Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It provides a modular course of study with a total of 360 credits which candidates must gain in order to qualify , and is equivalent to an honours degree . |
| 2 | Unilever was still in the doldrums over fears that some of its brands will suffer in price wars . |
| 3 | He wrote about his own temptations , and came close to presenting the revolt of the Noldor as a felix culpa , a ‘ fortunate sin ’ , when Manwë accepts that their deeds will live in song , so that ‘ beauty not before conceived [ shall ] be brought into Eä ’ ; fiction , poetry , craftsmanship are seen as carrying their own justification and as all being much the same thing . |
| 4 | In a move to freeze about two-thirds of all the money in circulation , short-term seven-day banking deposits worth about $2,000 million were frozen on Jan. 1 , and the amount which investors could withdraw in cash was limited to 1,000,000 australs , the option being to accept repayment of savings in 10-year dollar bonds . |
| 5 | Their names will live in legend . |
| 6 | the extent to which bureaucracies can indulge in co-optation will obviously vary from country to country , but the reciprocal relationship that develops between administrative agencies and client groups to the mutual benefit of each is very widespread . |
| 7 | Standing on the edge of the lake , they threw some small memento of their dead into the rippling water — a final request that their souls should rest in peace . |
| 8 | The numbers of animals were supposed to be limited to the number their farms could support in winter . |
| 9 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |
| 10 | It does have legal consequences for a debtor , and it is for this reason that the legislation provides a court process which debtors can invoke in order to have the demand set aside . |
| 11 | Her smooth clean hands would one day reach out , one to take Rosa 's face gently by the chin , while the other smoothed her hair , and her eyelids would drop in assent : Mary had gone against the grain , against the world , against custom , thought Rosa , as she dipped in the hook , looped the stitch , drew out the thread in the dark room . |
| 12 | Rome taught that the Scriptures were insufficient to contain all truth which men should know in order to obtain salvation , unless they were accompanied by Roman Catholic tradition . |
| 13 | Hopefully her lungs will improve in time . |
| 14 | When frozen , some of these waterfalls can offer ice-climbing practice , but in a hard winter the cloughs often fill with deep snow and their ascents can vary in difficulty from Grade I to impossible . |
| 15 | The industrial revolution changed the scene dramatically and animals for transport gave way to horses kept for sport and pleasure while the success of veterinary surgeons in raising the health standards of agricultural animals ensured that their services would remain in demand . |
| 16 | Propositions limiting the length of time which politicians could serve in office were adopted in California , Colorado and Kansas . |
| 17 | The ordinary disciplinary rules and procedures which the Board applies in relation to its employees will apply in relation to you . |
| 18 | If the all-provident mother of the hunter-gatherer societies had been lost with the coming of agriculture and weaning so that a divine substitute had had to be found in heaven in the shape of the mother-goddess , then eventually a real , human substitute had been found on earth in the person of the all-powerful emperor or king whose granaries could supply in reality what the opulent breasts of the divine mother promised in phantasy — namely , reassurance against oral anxiety and the fear of hunger . |
| 19 | Contested elections were expensive , not merely in bribes or gifts to electors , but also in the distribution of largesse to the vast mass of the population whose frustrations could result in violence . |
| 20 | He would rub a soft soap-filled sponge over her back and shoulders , and his eyes would widen in wonder at the pure whiteness of her skin and the plump coarse rosebud teats jutting like angry things from her breasts . |
| 21 | It is not clear what conditions must hold in order to decide upon the word 's identity . |
| 22 | And er that had to be regulated , regulated as far as fairness and response to er any claim that our members may make in respect of fairness you know , er and it , to enable them to reach the target bonus . |
| 23 | This could also be a place to introduce vocabulary your students will need in order to be able to follow the programme . |
| 24 | Second , that patients fulfilling our criteria will die in spite of sclerotherapy . |