Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 He was sitting beside me in the jump seat or that generally occupied by a second pilot because in those days there were no flight engineers on twin-engined aircraft .
2 But even so-called educated people can have difficulty in writing fluently , especially when under stress as for example in an examination setting or when emotionally upset .
3 We follow BA 's Captain Jock Lowe and his crew through the intricacies of pre-flight preparation , take-off , climbout and that beautifully understated cabin announcement — with just a touch of pride — about how the aircraft will accelerate smoothly through the sound barrier , ultimately to reach Mach 2.2 .
4 But in the er in the big shops where women did really heavy work and and really mixed with the men .
5 5.19 Statutory notices etc To give full particulars to the Landlord of any notice direction order or proposal for the Premises made given or issued to the Tenant by any local or public authority within [ 7 ] days of receipt and if so required by the Landlord to produce it to the Landlord and without delay to take all necessary steps to comply with the notice direction or order and at the request of the Landlord but at the cost of the Tenant to make or join with the Landlord in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any notice direction order or proposal as the Landlord shall deem expedient Seven days may be too short a period , particularly if the notice is served at the premises and not forwarded to the appropriate officer of a tenant company with any great alacrity .
6 ‘ You might believe you can achieve something with those acres of rough pasture and that extremely overgrown wood ; I am , as yet , unconvinced . ’
7 Secondly , the difference between the standard of review under hard look and that presently employed by our own courts can only be assessed by understanding the evolution and meaning of hard look in the United States .
8 Most hotels operate on the basis that unless previously notified by the guest that they will be a late arrival , the accommodation will be released for reletting if the guest fails to arrive by 6 p.m .
9 The next day , after the thirty-third night spent on the exitless side of a bed that was shoved up against a wall and that also housed a physiotherapist called Daphne , an air hostess called Olga , and Olga 's dopey Teddy bear , I got out of the bottom of the bed unheard and thought , No .
10 Under s135 a company may , subject to confirmation by the court and if so authorised by its articles , reduce its share capital in any way by special resolution .
11 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor .
12 After showering this morning she had brushed her lashes with mascara and that still remained , but the rosy lip-gloss , which had been her only other concession to cosmetics , was long gone .
13 He certainly engages in speculation as to what might have happened but treats it as such , continually emphasising that multiple interpretations of the data are possible , that there are many important matters to which he has not had access and that only limited and tentative conclusions may be drawn .
14 Statistics are a convenience and if properly used allow a mobility between one set of numerical data and another that is not otherwise possible .
15 15.1 This Agreement shall commence on the date of signature hereof and shall continue until the completion of the Project or until otherwise determined by written agreement between the contributors .
16 ( 1 ) The Cuticle is a complex , non-cellular layer secreted largely by the epidermis and though commonly considered non-living is actually the seat of complex biochemical changes , some at least under enzymatic control .
17 Bed and breakfast denotes bed and continental breakfast except where otherwise specified ; half board denotes dinner , bed and breakfast ; full board denotes lunch , dinner , bed and breakfast .
18 Even butterflies take note of being captured at a certain location and when subsequently released , avoid the area for some while after .
19 The houses of Hohenstaufen ( Ghibellines ) and Welf ( Guelphs ) both pressed their claims to the royal crown but as already described , Frederick Barbarossa succeeded in his claim .
20 Natural theology , even of Brunner 's qualified kind , could only be a snare and a delusion , a thing in which one ought to have no interest except that properly shown for an abyss beside the path — the interest whose concern is to avoid falling into it .
21 Greg had said before the tournament that the secret of winning might be in not taking worse than bogey and that definitely applied to the third round .
22 Whatever the explanation , for some of us there was always a sense of fear in this secluded spot and that moreover linked to a train .
23 However , as EC businesses restructure themselves in preparation for the single market and as previously protected industrial sectors are open to competition for the first time , takeover activity is one means by which new corporate entities can be created and structured on a pan-European basis .
24 Over the next seven years Cadillac built up a reputation as a quality car maker and , in 1906 , released the four-cylinder Model L. At $5000 , it was six times the price of the single-cylinder runabout and as well made as any car in the world .
25 You are liable to find that every time you go to use your car one of any number of people has parked in front of the garage and that neither painted notices nor threats will deter them .
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