Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should proceedings be commenced by a person under disability without a " next friend " , the court may on application appoint the authorised person , or person who gives an undertaking ( N 235 ) as to costs , as next friend , or may strike out the proceedings ( Ord 10 , r 3 ) . |
| 2 | For people with long-standing difficult social circumstances that may throw up a crisis at any time , intervention might best combine practical help with a scheme to foster the person 's sense of control over his or her life , to reduce their sense of hopelessness . |
| 3 | But the declaration spoke of ‘ taking into account current economic and social conditions ’ , a clause that should give both the president and the government free rein . |
| 4 | It is the local authorities that must pick up the bill for those problems . |
| 5 | This example was meant to illustrate the unexpected links that might make up a chain of natural interactions , but it is significant that no experimental work was done to test the idea . |
| 6 | Kaplan makes several points in his essay that might suggest why the tempo became increasingly sluggish in our time . |
| 7 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 8 | The likely explanation is that he is feeling contemplative , a little introspective , and he wants a quiet evening at home without the sort of chit-chat that might drown out the TV football commentary . |
| 9 | Various happenings that could bring about a shift into Creole were mentioned , including " talking to my Grandma about some of these teachers " . |
| 10 | Well all the way from , they used to come from and they used to have some sunbonnets on , I always remember they used to have the , I 'm not a dressmaker but you know a la they do n't like frills down the back that used to hang down the back and the I remember them coming round selling blocks of salt . |
| 11 | If the decision was only as to the construction of a statutory provision that would explain why the case has received little attention in later cases … |
| 12 | There is unlikely to be any external set of circumstances ( other than a revolution ) that would bring about a collapse of this type . |
| 13 | Rumour had it that , particularly towards the end of the financial year when sales targets were a few thousand off and hopes of bonuses were beginning to fade , the sound of the office globe could be heard spinning as anxious sales staff searched the world for the magic market that would bring home the bacon . |
| 14 | Entertainment would come in the form of the funfair , races and sports for the children , sideshows and tents packed with crafts and fancy merchandise , pleasure flights in light aircraft taking off from the company runway , and then , much later in the evening , the grand firework display that would wind up the day 's events . |
| 15 | You were going to contact someone in ADSW ( I regret I forget the name ) with regard to the possibility of setting up some form of Communications Group representing all Departments in Scotland that would meet perhaps every quarter or half year . |
| 16 | Serge Mallet ( 1969 ) , writing in the context of developments in political theory in France , and hence particularly concerned with issues of class consciousness and conflict , took a view directly contrary to Woodward , arguing that new technology was leading to the development of new forms of class conflict that would threaten fundamentally the stability of the existing structure of the capitalist enterprise . |
| 17 | Try its lively , grassy , gooseberry-like '90 Sauvignon , Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France from Guy Saget ( £3.55 ) that would go down a treat with the Mushroom & Parmesan Risotto ( page 120 ) , or the Lemon & Mustard Mackerel ( page 122 ) . |
| 18 | Up on the platform behind a moat of pot plants that would hold back a crowd of football hooligans , sit the Heid Yins flanked by lecterns with large , coloured bulbs . |
| 19 | This is a scaled-down version of what originally was to be an ambitious orbiting craft that would build up a picture of the planet 's surface using radar . |
| 20 | He was an arch-conservative , indeed , striving and planning for an imperium that would promote both the papacy and Christianity . |
| 21 | But instinctively she knew she had what she wanted — the frames that would lend just the breadth and depth she needed to complete her picture story of the couture shows , and she let her camera fall back on its strap around her neck , rubbing her aching eyes and running her fingers up under the thick fringe of dark blonde hair that barely skimmed them . |
| 22 | The crystal chandelier was for effect only — lighting that would show off the clothes to their best advantage was brilliant yet discreet , and along one wall were racks holding some of the ready-to-wear garments . |
| 23 | We could n't sense that , a few hundred feet above us up the ridge , David Simpson 's and Jane Lapiner 's house had shaken apart , that rocks had thundered down the cliff face opposite my house , that a mile to the north at the precise moment that we were walking through Jim 's house and I was spreading out the blueprints on the hood of my car to continue our conversation , an overturned electric coffee pot in the Petrolia store had already started a blaze that would finish off the store and our adjoining post office in about 45 minutes . |
| 24 | With memories of sailing planing dinghies still fresh in his mind , he wanted a boat that would surf down a tradewind roller with the tiller humming easily in his hand . |
| 25 | Lawton was struggling to get out of his pack the receiver that would pick up the radio signals from the miniature transceiver Forster said was attached to his slayer . |
| 26 | She wanted him to hold her properly , to put his arms around her in an embrace that would shut out the world ; she needed to feel the hot , demanding pressure of his lips on hers in a kiss that would take away the nagging ache of uncertainty . |
| 27 | The House of Representatives passed a $425 million bill that would increase tenfold the spending proposed by President Reagan . |
| 28 | Seized for a moment by the power of prophesy , Caledor spoke words that would ring down the ages . |
| 29 | The logic of the tree is then constructed by indicating those branch points that will influence either the probability or the consequences of the sequence of events . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's been a massive wave of patriotism behind Nigel that is quite unbelievable — and we just hope that there is n't any backlash from the public that will damage either the sport or sponsors . ’ |