Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb -s] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the class of goods , where commercial goods are concerned the party acquiring them presumably has some expertise in relation to them which gives him the capability to assess their quality or to understand if he needs to call in an expert assessor , so that less protection should be required in this case . |
| 2 | and someone , I do n't know whether it 's the director , or someone actually says this play is , is the half hour , quarter of an hour , chat say , this is what the play 's about |
| 3 | This approach contrasts with s35 of the TDA 1968 which expressly provides that failure to comply with that Act does not render any contract void or unenforceable . |
| 4 | There is nothing in the Act of 1987 which expressly removes any part of that protection . |
| 5 | Whilst Julia Browne 's interviews with animal portrait artists , none of whom have felt the effects of the recession in the art world , gives us any insight into a very different world , a world which rarely attracts any notice from the serious art press . |
| 6 | It is this logic of practice which effectively negates most research and is perhaps the main reason that between 1979 and 1988 , only one of the research papers I have compiled has been looked at by senior officers . |
| 7 | This year saw the introduction of new EEC legislation which effectively requires all petrol cars to be fitted with catalysts to clean up exhaust pollution . |
| 8 | By moving out wide , Deane invariably takes out a tall defender — which presumably leaves more space for people like Speed to move into . |
| 9 | As they get more money , or a new baby is born , they add what is called another roof , which basically means another room . |
| 10 | Thus , although capitalism is blamed by many workers for the treatment older people receive today , it is clear that ageism has a history which long predates this form of social organisation . |
| 11 | Today many young people fail in the task of maturing into the genital phase of adolescence , a process which apparently needs much time ; they do not fully outgrow the phallic stage . |
| 12 | The interpretation which perhaps makes most sense of people 's answers is that their decisions seem to be based first on a desire to pay off quickly , and second ( in modification of this ) on how high an instalment they can afford — rather than on interest rates or total cost . |
| 13 | RE should help pupils to appreciate that there is another language possible — one which perhaps makes more sense , but that is for each person to decide for him/herself . |
| 14 | An alternative selection method which generally avoids this problem is to take a systematic selection of 2 from the range 1 to 586 . |
| 15 | Natural law thinking adopts an ought which somehow incorporates some material content such that , for example , the statement ‘ You ought to kill ’ is not merely immoral but incoherent . |
| 16 | For practical purposes , therefore , ‘ pollution ’ is something which normally requires some action on the part of the enforcement officer and is defined not by legal rules but by the response of the enforcement authorities . |
| 17 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 18 | The action of sharply jerking the rig towards you which momentarily creates more wind in the sail and increases speed . |
| 19 | Nobody totally understands that kind of computer . ’ |
| 20 | One of the major problems of building a theory of soil erosion is the high degree of contingency which always accompanies any explanation of soil erosion at a particular place . |
| 21 | In 1672 , having been a widower for two years , he married a daughter of the imprisoned republican general , John Lambert , which hardly argues any diminution in his commitment to the ‘ Good Old Cause ’ . |
| 22 | Lawrence 's masquerade of adjustment involves a projection of his own fears , anxieties , and neurosis which , in the Swift/Celia case , is especially revealing because in the same breath he consciously repudiates the scapegoating process which partly comprises that projection ( pp. 303 — 4 ) . |
| 23 | ( paras.2.6 , 4.2 ) I belong to the 40% who would be willing to pay £10 for a national permit , but I appreciate the problems of administration and enforcement , which probably means that Option A is the more practical alternative . |
| 24 | Although previous reports have suggested , however , a far more virulent course with the Gardner phyenotype , family 1 , which clearly shows this phenotype , has individuals with none and four polyps only at 32 and 54 years respectively . |
| 25 | One of the great advantages of MEDAU which also sets this method of teaching movement apart from so many of today 's exercise programmes is its adaptability to meet almost every specialised need in the community . |
| 26 | But in May 1958 even that show came to an end — a London bus strike was killing business , which also gives some idea of how long ago that was . |
| 27 | Most systems of this type are ‘ open ’ , which means they 're topped up with water as necessary from a small tank in the loft , which also accepts any overflow ; it 's called the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 28 | The significance of this proposition is that it provides the basis for a theory of literary or poetic meaning which both distinguishes this meaning from the external world and relates it to it . |
| 29 | To give or receive help , perhaps over a long period , which inevitably involves some self-sacrifice on the one hand and some loss of independence on the other , is a very big step . |
| 30 | A sign above the door proclaims it to be an ‘ Albergo-Osteria ’ , a hostelry or inn and within you find accommodation which perfectly suits that description being bohemian in both appearance and atmosphere . |