Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the fact that Dirks was found not guilty , the tests laid down in the case are of great significance : a tipper 's liability is contingent upon the purpose of his action ; while a tippee 's liability is limited to those situations where he knows or ought reasonably to know of the insider 's breach of duty . |
| 2 | Leaving aside for the moment differences in personal qualities and skills , which may or may not vary with the curriculum , it would seem that graduates who can offer both expertise and ability are in the strongest employment position , those who offer either one or the other may also find a job niche , but that those who offer neither are worst off . |
| 3 | Seekers after Alpine charm may or may not be content with the neo-Tyrolean style of Vail ; they may or may not adapt to the Wild West clapboard houses of resuscitated mining towns such as Breckenridge . |
| 4 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 5 | Today , with an irresistible single behind them , OCS may or may not stand on the threshold of a wonderfully fresh new scene : they have successfully meshed the musical phenomenon of the past couple of years with a sound of their heroes , The Beatles and the Stones . |
| 6 | It may or may not result in the board of the offeror company retaining control , depending on the voting rights they control and the support they get from the enlarged body of shareholders . |
| 7 | According to FSP scholars , restrictions on word order in various languages result in a linear arrangement that may or may not coincide with the interpretative arrangement of an utterance . |
| 8 | The tendency to leave paid employment at or even before the age of eligibility for state pension may or may not continue into the future . |
| 9 | A force fit will touch all four sides but may or may not reach to the bottom . |
| 10 | Or may not come into the equation . |
| 11 | It may or may not interfere with the hardness of the water but my choice is for those hardy shoaling fish that are bred in the hobby and no longer need acid water — if indeed they ever did . |
| 12 | These preferences may or may not weigh with the legislators who take decisions . |
| 13 | During the years of South Africa 's isolation from the world community and its suspension from the ILO , hybrid labour legislation was passed by the South African parliament which may or may not conform to the minimum standards for the protection of workers laid down in various ILO conventions . |
| 14 | This may or may not happen in the home through storytelling and observing others reading . |
| 15 | These may or may not lie outside the range of transactions which the teacher may ordinarily use , but in order to exploit the system to the full for the purpose for which it was designed , it is necessary that the teacher using the system behaves in a way which is consistent with its purpose . |
| 16 | Apart from what the customer may or may not find with the price of beer , is it not the case that what the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) has described would not have taken place if the beer orders had not been passed by the House ? |
| 17 | The character of this conservation/transformation effect may or may not correspond to the intentions of certain of the forces involved . |
| 18 | Near the end of the book of Joshua a passing reference is made to a battle , which may or may not belong to the same account as chapter 2 : ‘ And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho , and the men of Jericho fought against you … ’ |
| 19 | The clearing house may or may not belong to the exchange , but it is the counterparty to all exchange based futures and options contracts . |
| 20 | There is some movement either way , but in broad terms and it seems to me what proponents of other sectors are doing basically , is suggesting that their particular segment is better because of erm possible improvements which may or may not take in the future . |
| 21 | The characteristics chosen for this analysis were selected to illustrate any visual correspondences that the instruments might or might not have with the Mercier portrait . |
| 22 | the midday sun was Re , or might still appear in the form of Re-Harakhty . |
| 23 | DENIS Winston Healey is having a certain amount of characteristically mischievous fun with journalists at the moment , on the question of whether he will or will not stand at the next election . |
| 24 | Who can say what will or will not contribute to the solution of problems ? |
| 25 | the governing body must decide who they will or will not accept into the school . |
| 26 | A total of 70 oceanic recreations , complete with state-of-the-art fish tanks , coral reefs and rainforests , have just opened or will soon open around the world . |
| 27 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 28 | From this point of view there is room for the state to assume an interventionist role for the many in a way that may well eat into the freedoms of the few who exercise private , economic power — power that many constitutional authorities are actually concerned to protect and defend through their stress on the importance of liberty , and constitutional limitations on taxation , state intervention , parliamentary sovereignty , and the play of democratic politics itself . |
| 29 | Sorting either to maximise machine usage , so that racks are completely and properly filled , or to exclude items that may not respond to the process . |
| 30 | however , the strategy should switch from defence to attack such that these sites ( and others that may not qualify as the finest , rarest or most representative examples ) are protected as sources of biological quality ( Ffynnon Bywyd ? ) from which an impoverished countryside can be recolonised through schemes like ‘ Tir Cymen ’ and ESAs ; |