Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They constantly warned us of the danger of the roads , about the thieves and vagabonds who dressed in green or brown buckram and played Robin Hood in the dark forests or wastelands we passed through . |
| 2 | At that time the Grant 's biggest market was in Sweden , thanks to partnership with local agents Tegner & Sons which dated back to 1910 . |
| 3 | Clearly , the expectation is that young people will be steered away from companies or employers who have not undertaken to provide good quality training . |
| 4 | Such rewards are offered as prizes in a competition to those individuals or groups who perform best against a specific set of objectives . |
| 5 | It falls most heavily on people with very modest savings or houses who have not taken appropriate advice . |
| 6 | They remained in control over the means of mass communications but those whose work or views they had long ignored were now clamouring for access . |
| 7 | Particularly er children or animals who have no say in it at all , we , we take the view that er it 's a family show and we take that responsibility very carefully and very seriously . |
| 8 | In future SCOTVEC will recognise as ‘ National Awards ’ particular groups of modules or units which have nationally recognised vocational relevance which should also facilitate mutual recognition . ’ |
| 9 | He did n't mind at first but when he kept bumping into sculptures of boats , animals or castles he became more and more frustrated . |
| 10 | These limestones are completely tight and form lenses or nodules which vary considerably in horizontal and vertical distribution from one well to another ( Fig. 21 ) . |
| 11 | Biblical scholars have long noticed , and based arguments on , the occurrence of hapax legomena , or words which occur once only in a given text or author . |
| 12 | Some of those who thought the statement was true may have had very few experiences of extended dreams , and for them " dreaming " may literally consist of some recollections of thoughts or images which occurred immediately before waking up . |
| 13 | Usually , he took a walk in the evenings , going down Kennington Park Road as far as the Oval , and dropping into a pub on the way back for an ale and a chat with any friends or acquaintances he found there . |
| 14 | On the Conservative side this element is based in the Smoking Room , and is composed of the men with estates or directorships who do not see the House as their primary source of prestige or income . |
| 15 | This type of facility is usually only offered to travel agents or companies who deal regularly with the hotel , and can be relied upon to guarantee their commitment . |
| 16 | Words or phrases which appear only once , or in only one clause , can be defined in the clause in which they appear ; however , words or phrases which appear several times throughout the terms are best defined in a definitions clause . |
| 17 | These are perhaps best illustrated by the workmen who , for example , seem to be incapable of doing anything without 20-minute tea breaks , management which seems uninterested in providing proper supervision , or boards which seem more interested in finding ways of jacking up their remuneration package irrespective of performance , or complaining to Government about interest rates , rather than wondering why they are not making some of the flood of goods which our continental competitors find it profitable to sell to the UK . |
| 18 | Apart from the small elastic strains which recover when the load is taken off brittle solids do not distort before failure and fracture is usually by a crack or cracks which run cleanly through the material . |
| 19 | You do n't have little set-pieces or set-ideas you gush out to impress people with . |
| 20 | Much political research still relies on this approach to explain how government is maintained , but immediate problems that present themselves are that it can not be assumed either that the institutions or organisations themselves do really exercise power or that their nominal members are all equally active in such exercise of power as there is . |
| 21 | Studies made on the river Lugg in Herefordshire show that the rubbly remains of fords or bridges which collapsed long ago have created a gravelly river bed which encourages crowfoot . |
| 22 | Before the transfer , the shortfall was met by charities or relatives who topped up income support payments from their own pockets . |
| 23 | Even better , write out your new belief , again and again , until it comes to feel a part of you — and note any thoughts or feelings which come up as you do so . |
| 24 | And we have n't got any for clerks or managers we have n't done . |
| 25 | His reforms will limit the tax allowance available to corporations , and the top rates of federal tax will climb from 31 per cent to 36 per cent for individuals or families who earn more than $150,000 ( Pounds 96,000 ) . |
| 26 | One of the major problems with this is that the private benefits accruing to households or families who take up either family planning or conservation measures are often not clear — either as perceived to exist by households themselves or even as calculated by economic models . |
| 27 | We see it in the newspapers and we see it among politicians particularly , who say things they really do not mean , or things they do not even understand … . |
| 28 | By extension , then , conservation practices left undone , legislation remaining unheeded , projects that only serve to keep research officers in salary and which never leave the experimental station ( those things not done ) are also political acts and not just omissions , or non-events which do not need explaining . |
| 29 | If the basic training is being done on a Falke , or on any other type of glider fitted with simple spoilers or airbrakes which do not have a lock , the differences must be explained . |
| 30 | Target should , as far as possible , be capitalised by way of new shares or securities which do not constitute qualifying corporate bonds within s117 TCGA 1992 , so that any subsequent loss realised on Newco 's investment in Target will be allowable for capital gains tax purposes . |