Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the individual speaker 's ability to carry out successful linguistic " acts of identity " is subject to a number of limitations : We can only behave according to the behavioural patterns of groups we find it desirable to identify with to the extent that : ( i ) we can identify the groups ( ii ) we have both adequate access to the groups and ability to analyse their behavioural patterns ( iii ) the motivation to join the groups is sufficiently powerful , and is either reinforced or reversed by feedback from the groups ( iv ) we have the ability to modify our behaviour ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 182 ) |
| 2 | Such cells were able to maintain their preference when the heads were inverted or other difficulties placed in the way of recognition , and one would much like to know about the computational principles and physiological mechanisms that performed the task . |
| 3 | Otherwise he would not only have to wait till the young of a non-related male were reared but would probably have to protect them as well in order to prevent other males from supplanting him . |
| 4 | In the opening récit the oboes could only have played on the three-part ritournelle , presumably two treble oboes and a bassoon , as in the numerous wind trios in Lully 's later works . |
| 5 | This is an assumption or misunderstanding that can only have arisen from the curious vagaries of the student grants system in Britain . |
| 6 | Nor , if Cnut and his advisers sought models for his kingship , need they only have looked to the English past : there was also the European present . |
| 7 | Ideally , candidates will not only have worked as an applied economist , but will also have gained experience in related areas like planning or finance . |
| 8 | But I would like to mention that conflicting evidence is not always the result of a social worker being inexperienced and taken in easily by appearances when he or she should obviously have checked with an independent source . |
| 9 | The mother 's offer to cook the lunch may be a reassuring sign of the familiar to her son who may not long have departed from the parental home . |
| 10 | Recent evidence suggests however , that the introduction of modern technology does not necessarily have to lead to a continuing decline in the agricultural labour force . |
| 11 | This ‘ safe ’ distance will obviously vary according to the different tree species . |
| 12 | The reason some of them failed to go to the causal ward is because they used to do a little bit of begging , and if they 'd got enough money they would perhaps pay to go into a common lodging house . |
| 13 | Plainly Henry Ward Beecher , the great New York preacher of puritanism , should either have avoided having tumultuous extra-marital love-affairs or chosen a career which did not require him to be quite such a prominent advocate of sexual restraint ; though one can not entirely fail to sympathise with the bad luck which linked him in the mid-1870s with the beautiful feminist and advocate of free love , Victoria Woodhull , a lady whose convictions made privacy difficult . |
| 14 | Public dissemination and broadcast of good practice in schools , an intention of the QAU is necessary to justly portray teaching as a responsible profession , responsive to the needs of the community . |
| 15 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 16 | Whether members of staff can so continue depends on the other terms and conditions of the appointment . |
| 17 | ‘ We do not think it is possible to deny that there are circumstances in which individuals may justifiably choose to enter into a homosexual relationship ... [ although ] such a relationship could not be regarded as the moral or social equivalent of marriage . ' |
| 18 | It did not want to part with the medium-wave lengths which allowed simulcasting on both FM and medium-wave , so that the deficiencies of one could be remedied by the other . |
| 19 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 20 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 21 | Most people do not want to vote in a right-wing government so much as to get rid of a discredited and deeply unpopular Socialist government . |
| 22 | However we do not want to engage in the quantitative issue for the moment , but stay with the relationship between the theoretical concept and its operational definition . |
| 23 | ‘ We did not want to call off the current tour because it would have created immense resentment back home among the players . |
| 24 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
| 25 | If I were to leave the job in 1995 or 1996 I would not want to leave behind a wrecked team because that 's not my style . |
| 26 | One of the reasons for this , she explains , is that quite a lot of the small and medium-size firms in her area ( Hampshire , Dorset and Sussex ) do not want to recruit from the Big Six where most of the redundancies have been made . |
| 27 | Our investigations of casual working in the catering industry confirmed the impressions given by the data from the LFS that most casual workers did not want to work on a regular , continuous basis . |
| 28 | I did not want to enter into an affirmative dialogue with the building . |
| 29 | I 'd just as soon make do with a packed lunch . |
| 30 | Even if the employee is successful in the job , if the spouse can not adapt to live in the English culture and speak the language , the assignment may well fail . |