Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pottery and commercial tinplate may have roughly the same tensile strength but if a cup is dropped on the floor it will shatter , perhaps almost explosively . |
| 2 | Despite this , Potidaia paid tribute to Athens , who in 433/2 demanded that Potidaia should send home the Corinthian magistrates and pull down part of her walls . |
| 3 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |
| 4 | To voters , who hope that a clear result will speed the end of the recession , an unclear result could have precisely the reverse effect . |
| 5 | It feels that the majority of customers will want to route SNA natively , rather than via TCP/IP , and believes that a reduction in royalties would take away the main impetus behind the Cisco Systems Inc-inspired APPI movement . |
| 6 | All the 300dpi libraries for HP printers and the like would look exactly the same because they are designed as bitmaps . |
| 7 | A horse will pull all the more against a bit which causes him pain or if his mouth is split in the corner even though pulling makes it worse . |
| 8 | Labour will pull together the present unco-ordinated initiatives into a coherent urban programme which will strengthen local economies , generate jobs and improve the quality of people 's lives . |
| 9 | Closure will destroy both the historical and the esteemed . |
| 10 | The £1 billion package for business and industry was exactly matched by the £1 billion that the pension funds will lose once the new ACT rules come into effect . |
| 11 | Moreover , although private investment will play much the biggest role in the East 's economic renewal , the government in Bonn will have to give big subsidies to the East German social-security system . |
| 12 | Rhys will spend almost the entire time in an isolation cubicle within the unit 's small ward until the new bone marrow becomes effective . |
| 13 | ‘ The deal will benefit both the cricketing public and the Benson and Hedges competition , with more matches covered live and viewers enjoying a wider choice during peak hours . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The deal will benefit both the cricketing public and the Benson and Hedges competition , with more matches covered live and viewers enjoying a wider choice during peak hours . ’ |
| 15 | Though it is possible that the facts of such a case might show merely the legitimate compromise of a claim to damages , on the other hand , the facts might be such as to constitute extortion and blackmail of a serious type . |
| 16 | Thus , if implemented , notwithstanding the other requirements of SSAP 15 , companies may use either the full provision or partial provision basis in accounting for the deferred tax implications of post-retirement benefits accounted for in accordance with SSAP 24 and UITF 6 . |
| 17 | Although there were divisions in the local authority as to how far the plan should redesign radically the traditional city centre , it was entirely symptomatic of the mood of the time that both the City Development Committee and Lord Reith should accept the more radical scheme outlined by Donald Gibson , the city architect . |
| 18 | González could deliver neither the central UGT demand of either full(ish) employment nor adequate welfare protection . |
| 19 | Changes in stratospheric water vapour due to changes in methane and stratosphere-troposphere exchange could affect both the radiative budget and the temperature of PSC formation . |
| 20 | If the explanation of affinity is true , then it is possible that spermatozoa produced by a male hybrid would contain only the paternal chromosomes , and will therefore carry the Y sex chromosome , a donkey-Y in male mules and a horse-Y in male hinnies . |
| 21 | It might be possible , using the latest technology , to build a computer today that could put scores on a million positions a second ; such a machine would need more the 30 years to look five moves ahead . |
| 22 | For many others , contact with the world of work will drive home the increasing demand for more highly-qualified potential employees . |
| 23 | And if you and your spouse are covered under the Plan and you both die as a result of the same accident the Plan will pay double the normal individual death benefit , making a total of up to £160,000 paid direct to your estate . |
| 24 | And if you and your spouse are covered under the same Policy and you both die as the result of the same accident the Plan will pay double the normal individual death benefit , making a total of £160,000 paid direct to your estate . |
| 25 | A ‘ block ’ type connector may be fitted to the board and pad spacing will suit either the older Futabase or SLM sockets or the latest 3-pin headers . |
| 26 | A giant shredding machine will take even the largest tree , AND it produces a useful by-product . |
| 27 | Tasmin is something of a vocal find , her strong , pure tones can imbue even the limpest tune with pathos . |
| 28 | Even if , to the youth , ‘ living was more important than education ’ , engaging in competitive sport can bring home the new realization that achieving results in education can be important to living . |
| 29 | For example , an HP buyer could make much the same sort of claim against his finance company over faulty goods as the Sale of Goods Act would have allowed against a shop . |
| 30 | Surely someone moving toward the light ought to measure it traveling at a higher speed than someone moving in the same direction as the light ; yet the experiment showed that both observers would measure exactly the same speed . |