Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 Reasonable excuse may be found where a person carries a weapon as self protection from imminent attack ( Evans v Hughes [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 412 ) .
2 Does * mean necklaces may be worn if a member of staff does not work in high risk areas .
3 They are , of course , required for the older works in the repertoire and probably in newer story ballets where all ages should be seen if a plot is to have credibility .
4 Battles over the use of hypnosis by the prosecution have been raging in American courtrooms since 1969 , when a federal court ruled that the defence must be told that a prosecution witness has been hypnotised in order to ‘ enhance ’ his memory .
5 Some innovative health authorities have given financial assistance for the establishment of advocacy schemes , though such money must be provided as a ‘ donation ’ or ‘ gift ’ rather than as revenue with strings attached .
6 Social isolation may be reduced when a small group of people share a common interest or activity which simulates conversation .
7 Fresh data may be supplied and a further clock pulse given .
8 At this point , a side glen comes in on the right with a path leading to the dominating heights of Carn Eige and Mam Sodhail , or from it the bealach between Tom a' Choinich and Toll Creagach may be reached and a fine view seen over Glen Cannich to the mountains of Glen Farrar .
9 If the employee is leaving of his or her own accord , the personnel department should be informed and a final performance evaluation prepared .
10 All the elements of theft must be proved before a conviction may be secured for this offence .
11 It is that in the former situation it will be possible to adduce evidence as to established professional practice with which the defendant 's actions can be compared , whereas in business , while it may be clear what steps should be taken before a decision is made , it is not obvious by what criteria the decision itself should be judged .
12 what further steps should be taken if a favourable response is obtained .
13 As I was called by you on Question 16 , only to be discourteously interrupted by the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) , will you refer to the Procedure Committee whether or not such an interruption should be permitted as a means of closing a question , or whether Members should be afforded the courtesy of asking their question , after such an interruption , when Question Time ends ?
14 Part of the principle of equal treatment is that a compulsory bid must be made when a certain level of shareholdings is actually exceeded , namely a third of voting stock .
15 We might say : no checkerboard statute could be enacted unless a majority of the legislators voted for provisions they thought unjust .
16 Note that it would be inadvisable to assemble the code directly into the location at which the unit is plugged since data could be lost if a mistake is made when relocating the SRAM .
17 But some weather researchers at the organisation think that the scientific value of the data could be reduced if a commercially minded company is at the helm in the US .
18 The last sentence was the cue for Miss Horsbrugh to announce to the House of Commons in April that the 10% Cut would be withdrawn and a Committee of Enquiry into adult education established instead .
19 Edwards agreed last month to sell his stake of 51 per cent of the company 's shares to Knighton for £10m , but that deal would be scuppered if a court rules in favour of Edwards .
20 All entries will be analysed and a shortlist of 15 will be asked to supply further financial information .
21 A review will be undertaken when a copy of the recording is available ; Sam Morley ( 0707 872720 ) can provide more information .
22 The prima facie rule will be displaced and a sub-sale taken into account when the following circumstances all exist .
23 The data will be analysed and a decision made as to whether to carry out a similar experiment during the busy summer months .
24 If it is possible to raise the temperature of the water a little , the life cycle of the parasite will be hastened and a cure more quickly effected .
25 These coloured papillae can be enlarged when a predator approaches and are then waved about invitingly .
26 Thus such a complex can be described as a d 8 complex .
27 The grief can be displaced and a man unable to cry at his father 's funeral may find himself crying for days three months later when his spaniel dies .
28 Rigorous means testing is ‘ carried out without difficulty ’ and public aid can be recovered if a person later becomes affluent .
29 Compensation may be limited if a fair dismissal would , or might , have been possible in the near future , ie where the unfairness lay primarily in accelerating your dismissal .
30 Counsel for TJ submitted that the evidence of identification should be excluded because a police officer involved in the investigation took TJ to the parade from the place where he was currently detained , in breach of Code D 2.2 to PACE .
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