Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few were tempted by credit cards , debit cards , store cards or account cards to overstretch themselves , but ‘ in several moments of madness ’ Allison Battye was able to do so at Harrods , the House of Fraser store in Knightsbridge , to the tune of £2,300 on a card which Harrods had given her on the strength of her claiming on the application form that she was in employment , which was not true . |
| 2 | Most hair care worries can be sorted out by changing your basic routine or using products to suit your hair type . |
| 3 | On other occasions , high-pitched tones or crackling noises accompany his healing . |
| 4 | They 'd stand there and laugh at you , or say things to get you going , and when they felt they 'd wound you up they 'd walk away laughing . |
| 5 | These provisions are an example of the recent trend of legislating against tax avoidance in an arcane and difficult fashion , leaving the Revenue to publish Practice Statements or press releases giving their interpretations ( though the Revenue has not been particularly forthcoming regarding " options arrangements " in Statement of Practice 3/93 which supersedes Statement of Practice 5/80 ) . |
| 6 | Families are everywhere , the kids ' faces shining with excitement , no obscene chanting or vomiting hooligans to spoil their delight . |
| 7 | Pre-dinner cocktails are popular , after which those on half board retire to the Yali Han terrace for their evening meal , an informal affair where you can join the others , or re-arrange tables to suit yourselves . |
| 8 | Either the media or pop stars dictate what 's in fashion . |
| 9 | Would he do the deed himself , or get Personnel to do it ? |
| 10 | The Authors jointly and severally agree to indemnify the Publisher against loss , injury or damage ( including damages for loss of profits and all legal costs and expenses and any compensation costs and disbursements paid by the Publisher to compromise or settle any claim ) occasioned to the Publisher by any claim , action or threatened proceedings arising our of a breach or violation of the warranty in the preceding sub-clause a ) PROVIDED THAT such damages , costs and expenses are incurred pursuant to the judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction or settlement reached with the Company 's prior written consent , which consent will not be withheld or delayed unreasonably . |
| 11 | In none of his parables or stories or recorded interviews does he ever suggest that the material world is evil and that wealth is in itself bad . |
| 12 | This theory states that motivation comes from a combination of personalizing the consequences of unhealthy behaviours and developing the self-efficacies or coping skills to change one 's behaviour . |
| 13 | The middle levels , where scurrying impulses form them selves into thoughts and feelings , are still to be filled . |
| 14 | This often proves difficult , however , because of the way in which daily transactions between government and public affect bankers ' balances , causing banks to buy or sell bills to replenish their cash balances and thus to affect their yield . |
| 15 | This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs . |
| 16 | Papandreou , who was president of the main opposition party , the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( Pasok ) , and had headed a Pasok government in 1981-89 , had consistently refused to appear in the courtroom or to send lawyers to represent him [ see pp. 38157-58 ] . |
| 17 | Happily Mr White soon abandons this sort of yuk and reveals much that is interesting in Hawking 's life at Cambridge and later abroad ; his progress from stick to crutches to wheelchair to electric car , from whispered speech to tracheotomy to a computerised voice machine ; the problems of finding suitable accommodation , exacerbated by an unhelpful bursar ; the birth of his three children ; difficulties with his wife Jane , to whom he owed so much , and their eventual separation ; his love of dancing and dinner parties , and always his stubborn courage in refusing to regard himself or allow others to regard him as anything but normal . |
| 18 | Difficulties occur whether they focus on the monetary base or on a wider range of liquid assets , and whether they impose statutory ratios or allow banks to determine their own prudent ratios . |
| 19 | On uneven ground use a base and peg it down or use stones to steady it . |
| 20 | Lovers must rely on the discretion of parents or ask friends to lend them a room . ’ |
| 21 | We shall be grateful if you will donate space for any of the enclosed adverts in any of your publications , or ask advertisers to insert them as part of their own publicity . |
| 22 | No brief can be held for any solution that would put France and Western democracy influence out of Indo-China or leave natives believe US indifferent . |
| 23 | At times she believed that he was seeking Camilla 's advice about his marriage or making arrangements to see her . |
| 24 | The Crown Prosecution Service should be obliged to inform victims when dropping or lowering charges to allow them to make representations , he said . |
| 25 | Workers in nuclear and radiographic installations would then not need radiation badges , or monitoring instruments to warn them of the unseen danger all around . |
| 26 | It was striking that many of the girls I spoke to with anorexia or bulimia ( an eating disorder similar to anorexia , but in which sufferers make themselves sick or take laxatives to keep their weight down ; both methods are extremely dangerous to health ) told of an incident ( which they often insist was small or insignificant ) of sexual harassment or abuse which marked the start of their body obsession . |
| 27 | Although it is not common practice , some firms place wives in employment within the company overseas , where this is appropriate , or take steps to provide them with details of employment opportunities abroad . |
| 28 | Family , friends or working colleagues see us more clearly than we realise . |
| 29 | It is a socialist anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands , kill their children , practise witchcraft , destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ’ — Pat Robertson , US TV evangelist and campaigner for the re-election of President Bush in the Los Angeles Times , August 27 . |
| 30 | It was this that led testators to value them and to confirm their wills in trust form . |