Example sentences of "[vb mod] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should the latter ever happen , it is best to land ahead regardless rather than attempt a circuit . |
| 2 | They outstay , outnumber and invariably outmanoeuvre the elected and less intellectually endowed political elite , should the latter even contemplate acting against the ‘ powers that be ’ . |
| 3 | Seats in the new national assembly could be left vacant for north Korean representatives , should the latter subsequently be elected on an acceptable basis ; the United States held that it was vitally important that the Soviet Union should not exercise a veto on the role of the UN in Korea . |
| 4 | Should the latter be removed then the second fish will become the dominant one . |
| 5 | Should the latter be the case , the concern expressed last week at the Bookseller Association Conference by BA president John Hitchin , that the threat of a tax on books was still a live issue , was not ill-founded . |
| 6 | He remained de facto Vice-President , the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet now being constitutionally the President 's temporary successor ( pending a fresh election ) should the latter become unable to execute his duties . |
| 7 | On March 30 in a joint news conference in Caracas , the Venezuelan capital , with President Carlos Andrés Pérez ( who had been instrumental in initiating the peace process ) Cristiani had offered the FMLN guerrillas a " broad amnesty " and a " plot of land " and confirmed that the government would legalize an FMLN political party should the latter wish to participate in elections . |
| 8 | The latter post was now restyled , its incumbent being effectively the Speaker of the USSR Supreme Soviet and automatically the successor of the President should the latter be unable to complete his five-year term in office . |
| 9 | By unilaterally adopting the programme , with its commitment to wide-ranging economic sovereignty for the individual republics , Russia placed itself potentially on a collision course with the USSR administration should the latter not follow suit . |
| 10 | The President nominated a Vice-President , who was to succeed the President should the latter be unable to complete a five-year term of office . |
| 11 | Constitutionally , the President of the Assembly would assume the functions of the Croatian President should the latter be incapacitated . |
| 12 | Britain 's main clearing banks are reviewing their lending policies in the light of a draft EC directive which would make them liable for the clean-up costs of their industrial clients , should the latter go into liquidation . |
| 13 | The crucial social question raised by the zombies , relevant to all societies , capitalist or communist , is ‘ Why should the many work for the few ? ’ |
| 14 | Should the same debates apply to this ? |
| 15 | Why , for example , should the same people who throng to welcome Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem clamour only days later for his death ? |
| 16 | Why should the same multitude who invoked blessings on the son of David rejoice in seeing him mortified and humiliated by the hated Roman oppressors ? |
| 17 | Why should the same weight be given to Harry 's second preference or Dick 's fifth as to Tom 's first " ? |
| 18 | Why should the same peptide ‘ mean ’ the same highly specific memory/behaviour in different animals/species ? |
| 19 | Should the same scenario arise under the new law , it is suggested that the following analysis applies . |
| 20 | If Skinner is right , and children 's language is strongly influenced by the way in which those around them respond , how much more effective might the same processes be if they were applied deliberately and systematically . |
| 21 | Could the same thing happen with a single bite from an apple ? |
| 22 | Could the same result be obtained by transplanting a nucleus from well-differentiated cells ? |
| 23 | Could the same effect be reached in modern English , with its much fiercer attitude towards phrasal looseness ? |
| 24 | If the cap had been spooked by our presence could the same be true of the cats ? |
| 25 | Could the same be true of Angy , do you suppose ? ’ |
| 26 | Could the same happen here in social services ? |
| 27 | And where would the All that the families you mentioned there were they all port families ? |
| 28 | Would the same principle of sudden and catastrophic meltwater releases to the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets in the greenhouse world to come ? |
| 29 | But would the same objection have such weight if one judicial system applied to individuals and the other to corporations ( and other organizations ) ? |
| 30 | With the reservation , following Bolton , ‘ that a small firm could not be adequately defined in terms of employment or assets , turnover or any other arbitrary single quantity , nor would the same definition be appropriate through the economy ’ , we can adopt with him an upper limit of 200 employees for small manufacturing firms ; and note that , in 1963 , when he adopted that limit , the average number of people employed in such a firm was 25 . |