Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [be] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child is disabled if he is blind , deaf or dumb or suffers from mental disorder of any kind or is substantially and permanently handicapped by illness , injury or congenital deformity ( s17(11) ) . |
| 2 | Instead of the blue uniform , which sat well on his big frame , he was sporting a hideous shirt patterned with palm trees and his plump buttocks were compressed into a pair of fawn slacks , the cut of which would have flattered a slimmer figure but was less than kind to his own . |
| 3 | The author stresses that the nature of assessment is a complex activity requiring skill and being more than the gathering of information which is but a first stage in the process . |
| 4 | I have seen ACE schemes that are doing very good work but are more or less driven out of the place they are in because people did n't like their faces , or for other reasons . |
| 5 | The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it . |
| 6 | By 10.10 the men have still not eaten , although by this stage they should have ‘ stood down ’ for an hour and been more than half-way through the second training session . |
| 7 | Fiji 's disappointing display at last year 's tournament , according to Simpkin , was simply due to infighting within the Fiji camp and was mainly because Simpkin was n't the only coach this time around . |
| 8 | He had n't been offered the part in the first place and was more than content in the role of Smee . |
| 9 | He should have enough time to finish his drink and be away before his fellow-officers started to drift in . |
| 10 | They 're relatively cheap , but need engine rpm to deliver full output and are best when handling one operation at once . |
| 11 | The incident happened late last night and was less than forty eight hours after fourteen year old Sally Cattell died at the wheel of a stolen car in a crash in Erdington , Birmingham . |
| 12 | The Glass Menagerie is relevant to all young people chafing under the yoke of parental control and is therefore as suitable for young as it id for older audiences ’ |
| 13 | He knew of course , because Barbara had told him , that James had already missed one deadline and was more than likely to miss another . |
| 14 | The benign types , 6 and 11 , are found in condylomas and low grade intraepithelial neoplasia but are seldom if ever the only virus types in invasive carcinomas . |
| 15 | Instead of taking Barnsley to the cleaners , it was Swindon who went in the washtub and were all but scrubbed out . |
| 16 | I finished the letter and was more than pleased with it . |
| 17 | Moreover , the evaluation of reasonableness will normally be for the trial judge : an appellate court will rarely interfere unless satisfied that the original decision " proceeded on some erroneous principle or was plainly and obviously wrong " ( Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 , per Lord Bridge ) . |
| 18 | Accordingly , a first instance decision will only be reversed on appeal if it proceeded on some erroneous principle or was plainly and obviously wrong . |
| 19 | Infants whose parents smoke run an increased risk of bronchitis and pneumonia , which is doubled in the first year and is highest when both parents smoke . |
| 20 | Brown says NT exhibits a superior memory management scheme and is almost but not quite the equal of Unix at its best . |
| 21 | v. We also need to increase the number of Medau classes being taught and if anyone thinks they might like an additional class or is already considering opening one and would like help to promote it , needs an introduction to pave the way with a new Institute , Leisure Centre or other official body or would just like to talk over the possibilities , please get in touch with me — I shall be delighted to hear from you . |
| 22 | He was looking a prime candidate for another maiden fifty when Abington , his last-wicket partner , like Johnson before him , strolled down the pitch and was well and truly Pottered . |
| 23 | The reconversion of one portion of the value of the product into capital and the passing of another portion into the individual consumption of the capitalist as well as the working class form a movement within the value of the product itself in which the result of the aggregate capital finds expression ; and this movement is not only a replacement of value , but also a replacement in material and is therefore as much bound up with the relative proportions of the value-components of the total social product as with their use-value , their material shape . |
| 24 | The synthetic phospholipids and phosphatidylcholine gave a single spot by thin layer chromatography and were more than 98% pure by gas liquid chromatography of their fatty acid methyl esthers . |
| 25 | Acer is also downsizing its Hsindsheu plant and is reportedly considering relocating it to China . |