Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun sg] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Anything done … or having effect as done , under a provision reproduced in the consolidating Acts has effect as if done under the corresponding provision of the consolidating Acts . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This provokes awareness of and gives practice in those features of language which provide links within sentences or across sentence boundaries : the glue that makes them stick together . |
| 4 | The kind of testimony which makes sense of and verifies ‘ backs ’ is one involving its related activities . |
| 5 | Peter Berger calls this a ‘ sacred canopy ’ ( Berger 1969 ) that informs , makes sense of and interprets the world as the focus of God 's concern . |
| 6 | The framework I want to propose rests upon a regard for the importance of the active , interpreting self in social interaction ; for the way it perceives , makes sense of and works upon the actions of others and the situation in which it finds itself ; the way it pursues goals and tries to maximize its own ( often competing ) interests ; the way it pursues these things by combining or competing with other selves ; the way it adjusts to circumstances while still trying to fulfil or retrieve its own purposes — and so forth . |