"I have no quarrel with the smallest subclause," said Cato.

"Consensus is highly desirable, but it need not mean waiting for absolute unanimity on every subclause among 189 member states," he said.

Both juxtapose two actions, the action in the subclause and the action in the main clause.

If the sentence is split into a main and subclause and the verbs highlighted, the logic behind the word order can be seen.

'This is a subclause.

The difference between them is that with se the action in the subclause necessarily came first, while -ko conveys more of an unordered juxtaposition.

Some guy who's probably spent his entire career making sure every letter of instruction laid down decades ago and light-years away are followed down to the last subclause.

'The effect of deleting this subclause will be to continue the present basis of taxation of services, namely the cost to the employer of providing the service.

"This is one of those things like a House appropriation to close the Washington Monument and nobody notices because it's in a subclause buried on the 300th page of some proposal.

In fact, The "I-Thought-He-Was-Dead" Quotient is a subclause of "The Magic Bean Factor," because infomercials are an elephants' graveyard of stars without series.

"I understand," said Bose, wishing Sludic wouldn't overcompensate by piling subclause upon subclause; he found the Marshal's habit catching as well as tiring.

Indirect speech may behave as subclause in relation to the main clause, but the conjunction (which would be "dass") may be left out and then its word-order is as in main clauses.

But when he drops into a blithe subclause a mention of her "several suicide attempts", the alert reader might wonder whether there's such a simple relationship between her cussedness and her skill in "the art of living".

On 21 May 2009, it became clear that the ultimatum had been met, with 15 trains having been delivered, although a subclause condition stating that at least one trainset should have been tested and approved for coupling to other units had not yet been met.

The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons, and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict.

The latter part of this subclause is inserted to try to avoid the difficulty that could arise where a landlord declines to accept rent in order not to waive a breach of covenant by the tenant, which it has been suggested could have a similar effect of releasing the guarantor, but this is not certain.

However this right is subject to restrictions under subclause (2), whereby this freedom can be restricted for reasons of "sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, preserving decency, preserving morality, in relation to contempt of court, defamation, or incitement to an offence".

That question is in two parts, with the second phrased as a sub-clause of the first.

Note the parentheses that delimit the first sub-clause of the query.

A secondary reference to a sub-clause in an appendix relating to additional addenda.

(i) of sub-clause (b) shall be issued except in consultation with the Government of the State:

Quantity This system allows the drafter to use any number of sub-divisions within a clause: a sub-clause can be further sub-divided into paragraphs as follows: 8.

If that sub-clause hadn't been implemented thirty years ago perhaps we wouldn't be having this discussion, and you might be more using your talents more profitably elsewhere.

When you've written one sentence read it back to yourself a few times and, whenever you take a breath or insert a sub-clause, (See how I did that?)

They'll fight over every last bit of it until eventually each tiny little sub-clause has had the benefit of the insuperable wisdom of the great learned minds of our Supreme Court.

(b) He shall also be given a weightage of one year for every completed two years of service beyond the period of twenty one years, referred to in sub-clause (a), subject to a maximum of three years.

If there is any conflict or inconsistency in the terms and conditions of this Agreement, these terms and conditions (or, if later, the revised terms and conditions published by the Publisher pursuant to sub-clause 20.4 below) shall prevail over any terms contained in the order or booking.

The Cablegram goes on to note in sub-clause (b) Peace and order have been completely upset in Palestine, and, in consequence of Jewish aggression, approximately over a quarter of a million of the Arab population have been compelled to leave their homes and emigrate to neighbouring Arab countries.