Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hadow Report of 1926 , and its successor the Spens Report of 1938 , had envisaged that not all children would want or could profit from the kind of schooling which was available in Cardiff in the 1930s or in Thame in the 1890s , and that different kinds of pupils deserved not only various curricula but also distinctive types of school . |
| 2 | Until comparatively recently there was a general belief or tacit agreement within the community that the later years of life were a time of " all passion spent " — that sex stopped or should stop with the menopause in women and that it continued into later years only in old men who were awarded the epithet " dirty " . |
| 3 | Yes , the provos do claim to support the PLO , but the PLO do not support the IRA , as they make clear ; ‘ No connection of any nature has existed , does exist or will exist between the internationally accepted representative of the people of Palestine , the PLO , and the illegal organisation , the IRA ’ . |
| 4 | By putting the elements in the radar out-of-step with each other to various degrees , the computer can use the array to make a radar beam that can flit across the sky and track a number of targets almost simultaneously . |
| 5 | Is he further aware that he carries the good wishes of the party behind him in the difficult few months to come and should go to the talks in great confidence , knowing of the great contribution that this country has made to Europe since the days of William Pitt ? |
| 6 | ‘ I will continue to train and may play in the reserves next season in case of emergencies , ’ added the U's boss , who has been sent off twice and suspended three times during this campaign . |
| 7 | All the authorities have twenty eight days to appeal that could result in the final cap being higher , lower or staying the same . |
| 8 | A paper recently published by Jacek Baranowski et al working at the University of California , Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory ( Phys Rev Lett , Vol 66 no 23 ) describes a new form of gallium arsenide that will superconduct at a temperature of 10K . |
| 9 | For many weeks prior to the first of February we attempted to get a district council , a Labour council to agree that should apply in the case . |
| 10 | The mark of the adjudicator is simply that he is called upon to decide what parties in dispute should have done or should do in the circumstances of a particular case . |
| 11 | The service , Mr. Park argued , could either consist in the grant of a sub-licence which enabled the operator to do in Vancouver what he could not otherwise lawfully do or could consist in the refraining by the taxpayer from stopping the grantee doing what he could otherwise be stopped from doing . |
| 12 | The accepted wisdom that bulk car manufacturers buy exclusive marques ( Chrysler and Lamborghini , et cetera in the hope of garnering reflected glory is misplaced : any benefit that might accrue to the Escort by dint of its coming from the same stable as the Virage would be heavily outweighed by the damage done to the Virage by the Escort . |
| 13 | Of course , it would be naive to claim that all gifts are made with no thought of any benefit that might accrue to the individual or his or her family at some future time , or to deny that gifts are often a reflection of gratitude for past services rendered to a member of the family or the donor him or herself . |
| 14 | We are now supposed to understand Enterprise Solutions less as a show than as a high-level executive meeting that might pass for a meeting of the Unix War College . |
| 15 | The basic purposes of pruning are two-fold : first , to divert and concentrate sap flow and energy into the buds and shoots that will grow in the direction we want , to promote or provoke new growth from dormant buds , and to better utilize energy by removing growth that has borne bloom , will not bear more , and can not make worthwhile contribution to the plant 's processes ; and secondly , surgically to remove dead , diseased and infected wood . |
| 16 | There must be something she ate that would act as a cover for paraquat or whatever he was going to use . |
| 17 | Before my hon. Friend further develops his theme , will he explain whether it is envisaged that measures that might result from the Bill will include action to control traffic on narrow roads ? |
| 18 | This then multiplies and can spread through the body often affecting vital organs . |
| 19 | Lord Reid delivered the leading opinion in the House of Lords and he stated the general principles in fatal accidents claims as follows at p217 : They [ the dependants ] are entitled to such a sum as will make good to them the financial loss which they have suffered and will suffer as a result of the death . |
| 20 | Interruption denies the buyer the kind of respect he is entitled to receive and may lead to a misunderstanding of the real substance behind the objection . |
| 21 | He will be badly injured but will return to the Highlands and live for many years . ’ |
| 22 | A purchase or redemption by a company of its own shares increases the percentage which a remaining block of shares represents and can result in a shareholder or group of shareholders obtaining control of that company . |
| 23 | Heavy rainfall and the leaching out of iron salts may result in the formation of iron pans and podsolised soils ; these are poorly drained and may lead to the formation of upland bogs and blanket peat . |
| 24 | From that assessment , a group to be known as the Trailblazers will be formed and will come under the guidance of the Cliff Richard Development Trust , which is already supporting some 11 youngsters who previously progressed from the former Search for a start scheme . |
| 25 | If we say , you see , that the function of the dream is to safeguard sleep , and to fulfil wishes , then it 's clear that in the real world not all wishes are fulfillable and it may well be that , that the latent thoughts , in some cases , is so alarming and so disturbing , that they can not be sufficiently disguised and will lead to a state of waking , and that waking proves of course that the dream has failed in its function of safeguarding sleep . |
| 26 | IDEC also employed a relocation co-ordinator between September 1980 and March 1981 to talk to each employee individually about problems they faced or might face as a result of the move . |
| 27 | Thus another indicator is needed that will correct for the major , rational influences on the number and cost of items prescribed and facilitate direct comparison of prescribing data . |
| 28 | British Telecom is planning more job cuts that could lead to the loss of 80,000 staff over five years , unions fear . |
| 29 | Another member of the group will be sitting on the chair with eyes closed and will point in the direction of the slightest sound . |
| 30 | Living in the troubled times of the late fourth and early fifth centuries , St Augustine regarded the Christian era as the age of senility and decay that would lead to the seventh age when time would end , although he was careful not to forecast a definite date for this . |