Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a delightful bedside dipper of a book and where better to end than an epilogue — Mae West 's curtain speech to her play Catherine Was Great . |
| 2 | A score of ten or less suggests that a revision of all Goal I material is needed . |
| 3 | Our chart more or less confirms that the more central bankers a country has , the slower is its growth rate . |
| 4 | The most commonly used is the lesion method , in which part of the brain is injured or entirely removed and the resultant changes in behaviour studied . |
| 5 | Five years or so passed and the boy even went to school there . |
| 6 | Taking the second case first , it is clear that under section 8(2) the driver , in order that he may decide whether or not to claim that the breath specimen be replaced , should be fully informed of the nature of the option open to him and what will be involved if he exercises it . |
| 7 | It is for the housing authority , once the duty to inquire has arisen , to make the appropriate inquiries and to decide whether they are satisfied , or not satisfied as the case may be , of the matters which will give rise to the limited housing duty or the full housing duty . |
| 8 | A surety covenants that those things shall be done or not done as the case may be . |
| 9 | If any relationship did exist between recall and previous knowledge it may simply have been obscured by the binary nature of scoring junctions as either known or not known and the fact that most of the subjects actually knew most of the junctions previously . |
| 10 | It is a gradual process of which there will be intermediate phases and it is hardly surprising that in such instances we will be uncertain whether or not to admit that the infant has made the grade . |
| 11 | Further , no single or partial exercise of any such power or right shall preclude any other or further exercise or the exercise of any other such power or right under this Agreement . |
| 12 | ( h ) I have no evidence at all from her mother or from any other source that Miss T. 's following of some of the beliefs and some of the practices is so well thought out or deeply considered or sincerely held that the conviction is one which would necessarily lead her to an irrevocable refusal . |
| 13 | Instruction forms should accompany the order indicating the size required , whether it is one sided or double sided and the urgency of the task . |
| 14 | In addition , it is open to the producer or director to show that he did not know or reasonably suspect that the offending programme would be included in a cable programme , or that in the context of the broadcast the programme would probably provoke racial hatred . |
| 15 | In 36 of these , the submissions were wholly or partially approved and the courses will commence in the autumn . |
| 16 | There was no way the bodies could be cremated or even interred unless the coroner 's office was satisfied . |
| 17 | David Scott was not one of the more successful county politicians , and perhaps his attitude is a little too pure for the real world of eighteenth-century politics , but it represents , even if in an exaggerated form , the general political maxim that the politician performs friendly services for his friends without haggling over a bargain , or even implying that an understanding existed which might suggest that a vote was given for services rendered , or as in this case , for services which might be performed at a future date . |
| 18 | The demands on the human operator are difficult to quantify or even to describe because the process is essentially an interactive one . |
| 19 | If a particular monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes , it may become so stressed that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming or even resisting when the hunters finally seize it . |
| 20 | But there are reasons to wonder , or even to suggest that the goal of International Relations should be understanding rather than explanation . |
| 21 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 22 | It would be nice to know who these nobles were ; or even to know whether the chronicler 's choice of phrase was due to ignorance or a desire for brevity or for the sake of discretion . |
| 23 | None of the other EC members have any sympathy for General Noriega or seriously doubt that the results of last year 's general election were in favour of the Panamanian opposition . |
| 24 | It was this seemingly irreconcilable cleavage that effectively meant that the Council of Europe was in no position to advance by and in itself the concept of European union to any great length . |
| 25 | When you have got blisters that only show after the finish is applied it really is a nightmare . |
| 26 | It is embarrassing to know that one is a god of a world that only exists because every improbability curve must have its far end ; especially when one can peer into other dimensions at worlds whose Creators had more mechanical aptitude than imagination . |
| 27 | Although highly educated and a ‘ technocrat ’ , Li was not a popular figure , and was viewed as an extreme example of ‘ guanxi ’ , i.e. advancement by personal contacts . |
| 28 | I think the first time I remember that I thought , Lord that just looked like a dance advertised through the window . |
| 29 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 30 | It is now more than ever clear that every section of society needs to be involved in responding to AIDS , including the churches . |