Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heterodoxy or heresy originally arises as opposed to doxa , which takes the shape of ‘ orthodoxy ’ to defend itself from the heretical challenge . |
| 2 | Russians adopted the orthodox spirituality of the Greeks and it is interesting that , even after decades of Soviet oppression , they do not have the same problems about the reality they call ‘ God ’ as we do in the West , where Christians always behaved as though God could be discussed like any other metaphysical entity . |
| 3 | There was a long pause , the kind of pause that winners always display as they create a little time to savour their victory . |
| 4 | The major conclusion that can be drawn from this analysis is that users are generally satisfied with the information they receive , but there is no doubt that confusion still exists as to the range of information providers available . |
| 5 | ‘ I was told by others that Benny really laughed when he got that fax . |
| 6 | She hung his jacket on a hanger on the hat-and-coat fixture next to the deerstalker hat that Sebastian invariably donned when he went out , but which he had left behind when he 'd gone to India . |
| 7 | Sultry looks had been a speciality of hers for some years , so much so that Matthew sometimes wondered whether she practised them in front of a mirror for ten minutes each day . |
| 8 | Did you care to touch upon the fact that fish rarely flourish once they are removed from water ? ’ |
| 9 | However , the drafter should remember that problems frequently arise where one party to a contract seeks to escape from it on the grounds that the other is in breach of a condition , and that the time for performance of obligations ( other than payment of money ) under a commercial contract is normally " of the essence " : a failure to perform on time in accordance with the contract will therefore justify the other party in terminating the contract ( see Bunge Corpn v Tradax Export SA [ 1981 ] 1 WLR 711 ) . |
| 10 | Jane Ashton was a slim girl , with short , soft hair curling around a face so pleasant that people automatically smiled when they met her . |
| 11 | Does the Minister agree that Chernobyl probably happened because of incompetence rather than by a deliberate action ? |
| 12 | It was halfway through a brilliant performance that Lowell scarcely heard when he remembered the present he 'd bought her . |
| 13 | For the majority of pupils , it is probably the case that girls now do as well as boys . |
| 14 | If it is true that kings only legislated when faced with an urgent need to enhance their standing with their subjects by prestigious acts of law-making , the appearance of royal codes of law in Kent and Wessex at this time may reflect something of the very considerable crisis through which these regions had recently passed . |
| 15 | ‘ As a teacher I have observed that children truly learn when they try to solve questions which they themselves ask . |
| 16 | Michael Newman argues that the Labour party adopted the view that fascism only emerged where parliamentary democracy was not well established . |
| 17 | ‘ I am thinking that maybe these gentlemen have been to one English Wine Shop , ’ said Dr Haidar , speaking in that slightly sanctimonious tone that Muslims sometimes adopt when discussing alcohol . |
| 18 | Do you do you think that women actually mind whether chaps are bald or not ? |
| 19 | I leaned that my soil was too heavy to grow decent carrots or beetroot and that parsnips always forked because , although the soil was deep and good , the amount of stones could be only marginally reduced at each forking over . |
| 20 | It is often said that penalties automatically follow when blood appears following a facial attack , but this is an over-simplification . |
| 21 | Beekeepers are concerned about the insecticide that drifts outside treated albeit in small volumes ; and small amounts of drifting herbicide can also seriously damage neighbouring crops . |
| 22 | A brief discussion of some major categories , with examples , is intended to illustrate the kinds of difficulty that translators often encounter because of differences in the grammatical structures of source and target languages . |
| 23 | Objectives , for example in the area of educational policy , are often multi-purpose and disagreements constantly arise as to what these objectives are or should be . |
| 24 | Reinforce those opinions and attitudes already held where they still reflect what the company wants them to be , and thus protect the status quo . |
| 25 | These powers , which the reformers Ephialtes and Pericles tendentiously represented as ‘ usurped privileges ’ , were given to the council of 500 and to the People i.e. the Assembly and the law-courts . |
| 26 | It was obvious that the plane had been repainted before its journey and Whitlock suddenly wondered if it had been done to erase the memories of the previous regime . |
| 27 | This last qualification was not unimportant , and violence sometimes ensued when cattle thieves were caught in the act . |
| 28 | Business and pleasure only mix when you 're wielding the cocktail shaker . |
| 29 | Sometimes dealers and clients alike wondered whether the whole thing was n't just a game of bluff . |
| 30 | What is certain is that Oakland start their second consecutive World Series as firm favourites , their combination of power ( Jose Canseco and Mark McGuire ) , pitching ( Dave Stewart and Mike Moore ) , defence ( Mike Gallego and Carney Lansford ) and speed commonly seen as too strong for a San Francisco side carrying several half-fit pitchers and vulnerable defensively to Henderson 's base stealing . |