Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some may find the external colours of the dome surprising , but apparently these reds , blues and creams are faithful to the colours that were there at the end of the 17C . |
| 2 | A few may flourish the 14 pages of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act , 1970 ; seven inches of section 2 specifies a local authority 's obligation to lay on just about everything short of a course in elephant skinning : meals , education , holidays , telephones , and recreation are all there in paragraphs ( a ) to ( h ) . |
| 3 | It will need to be updated whenever the direct file is updated if the file is very volatile , and this may require the two files to be on-line together . |
| 4 | In the best sense , this should combine the best elements of East and West . |
| 5 | This should identify the likely benefits to KPMG . |
| 6 | This should prevent the two washes from intermingling . |
| 7 | This should describe the key factors underlying the trading operations of the company ; typically this will include : |
| 8 | In either case , this should allow the social services authority to hold the not-for-profit body to account for the proper use of public funds . |
| 9 | Some might regard the frequent leaks of sensitive government documents as a consequence of this tension . |
| 10 | Among some people who have been involved in negotiations at Geneva on laws-of-war matters there is a genuine concern that any neat set of rules limiting the use of nuclear weapons in one way or another might have the unfortunate effects either of weakening deterrence ; or else , contrariwise , of seeming to legitimise such uses of nuclear weapons as are not covered in any agreement ; or else of being nothing more than a paper accord , which would be of little real value in a conflict . |
| 11 | Some EC countries had argued that if intra-marginal interventions could be financed through the EMCF then this might prevent the obligatory interventions when a currency had reached the limits of its permitted flexibility . |
| 12 | But while all this might explain the quantitative failures of left criticism it does not in itself , explain its qualitative failures . |
| 13 | So your Higher Self lovingly sends you an emotional trauma , in the hope that this might release the blocked-up emotions . |
| 14 | A government which wished to show goodwill , or the reverse , to another could send the appropriate signals by variations , sometimes subtle ones , in its attitude to ceremonial matters . |
| 15 | The competition was fierce and only a few could obtain the valuable passports , visas and tickets to leave the confines of China . |
| 16 | This would bring the American manufacturers , Upjohn , up to £30-£40 000 per year . |
| 17 | This would fit the many reports that had the young mother dying in childbirth , for had it been one of the aforementioned ladies Wild Will might well have been rather proud of himself . |
| 18 | This would eliminate the nuclear missiles of most concern to both sides : Soviet SS-20 and older weapons would be removed ; NATO cruise and Pershing II missiles would not be deployed . |
| 19 | This would eliminate the worst cases of cruelty and would substantially reduce the number of whales killed , as only those beached would be gaffed and killed , and the rest could be driven back to sea . |
| 20 | Parish councillors thought that if the steep banks could be planted with shrubs and low growing trees this would hold the steep banks either side of the path . |
| 21 | This would strengthen the theoretical foundations for numerical modelling , thus permitting accurate reconstructions of the past and realistic predictions of future global climate trends . |
| 22 | This would limit the possible effects of Olugboja , since it would ensure that a defendant could not be guilty of rape where he perpetrated a fraud of any other description . |
| 23 | If the legal limit for abortions was reduced to 20 or 22 weeks , this would increase the practical problems , but these would be avoided if earlier detection was made possible . |
| 24 | this would defeat the legitimate expectations of those who had acted in some way in reliance on the old authority ; or |
| 25 | Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ . |
| 26 | This will contain the necessary laboratories for the George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science . |
| 27 | This will give the exact requirements for the system that you are going to buy . |
| 28 | This will enable the current coaches , now established as a so-called cluster , and their successors in the years to come , to identify and monitor the development of present and future Canada players as they work their way up through the system . |
| 29 | In order to interpret a word or clause the court will take account of the context in which it appears ; this will include the other terms of the contract and the factual circumstances in which the contract was made . |
| 30 | This will highlight the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches and show how they can be used to complement one another in the analysis and presentation of large complex datasets . |