Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others refuse to accept risks from activities which , they believe , bring no benefit to them or to society at large . |
| 2 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 3 | I that in terms of many of the so called efficiency measures that we could take , we are reaching the absolute limits in this authority . |
| 4 | He has n't spoken to me except in anger for nine years ! ’ |
| 5 | The Countess told me that on arrival at the hospital after his death , she spent half an hour alone , sitting by his bed , just talking to him . |
| 6 | If this reformulation is to be justified , then we need to show that [ 12 ] yields contextual effects not yielded by [ 31 ] : It seems to me that in contrast with [ 31 ] , [ 12 ] draws the hearer 's attention to the fact that this was n't ordinary , plain running . |
| 7 | I have found that erm it seems basically to be a very pessimistic kind of fiction , more pessimistic than people have often given it credit for , largely because they tend to see , for example in Dashiell Hammett , who 's the author I 'm most interested in from this period , erm a precursor of a lot of heroes , private eyes , who were said to have a very kind of steely moral integrity , which they balance against a general corruption in the world outside , and it does seem to me that in fact with Hammett the detective mirrors the corruption of that world as much as he stands against it , so that it does seem to me rather pessimistic . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , he told me that in view of that he would n't be coming here any more . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Now if the defendants were bound to charge the plaintiff for the carriage of his goods a less sum , and they refused to carry them except upon payment of a greater sum , as he was compelled to pay the amount demanded , and could not otherwise have his goods carried , the case falls within the principle of several decided cases , in which it has been held that money which a party has been wrongfully compelled to pay under circumstances in which he was unable to resist the imposition , may be recovered back in an action for money had and received . |
| 10 | Many smaller listed companies are controlled by their directors or their family interests , making it impossible for an outsider to bid for them except by way of an agreed offer which is accepted by the controlling shareholders . |
| 11 | He would become irate and irrational , shouting at Caroline and me and from time to time even at the nurses , who were patient and sweet and had done nothing to deserve it . |
| 12 | Feeling pleased for them , I lowered the binoculars through which I 'd been able to see even the tears on Mrs Unwin 's cheeks , and there below me and in front of the grandstand was the man with the gaunt face looking up towards the Clubhouse windows . |
| 13 | And when he came into the Pincushion Room and rested his elbows on the window-ledge , he would look out of the window at the garden bright with midsummer sun or bathed in moonlight and think , all this is mine , that garden , that fruit cage within the flint walls , that lake , the Little Wood , as far as I can see on either side of me and in front of the house and behind , all that is mine … |
| 14 | The API allows applications to be migrated between them and for objects to be managed on remote systems . |
| 15 | After the Sanctus and before the elevation of the Host , the reader is bidden to remember Christ 's Passion and his own sin , and also to pray for all estates in the land from Pope and King to the " poure and smale " , for good harvests to sustain them and for entry into God 's joy at death . |
| 16 | The test items were written by the researchers and trialled both by them and by teachers in liaison schools . |
| 17 | In Helby v. Matthews he was merely hiring them and in Lee v. Butler it had been expressly agreed that the furniture was not to become his property until the payments had been completed . |
| 18 | One critical aspect of the overall decline in the demand for labour was the discrimination that older workers believed employers exercised against them and in favour of younger ones . |
| 19 | Watergate and other traumas could now be put behind them and in place of the paranoid , embittered and beleaguered Richard Nixon there was now a decent and agreeable man in the White House who just might be able to heal America 's wounds and restore faith in the political system . |
| 20 | Secondly we have to satisfy you that in order to that flat they used only reasonable and necessary force . |
| 21 | Could I say to you that in terms of Greater York the County Council is the highway authority , the County Surveyor advises the County Council on traffic implications as a concept , the County Councillors highway authority is satisfied with the merits er of a new settlement . |
| 22 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 23 | Whatever you do should be right for you and for memories of your pet . |
| 24 | Recognize anger and see how destructive it is to you and to others around you , including those who love you and whom you love , Then you will want to do something about it . |
| 25 | Mr can I come back to you and in light of what Mr has said , |
| 26 | Such containers are available but we are told we do n't stock them because of lack of space . |
| 27 | ‘ I went over to Michael 's training centre in the US , then he came to visit me while on holiday in Britain — I learned an awful lot . |
| 28 | What roughly he says is that he is committed to the following scientific arguments , arguments based upon scientific principles , regardless of any pain that may be caused to him or to others by so doing . |
| 29 | ‘ No doubt word has gone round by now that I could n't get through to him or to Mona on the telephone . |
| 30 | The majority of his music was written for particular occasions , for performers known to him or in memory of friends and colleagues . |