Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You startled me , Mr Laidlaw , ’ he said breathlessly in English and clamped his hand over his heart as if to emphasize the point . |
| 2 | Harrison drew back his jaw as if riding the blow . |
| 3 | It bowed its ruined head to its chest as if to inspect the squealing assailant now hanging from its buckled shoulder with frantic claws . |
| 4 | But try telling that to the actor who reads : ‘ He delivers every line with a monotonous tenor bark as if addressing an audience of deaf eskimos . ’ |
| 5 | This is where modern designs like the Thermatex really comes into their own , because they wick the moisture through and keep the horse warm while he 's drying . |
| 6 | And then he concentrated on her mouth , his head angling to one side as if contemplating a take-over bid . |
| 7 | Hope flicked his head to one side as if dodging a blow : there had been no need to slaughter those two old booby servants ; but Newton had ignored his protests . |
| 8 | As a result , while Consolidated ponce about and play the rebel and might reach 50,000 , J might get the word to millions . |
| 9 | He said that he had faced a dilemma about whether to choose a Bill that would make the headlines or one that would be passed . |
| 10 | For two neighbouring points on the ( p , T ) diagram this means Expanding by Taylor 's theorem about and using the first equality gives where are changes in v and S respectively at the transition . |
| 11 | While it is important that we take stock of and combat the fraudulent ways in which we are being described by those who oppose us , we should not be unmindful or insensitive to what we are saying about ourselves , of how we are describing who-we-are . |
| 12 | The fall in the price level from raises the real money stock from and reduces the rate of interest from . |
| 13 | I took my Sony from a drawer , slotted a tape in and pressed the record button . |
| 14 | A person is guilty of assault if he intentionally or recklessly — ( a ) applies force to or causes an impact on the body of another ; or ( b ) causes another to believe that any such force or impact is imminent , without the consent of the other or , where the act is likely or intended to cause personal harm , with or without consent . |
| 15 | The Rovers directors meet this weekend in an attempt to end the dilemma over whether to sell the club 's England Under-21 goalkeeper Nigel Martyn to Crystal Palace . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm just a representative of the thousands of mums on Merseyside who , through thick and thin , soldier on and bring a family up . ’ |
| 17 | In his view , the court could intervene only if the minister ( a ) failed or refused to apply his mind to or to consider the question whether to refer a complaint to the committee or ( b ) misinterpreted the law or proceeded on an erroneous view of the law or ( c ) based his decision on some wholly extraneous consideration or ( d ) failed to have regard to matters which he should have taken into account . |
| 18 | It became a parting of the ways , not a harmless flutter over whether to have a bit of a change or a grumble about poll tax . |
| 19 | I 'd put a tape on and turn the radio off . |
| 20 | It would often be necessary to go back to the user and ask for guidance on whether to broaden the search . |
| 21 | The Federal Executive shall have power , after appropriate consultations and subject to ratification by the Federal Conference , to make and from time to time vary Party rules as to membership , elections and such other matters as it may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to or supplement the provisions of this Constitution . |
| 22 | When he switched the light on and dragged the bedclothes back , he saw that his image of them had been perfect . |
| 23 | Then I came down here , switched the light on and saw the room in disarray . ’ |
| 24 | That rule will probably be extended to the upper house , where a vote on whether to lift the immunity of Italy 's former prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , is likely soon . |
| 25 | The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ( ‘ the 1990 Act ’ ) came into force on and removed the statutory ban on partnerships between solicitors and non-solicitors . |
| 26 | There has not , however , been adequate assessment of whether improving the oxygen saturation reduces the incidence of arrhythmias . |
| 27 | 20.1 The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement . |
| 28 | As far as the form of labelling was concerned they believed that what was required was a simple declaration such as contains copies of X genes , in single ingredient foods and foods sold loose , they believe a declaration should form part of or accompanying the name under which food is offered for sale . |
| 29 | For the first group , more careful diagnostic and treatment procedures , especially extent of surgical resection , are essential in preventing recurrence , while for the second group , one has to identify means of blocking the function of or deleting the effects of persisting carcinogenetic factors , such as hepatitis B virus infection . |
| 30 | Whatever the outcome of the MMC investigation is , the final decision of whether to allow the merger to go ahead or not will be made by the Secretary of State . |