Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The argument was that crustal shortening within the continents would produce the same displacement of underlying layers , but the seas would be spread wider and therefore lower .
2 The question is whether the institutions will adopt the same rather altruistic attitude that they did then now that their income from even the best-performing companies will shrink permanently unless action is taken by the companies to leave them with the same net effect .
3 Erm my , I have n't had the time to really absorb what is in them and obviously the board would feel the same .
4 There is also provision for ABWOR to be provided at the request of a magistrates ' court or a county court by a solicitor within the precincts of the court for purposes other than the provision of ABWOR , where the court considers that the case should proceed the same day and that the client would not otherwise receive representation .
5 It is not clear whether the courts would take the same attitude in relation to a general disclosure in a discretionary customer agreement of the fact that the firm might sometimes act as principal .
6 Because of the similarity of wording between s.69 and s.5 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 , it would appear that the courts may hold the same view with regard to civil evidence .
7 The courts can express the same feeling by the creative choice as to whether a defect should be stamped jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional .
8 The common sense of individualism voiced by Adam Smith won for it judicial acceptance , the high point being Smith v Hughes ( 1871 ) LR 6 QB 597 where Cockburn J said : The question is whether , under such circumstances , the passive acquiescence of the seller in the self-deception of the buyer will entitle the latter to avoid the contract .
9 The photocopier will do the latter job for you .
10 If a card is introduced [ which will depend on developments in technology not yet available ] the rules will remain the same and the total amount of discount available will be limited .
11 ‘ If I do what you ask , ’ said Osman , ‘ can I be sure that the Copts will do the same ? ’
12 Calculating that the kidnappers might use the same initial rendezvous , Zen had informed Bartocci , who had authorized a phone-tap .
13 At this stage the male will show the same aggressive tendencies that go with most of the bubble-nesting anabantoids .
14 Later , people would come along , dig him up and remove him to a more permanent resting place where the vicar would say a few words and it would all be over , except for those who remembered him .
15 By launching their cruise missiles , US and NATO commanders would hope that , at best , the Soviet Union might sue for peace , and , at worst , that the West could gain a few extra days when its conventional ( non-nuclear ) forces might be able to stem the tide .
16 A renewed politicisation of linguistic divisions in Belgium was beginning to create problems for the Belgian Christian Social Party , while rapid secularisation in the Netherlands would push the several religious parties to the brink of what would be a dramatic decline in support .
17 There were genuine attempts to curb these activities but the PLO could do no more than send its security units into the streets to prevent looting .
18 They will cost the same as conventional analogue television sets , and the pictures will look the same .
19 Even so the president could do no more than test the reaction of the ambassador to some of the advice and conclusions of his own government machine .
20 There would still be the difference between the two sections that , whereas section 5 plainly places the probative burden on the defendant , under section 4 , the defendant would have no more than an evidentiary burden to raise the issue , in which case it would be for the prosecutor to establish that he knew that witnesses were present .
21 In the investigation of crime a considerable lapse of time between the initial investigation and the re-investigation could rob the latter of some of its usefulness .
22 Assume , purely for ease of calculation and exposition here , that the rival can achieve the same learning rate , that demand is not price-sensitive and that , if the rival enters the market , sales will be divided equally between the two rival companies .
23 The problem is that although the typeface may have the same name — indeed it may even come from the same original — it may not have been coded up in the same way .
24 Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband .
25 OK , the mic-stand might cost a few bob to repair .
26 The answer is that the ownership will remain the same .
27 a tin of beans in the south will cost the same as a tin on beans in the north .
28 There is , however , an alternate explanation : the universe might look the same in every direction as seen from any other galaxy , too .
29 The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again .
30 I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will need no such encouragement .
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