Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its practical object is to gain access to certain documents disclosed by the Police Complaints Authority ( ‘ P.C.A. ’ ) by order of this court for use in a criminal appeal , so that C.N.L. may use them in the libel action . |
| 2 | Our highest and most serious imaginative inventions may show themselves in the medium of the arts . |
| 3 | If , after filtering the clones , a probe having more than 2 ( N — 1 ) neighbours is found , it is reported as a ‘ suspect ’ one and the user may remove it from the analysis and repeat the procedure . |
| 4 | The message here is that romantic cliches may safeguard you from a heart attack and prevent you making a fool of yourself . |
| 5 | The question is rather whether the accounts ought to record it in a meaningful way . |
| 6 | We have shown how group frequencies derived from experience with other molecules may be used to suggest assignments for particularly characteristic bands , and how the use of isotopes may assist us in the deduction of molecular structure and of the types of atoms involved in each mode . |
| 7 | An officer who was not himself thus inclined complained that his predecessor ( and friend ) had ‘ considered that the man in charge of the northern area of Masailand should place himself in an atmosphere of utter discomfort ; in short should become a wild man of the west and suffer privations of all kinds . |
| 8 | The basic argument was that traditional conservatism should re-establish itself by an uncompromising opposition to liberalism and socialism and by combating the supposed international Jewish conspiracy whose sole purpose was the undermining of the British Empire . |
| 9 | United 's Maurice Malpas sustained a groin injury and is doubtful for Scotland 's match against Germany on Wednesday but Duncan Ferguson should make it despite a thigh knock . |
| 10 | The draftsman should , nevertheless , be aware of some of the practical problems that arise in connection with the choice of tenancy to be granted and in appropriate cases should draw them to the attention of his client . |
| 11 | Anyone who wants to make a donation should send it to The Shaun Skelhorn Fund , c/o Lloyds Bank , Shopping City , Runcorn WA7 2DW or PO Box 111 , Runcorn , Cheshire , WA7 2XU . |
| 12 | Anyone who wants to make a donation should send it to The Shaun Skelhorn Fund , c/o Lloyds Bank , Shopping City , Runcorn WA7 2DW or PO Box 111 , Runcorn , Cheshire , WA7 2XU . |
| 13 | Adenauer 's view was that West Germany must tie itself to the Atlantic Alliance in order to ensure Western support against Russia . |
| 14 | He wanted to see a mixed economy of care and he considered it essential that the social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services , not as monopolistic providers . |
| 15 | It is vital that social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services — not as monopolistic providers . |
| 16 | So much so , that the doctor , who was new to the district , thought that for safety 's sake , Jim should take her into the hospital at Invercargill . |
| 17 | There are a number of interrelated reasons , then , why , when one paradigm competes with another ; there is no logically compelling argument that dictates that a rational scientist should abandon one for the other . |
| 18 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 19 | What is surprising is not that the rural past should be called up , but that the writer should invest it with the imaginative and emotional power that he does . |
| 20 | A female that moves in with an already paired male must share him with the other females . |
| 21 | Except if your coming may release me from the necessity ever to speak to that old hag again ! |
| 22 | Horses have a very good memory , and an intelligent horse may learn something from a single incident . |
| 23 | For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority . |
| 24 | These pictures may take you into the far reaches of analogy , metaphor , anecdotes , jokes , personal experiences and even sheer fantasy . |
| 25 | These results show that intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with amyloidosis is caused by either myopathy or neuropathy , and that chemical types of amyloid may determine which of the two factors has the dominant affect on the bowel function . |
| 26 | In certain extreme circumstances , Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision . |
| 27 | That is why I believe the time has come when Labour should commit itself to a Bill of Rights based on the European Convention of Human Rights . |
| 28 | In the shifting pattern of dominance and submission which characterized tribal life , with warfare being carried out now against one , now against another group , it was natural that on occasion peoples should ally themselves with the Russians . |
| 29 | LINFIELD fans should prepare themselves for a bout of double vision at Windsor Park next week . |
| 30 | The 200 units under her command should brace themselves for a forthright style . |