Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such groups may now number more than 100,000 , and represent potential launching pads for mission . |
| 2 | Opponents of the building programme " which in any case may not go ahead as planned because of a lack of funds " claim that political instability in Russia , antiquated technologies and economic pressures ( to cut corners on safety in order to produce much-needed electricity ) could lead to another major nuclear accident . |
| 3 | Those very few who do receive enough child support to ‘ float ’ them off income support may nevertheless lose financially because of the consequent loss of passported benefits such as free school meals . |
| 4 | But you know the situation is it 's like Mum should not expect just because Claire and Steve go away that it 's immediate pack your bag it 's gon na co |
| 5 | Judge Owen stayed the proceedings last November , ruling the trial should not go ahead because delays in bringing it to court amounted to an abuse of the court process . |
| 6 | Witness summonses may not issue less than seven days before the hearing and be served in less than four days before the hearing without leave of the court . |
| 7 | This would not mean that A and B are liable for conspiracy wherever they acted unlawfully with the foreseeable consequence that C suffered loss , for conspiracy should not extend further than the other economic torts ( for example , interference with contract by unlawful means ) where the predominant view is that this is not sufficient . |
| 8 | Still , he thought , Holly would no doubt think twice before following them into a place like that , and to keep beside the brook might well prove safer than wandering about the fields in one direction and another , with the risk of finding themselves , in the end , back at the warren . |
| 9 | Some hip-hop or heavy metal fans might not see further than the pleasure of destruction , might be real-life misogynists and miscreants . |
| 10 | I do n't think Richard would ever drive again if he did drink and drive |
| 11 | Ms Penumbra will not take kindly if she suspects we 're helping one of her employees abscond . ’ |
| 12 | On the other hand , however energetically desirable it may be , the car will not run downhill unless it is provided with wheels and the brake is off . |
| 13 | This chapter will therefore examine also whether the action project had any effect upon cognitive impairment ( Did it help to delay deterioration , or even improve , mental state ? ) ; whether dementia sufferers in the action project expressed less worry , sadness , loneliness than those in the control samples ; whether the project helped people to maintain their capacity to cope with certain tasks or activities of daily living ; and finally whether it succeeded in obtaining more of other community services for its clients than were obtained by those in the control sample ( eg more home help , meals-on-wheels , day care , home nursing , and so on ) . |
| 14 | However , an exception provides that recognition will not expire solely because the death of a shareholder or shareholders has left the recognised body with no shareholder able to exercise such voting rights . |
| 15 | Italian funds can not hold more than 20% of their money in private companies . |
| 16 | In water , sonar is essential for long distance perception , for light can not penetrate more than sixty feet or so . |
| 17 | These short waves can not travel far because they bounce off even small objects . |
| 18 | The injunctions that are undermining self-esteem can only do so when they are unobserved and unquestioned . |
| 19 | Hence people who enter the premises as lawful visitors may not remain so if they step outside of their invitation or permission to be on the premises . |
| 20 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 21 | The Hall voltage should therefore decrease smoothly as the gate voltage ( V ) is increased , as this controls the density of electrons in the inversion layer . |
| 22 | It was completely blocked off coach could n't go backwards because there was cars behind it . |
| 23 | Despite some progress in the negotiations on deploying UN troops , including Croatia 's acceptance of their being stationed in areas of current conflict in the republic , Vance reported to the UN that deployment could not go ahead until a ceasefire was observed . |
| 24 | ‘ The directors could not do worse if they tried , ’ commented Fernando Calazans , a leading newspaper columnist . |
| 25 | Of course , road accidents and pedestrian tumbles would also increase alarmingly as wind-blown polymer dust spread round the locality . |
| 26 | Some traces of the deeper areas would then merge slightly if agitated gently with a wet and loaded brush . |
| 27 | BC also pledged that miners would not suffer financially if they decided against taking early voluntary redundancy in order to await the outcome of the talks . |
| 28 | Goldstar 's new wafer fabrication facility being developed in South Korea will probably cost more than $2 billion before it is opened in 1996 and is dependent on generous government support ( Hayashi , 1989 ) . |
| 29 | The dilemma is that Kenyan companies can not export effectively until they command the volumes needed to justify investments in both knowledge and quality , but they can not obtain those volumes without investment . |
| 30 | the vehicle can not carry more than 9 people ( including the driver ) |