Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that sheep must stand and fight |
| 2 | ‘ If the Europeans fight like hell over new investment and where European headquarters should be , maybe we should consider running everything from here in Detroit , the way it used to be . |
| 3 | Basingstoke-based Penril Datacomm Networks Ltd has launched its new WANserver family , a modular chassis that can take a variety of local network , wide area network and asynchronous devices such as terminals or printers ; each chassis can support up to 34 wide area links , 272 async users or 1,200 Ethernet local network sessions Penril said . |
| 4 | But , to avoid an immediate and pre-emptive Serb offensive , allied aircraft would at the same time bomb Serb artillery positions and supply lines . |
| 5 | Massoud Barzani , leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and of the eight-member coalition of Kurdish opposition groups , the Kurdish Democratic Front ( KDF ) , secured agreement from Turkey and the UK at the end of February that allied aircraft would continue their protection of Kurdistan against a possible attack by Iraqi forces . |
| 6 | The further west Allied aircraft could be stationed , the easier it would be for them to protect the sea lanes which were vulnerable to enemy air power based in Sicily and Crete . |
| 7 | Such auxiliary data might , for instance , confirm a suggested explanation or help to formulate a more appropriate rate for some event . |
| 8 | Security copies of disk-held data should be taken without interruption to user service . |
| 9 | There is some justification , in that RPM may be the most direct method of maintaining high prices . |
| 10 | Each aircraft will be acting as an extra set of eyes for the other in an attempt to see before being seen . |
| 11 | In addition each aircraft will be capable of carrying an oil pollution detection system . |
| 12 | Each aircraft will be given numerical codes to use by ATC . |
| 13 | If defibrillation after adrenaline is ineffective , lignocaine 1.5 mg/kg should be given and repeated after 3 min . |
| 14 | The example is constructed — the reader is warned because good reasons for preferring naturally occurring conversational data will be given in Chapter 6 . |
| 15 | These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again . |
| 16 | I have not attempted to use quantitative techniques or ( with one exception ) statistical analyses , believing that the close inspection of conversational data can tell us more about what " London Jamaican " really is than any quantitative approach . |
| 17 | The dangers of generalizing about ‘ apathy ’ on the basis of aggregate data can be further highlighted by variation in turnout between different wards in the same authority . |
| 18 | The classic bob can be swept back to ring the changes . |
| 19 | Often , too often perhaps , the impression is conveyed that data are separate from the purposes for which they have been gathered , that data can exist , as it were , on their own . |
| 20 | Leaned , that aircraft will fly 116 miles on the same fuel which takes it only 100 miles in rich . |
| 21 | The bumps and marks on the this goldfish would prevent it from winning any show prizes — but even a humble fantail deserves the best conditions . |
| 22 | " Re U 128 — representatives this Headquarters will arrive yours 25 May for discussion policy on lines suggested as follows : |
| 23 | In the small front yard , where a few sheep could be penned for clipping , a tar costel is placed to hold the Stockholm tar . |
| 24 | Few sorbus can compare with our native rowan for ease of cultivation or the liberal manner with which it unfailingly produces an abundant crop of insect-pollinated flowers each May , followed in late August by densely packed bunches of bright orange-red fruits . |
| 25 | Though not as deadly as the sea wasp , this jellyfish can cause severe irritation if it stings a human . |
| 26 | If so desired , there seems no reason why the applicant , instead of applying under this subsection. should not , as an " occupant , " apply for a permanent transfer from the licensing board at a quarterly meeting under subs . |
| 27 | The Emperor Hadrian 's British headquarters may have been uncovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian 's wall , Northumberland . |
| 28 | Even in a cave , or a nest , some fry can be lost , but mouthbrooders go one step further . |
| 29 | Any catfish will eat cichlid eggs or fry , but if you have small catfish , and give the dwarfs plenty of plants , and caves with small entrances , some fry should be produced . |
| 30 | 120 British aircraft may be used against Iraq |