Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This takes you to a very similar dialog box to the one for a new presentation except that it lacks the button for selecting a presentation style . |
| 2 | His version is identical with Bilbo 's first one , except that it makes the significant change , in line 5 , of ‘ weary feet ’ for ‘ eager feet ’ . |
| 3 | If the manager can dress up the equipment as a way to increase efficiency , then he is far more likely to win his case than if he presents the hardware as a means of winning a political battle . |
| 4 | Now it may for the game that if he can cover the square number twelve , he will score more points than if he covers the square with the nine . |
| 5 | So provides section 16 of the Partnership Act , 1890 , and the words have a comfortingly assured ring about them even though long and intimate acquaintance with that Act suggests that comfort will be impaired if here as at other points in the Act one indulges in deeper reflection ; and reflection need not go very deep before one becomes uneasy , because if one takes the words of section 16 into unqualified acceptance and seeks to apply them in practical situations , one does not have to envisage a great number of such situations to find some where the uncritical acceptance of section 16 will lead to manifest absurdity . |
| 6 | The matter is serious because if one inspects the photocopy of the letter one sees that he forged not only the heading but the ’ Dear Dr. |
| 7 | In being ambitious in specific spheres men in the external world have only limited pleasures whereas if one embraces the whole of nature more can be enjoyed . |
| 8 | I hope he just needs a couple of goals to help his confidence — or maybe we should n't use him just as an ariel target man 'cos when he gets the ball on the deck he looks okay ( if a bit Chapmanesque ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Think how it wakes the seeds ’ , this itself suggests that the force in question is not God and is indifferent to whether the man lives or dies as although it takes the effort to wake the seeds and the earth it can not wake ‘ sides full-nerved — still warm ’ . |
| 10 | As several authors point out , the very fact that unequivocal translation evolves between any two communities in contact tells heavily against it ( though if one extends the example to man/dolphin the issue becomes more cloudy , presumably because we have less in common with dolphins ) . |
| 11 | For if one ignores the relationship between the 's and β , and g , equation ( 4.29 ) seems to say that the level of real output can be raised by an increase in the quantity of money , regardless of whether or not that increase is predictable . |
| 12 | It does not follow from this that the beneficiary himself can not sue , for if he holds the chattels he seems to have joint possession with the trustee . |
| 13 | For as he increases the number of categories in terms of which phenomena are to be explained , he at the same time multiplies the number of relations between them ; and since each factor is in some way dependent on a large number of others , the resulting range of possible variations is immense . |
| 14 | Burroughs fans discuss this incident as though it enhances the writer 's mythical status . |
| 15 | Her eyes are wide and curious upon my face , as though she knows the very name of me even without introduction . |
| 16 | For when one considers the matter , it is clear that there must be some aspects of language learning which have to do with habit formation . |