Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Feeling unable to see just then how Cara , even with her journalistic experience , would have fared better with a man who , somehow without you noticing , turned every question or countered it with one of his own , Fabia resolved , as Lubor Ondrus turned into a driveway and steered the Skoda uphill , to do better .
2 A cross spirituality will ensure that you and I are never tempted to follow fashions and fads in church life which , attractive though they may seem , ignore the cross or push it to one side .
3 Tear the slip out and hand it in at any Midland branch ; or put it in one of the AutoDeposit machines that have been installed at a number of our branches .
4 If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ?
5 When a record turns out to be a synonym , there are two alternatives : these are to store the synonym at once , in which case the process is called a one-pass load , or to load it in two passes , which is called a two-pass load .
6 Neither lexicographers nor political theorists can or should hope to halt this process of constant revision , although they may legitimately aspire to guide or nudge it in one direction rather than another .
7 He can not , unless he destroys your strength first , or convert it into one friendly to him . ’
8 Anyone who can rekindle a friendship should write to him at Flat 11 , Grove Court , Cooden Drive , Bexhill , Sussex or ring him at 0424–212456 .
9 To find out more , simply clip the coupon below , or ring us on 358 .
10 And then , I either leave it like that or turn it to one .
11 Term Characteristic Six months Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 does not apply to a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding six months unless : ( 1 ) it contains provision for renewing the term or extending it beyond six months from its beginning ; or ( 2 ) the tenant has been in occupation for a period which , together with any period during which any predecessor in his business was in occupation , exceeds twelve months ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s43(3) ) .
12 If you would like to know more about this ‘ Financial Health Check ’ write to me at the address below or call me on 0204 31627 .
13 For a full list of the CD-ROMS , either ask at the Enquiry desk in the Library , or call us on one of the telephone extensions given in the information panel .
14 Multiply it by one tenth or divide it by ten .
15 There are such men in this city , and even to see them , never mind to touch them or have them kiss you , or see them just before dawn , or to have them as one of your dear friends , is one of the great pleasures of our life , and it is commoner than most people think .
16 Admirable as such schemes seemed from St Petersburg , they looked very different on the ground : it was reported from one ‘ city ’ designated an administrative hub that no one had entered or left it for three months .
17 And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket .
18 Contact us at Women 's Design Service , 18 Ashwin Street , London E8 3DL , or phone us on 071 241 6910 .
19 So if we 'd have just carried on the way that was going , I mean , that got it from ninety thousand in just over a year to , to seventy nine thousand in five months .
20 Nature , that framed us of four elements ,
21 Steve Raper ( Punyettas ) had a 4 lb bream in the first ten minutes opposite the bungalows and continued on the feeder with caster for roach that lifted him to 11–10–0 .
22 Erm if you 're going to use =thing something like that in the exam I mean there 's no reason why you should n't use that multiplying it by one point whatever the percentage is .
23 If no settlement is reached the shipowners will be faced with the same difficulties that confronted them in 1911 " .
24 For the ‘ Banality ’ show , Koons created a startling series of ads that showed him in four flagrantly artificial settings .
25 A confidential study designed to assess the extent of professional abuse , follows investigations in America that showed one in 10 counsellors developed sexual relationships with those they should have been helping .
26 It is finished in black leather , has an ABS breaking system and a 158 bhp engine that shifts it from 0–62 mph in 7.7 seconds , and from there to a top speed of 134 mph .
27 However , combining the results suggests that approaching one in ten of local sexual attacks , which are mentioned in the local press , may also be mentioned in the national press .
28 Give me a six foot tank and I 'm more likely to put a shoal of small 25mm Tetras into it , along with a few Dwarf Cichlids and Corydoras , than use it for one or two larger fish .
29 And he managed to live until he was seventy-one , much longer than the expectancy of any hellraiser , although in the end it was the drinking that took him in 1988 .
30 There she acquired the qualifications that took her in 1881 to Newnham College , Cambridge , where she got a first in the moral sciences tripos in 1884 , and a second in history in 1885 ; she also helped to form the Association of Assistant Mistresses .
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