a different use . |
| 26 | As the reader will have realised , I went to a Woodard School — Denstone in Staffordshire — where the chapel was the hub of our existence . |
| 27 | There was also provision to carry ( not launch ) an 18 in torpedo on the hull top , where the missile was secured at purpose-built anchorage points . |
| 28 | To win the strike on their terms , the unionists would have to shut down not only the union mines , but also the non-union ones — at least in the East where the manpower was available to do it . |
| 29 | It was built by Telford ( q.v. ) to span the River Conwy at the southern edge of the town , as part of his work on the Holyhead road , and is an extravagant example of ironwork , cast by William Hazledine at his Plas Kynaston foundries , where the ironwork was also cast for the aqueduct at Pont Cysyllte ( q.v . ) . |
| 30 | UK publishers sending publications to overseas subscribers in EC states will be making either a ‘ supply for acquisition ’ where the subscriber is a VAT-registered person in another member state , or a ‘ distance sale ’ where the subscriber is not VAT-registered . |