Example sentences of "family [coord] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also remember that although signing one card for everyone might be cheaper for you , there are still some folk within the fellowship who may not have a big circle of family or friends and who would really appreciate a card from you . |
| 2 | In fact , as a newcomer to the area , she was without family or friends and my Wednesday call was welcomed by herself and her children as something of a social high-spot . |
| 3 | It is only when the frequency and magnitude of each behaviour is sufficiently marked and sufficiently prolonged to impede the child himself in his daily life or cause distress to his family or community that it can be defined as disorder ( Rutter et al. , 1970 ) . |
| 4 | Is it that she , she 's , she 's , she 's wondering what will happen to her family or children if they go abroad , or is she thinking that each country in the Community , perhaps having some special erm excellence of its own , ought to be shedding this example among the others so that we all raise ourselves to a common , higher level ? |
| 5 | If you force people to choose between a family and a job I suppose , you know , women lots of women choose the family erm the only way women will achieve more educationally is to be able to combine the two things and not always have to make these crippling decisions and choices between two things which most human beings want , so there is a lot of money being spent on research into sex inequality and so on , and that 's encouraging , but I think it 's being spent in slightly the wrong way and I think there 's a tendency to evade the crucial issues which are , of course , rather deep social issues about the organization of the family and work and they take a lot of changing , so I am ambivalent about that one . |
| 6 | My mother and I , that morning were to travel to Heathrow Airport to fly to Australia to see family and friends that we had not seen for over five years . |
| 7 | At the height of the romance , the pair were inseparable and it was obvious to family and friends that they were heading for the altar . |
| 8 | He pretended to his family and friends that his doddering gait was due to old soccer injuries . |
| 9 | Finally , tell your family and friends that you are starting a diet . |
| 10 | Our thoughts are with the circles of family and friends that you have given us , and we pray for those we meet , our neighbours , the people we work with , those we encounter in shops and businesses . |
| 11 | The local minister , the Rev Roy Manson , told the gathering of family and friends that he hoped that a positive message might emerge from their grief . |
| 12 | After all , she may well have told her family and friends that I 'm a nice boy — although a Jew . |
| 13 | Those five hours passed slowly and painfully , I was definitely going to miss my family and friends but I just wanted to go and have my holiday . |
| 14 | People posted abroad are also unhappy about losing touch with family and friends or they may even worry about what will happen to pets . |
| 15 | Many people today can remember well when the bodies of relations were kept in the front room until the funeral , to be visited by family and friends if they wished , for a last goodbye . |
| 16 | Having had the opportunity through working at a hospice of attending many funerals I have grown used to seeing the shudders and worried looks that pass between grieving family and friends as they struggle to make sense of the words being read . |
| 17 | It is very popular among my family and friends and we would be very disappointed if it finishes . |
| 18 | The club and all its supporters send their deepest sympathy to Bobby 's family and friends and our thoughts are with them at this time . |