Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3.10 To see how , we must now take up again the question , Why can some adjectives occur in prenominal attributive position but not postnominally ? |
| 2 | I always donate to these organisations and have benefited to the extent that organisations like THT , Body Positive and LAGER have made the general public aware of the infection and have made some employers take it into account . |
| 3 | I recognise that practitioners will in some cases incur fruitless costs in the search for such a vital clue where none exists . |
| 4 | To disclose whether or not a warrant has been issued in a particular case could establish means whereby those involved in serious crimes or espionage or subversion could learn the extent to which their activities had come to notice or — perhaps more damaging — could in some cases confirm whether their activities had come to notice at all . |
| 5 | These and other examples suggest that engineering design may impose some rather loose constraints on structure , and may in some cases impose precise quantitative constraints on shape ( e.g. the shapes of bird 's wings are very accurately adapted to particular modes of flight ) . |
| 6 | The intended victim of sorcery could take counter-measures by appealing to a supernatural being , and these counter-measures could in some cases transfer the intended harm to the person who had initiated it . |
| 7 | However , the differences are sufficient to make some lecturers feel that the linking of art and design is a marriage of convenience which would be better sundered , even to the extent of having separate departments . |
| 8 | Why do some authorities make greater provision for pupils with special needs than other authorities faced with the same Problems ? ’ |
| 9 | For instance , concern over a drama examination could for some candidates obliterate the possibility of second-order experiencing . |
| 10 | But they do n't , I mean they just do n't some kids have got ta sort of work at it and you 're one child , like Lee . |
| 11 | A Suffolk man said : ‘ My grandfather was a bit of a rough diamond , and he was n't above letting a few words fly in front of us children when he felt like it . |
| 12 | ‘ Do some animals have higher fitness because they eat better , or do they eat better because they are more fit ? ’ asks Altman . |
| 13 | Thus , not only will few cars enter Woonerven areas , but a high proportion of them will be driven by residents who will have a vested interest in the safe operation of the new street layout . |
| 14 | Why then do some units use expensive implants and risk closure when the money runs out ? |
| 15 | Only after many years of mental torment did some Calvinists achieve a certainty of conviction about their elect status , which helped them to cope with , and sometimes to change , the threatening and disturbing world that surrounded them . |
| 16 | You need some vests do n't you ? |
| 17 | Why do some countries have a structure which is characterised predominantly by either highly centralised or industry-wide agreements , whereas others have far more decentralised arrangements ? |
| 18 | Studies by BGS have shown that increased concentrations of sulphate in pore waters beneath trees , though mostly of little consequence , can in some circumstances result in metals such as aluminium being leached into shallow groundwater , which could have potentially serious consequences where these waters are used for drinking . |
| 19 | Nonetheless there is sufficient evidence to suggest that concurrent performance of certain cognitive tasks can in some circumstances alter left-right perceptual asymmetries ( Kinsbourne , 1970 ; 1973 ; Hellige , 1978 ; Hellige , Cox and Litvac , 1979 ; Allard and Bryden , 1979 ; Rizzolatti , Bertolini and Buchtel , 1979 ; Beaumont and Colley , 1980 ) … |
| 20 | We shall have to reconsider how Darwin 's theory should be applied to animal fighting , to see whether natural selection might in some circumstances favour animals that avoid aggressive conflict . |
| 21 | Supply of a set of goods within a natural monopoly framework may under some circumstances require suppression of entry into closely related areas in order to prevent competitive entry undermining the natural monopoly properties . |
| 22 | Why do some companies thrive on change while others struggle to survive ? |
| 23 | There is also evidence ( albeit controversial ) that stress makes some cancers progress more rapidly . |
| 24 | As compared with a ‘ profit maximisation within the law ’ regime , this may in some areas lead to outcomes which are more efficient from a social point of view , as where a company takes voluntary action to internalise external costs . |
| 25 | Batch processing in the case of the personnel system could in some areas lead to information being up to two months out of date . |
| 26 | Temperatures during the short summer are somewhat kinder and may on some days reach 20 ° C. Nonetheless , summer or winter , this is an inhospitable environment and to be able to survive here , the mountain goat needs a special set of structural and behavioural adaptations . |
| 27 | Thus , though one might for some purposes characterise the human sciences as concerned with human behaviour in all its fullness this is to misrepresent what turn out to be very different ways of looking at or being interested in the world of human beings . |
| 28 | Why do some antelopes mate in lekking grounds much as ruffs do while others attempt to round up small harems in a moving herd ? |
| 29 | Strengthen your resolve to let some things go undealt with and go wrong if necessary . |
| 30 | So I said would n't some lights look nice in here ? |