Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat . |
| 2 | Physical activities can also sometimes cause difficulties since restricted visual fields can make it difficult for a child to catch a ball , wield a bat effectively or aim at a goal . |
| 3 | Most vehicles have a chassis/frame number either stamped on or fixed to the body shell with a plate . |
| 4 | MAS 's role in advising on or assisting in the preparation of a client 's Information memorandum does not involve the issuance of a published report nor does it involve any association with the client 's Information memorandum beyond that set out in the terms of engagement , which should be appropriately limited . |
| 5 | The following procedures should be adopted when advising on or assisting in the preparation of an Information memorandum : |
| 6 | Further information was contained on and used by the payroll system which was not contained on or used by the PMIS and vice versa It was therefore decided that the updating procedures for the Payroll Master File and the PMIS should be kept separate at this stage . |
| 7 | These sections make it compulsory to have the company 's name painted on or affixed to the business premises and mentioned on all business documents and negotiable instruments . |
| 8 | With Gide and many others in mind , Said observes that virtually no European writer who wrote on or travelled to the Orient in the period after 1800 exempted himself or herself from a quest for sexual experience unobtainable in Europe : |
| 9 | Expenditure is permitted only where authorized by a candidate , a candidate 's election agent , or a person authorized in writing by the agent . |
| 10 | Nothing is worse than feeling screwed up inside or suffering from a sense of utter emptiness and loss of interest or emotion . |
| 11 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 12 | Yet authority is passed down or delegated through the formal organisation ; it is not passed up from supervisors to senior managers . |
| 13 | Although you might not meet an elephant on the Wilpattu jungle tracks , you know that they are there when you find a tree pulled down or bull-dozed across the road . |
| 14 | The fortunes of the human capital theory began to decline as the growth in the economies of the advanced industrial societies began to slow down or stagnate in the mid-1970s . |
| 15 | Human capabilities to reason about complex systems states and the propagation of failure and associated systems are all available within the trained diagnostician , but can break down or fail for a variety of reasons including data overload , incomplete information and fatigue . |
| 16 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 17 | The statement , issued jointly by thirteen out of nineteen governors in the federation , was a newsworthy event by any standards , and yet it was either played down or ignored by the FRCN and NTV . |
| 18 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 19 | And the crunch comes next month when the company has to face the possibility of closing down or selling off the whole business — although this will be a last resort and an acquisition or joint venture may be more likely . |
| 20 | Subject to that obligation , the LTE was under a duty to exercise and perform its functions , in accordance with principles laid down or approved by the GLC , in such manner as , and with due regard to efficiency , economy and safety of operation , to provide or secure the provision of such public passenger transport services as best met the needs for the time being of Greater London ( section 5 ) . |
| 21 | If the supply of vitamins and mineral in the diet is inadequate , this will result in changes in body chemistry , and a slowing down or altering of the body 's metabolism , usually with some deterioration in body fitness or health . |
| 22 | But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known . |
| 23 | In control conditions children worked alone , either seeing one view only or walking round the table with the experimenter to see both . |
| 24 | When comparing fractions some pupils may compare numerators only or select as the largest fraction the one which has the largest numerator and largest denominator . |
| 25 | Today I had three of them in the back of Armstrong , the ideal vehicle for such a job as a cab was unlikely to get moved along or clamped at a delicate , or indelicate , moment . |
| 26 | One child might easily be taken along or left with a babysitter . |
| 27 | You failed to connect the various elements together or to move through the detail to the larger issues of the painting . |
| 28 | In a broader sense it includes all relatives living together or accepted as a family , including adopted persons . |
| 29 | Relevant statutory provisions may be grouped together or scattered through the judgment . |
| 30 | In this new , commercial market a major sales point is the energy saving that is possible with central control of heating and lighting , either manually or according to a timed program . |