Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All teachers are or should take responsibility for guidance work . |
| 2 | Art 85(1) of the EC Treaty prohibits all agreements between undertakings that may affect trade between member states and which have as their object , or effect , the prevention , restriction or distortion of competition within the Common Market . |
| 3 | Firstly , the analysis is entirely static , ignoring changes that may take place over time . |
| 4 | She wanted to find out the extent to which children are aware of differences between spoken and written language , of features that might pass muster in speech but not in the written word . |
| 5 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 6 | We wondered at the ‘ pinching poverty ’ that could have cream for tea . |
| 7 | A catalyst that could convert methane to methanol or larger unsaturated hydrocarbons directly and at low temperatures would be of enormous commercial interest . |
| 8 | ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says . |
| 9 | She wanted the strength to be the first to pull away but it would n't come , that little bit extra that would separate desire from decency . |
| 10 | Honours System that would replace favour with merit ? |
| 11 | However , neither government nor employers may take the kind of initiatives that would increase awareness of age discrimination in the workplace . |
| 12 | The point here , though , is that the existence of a great range of such implications , some of which have only the most tenuous relationship to the semantic content of what is said , emphasizes the need for a theory or theories that will complement semantics in order to give a relatively full account of how we use language to communicate . |
| 13 | The government has started an advertising campaign that will draw attention to health hazards . |
| 14 | But it is often the case that , by finding a transformation that will promote equality of spread or linearity , it is possible to achieve the first three at the same time . |
| 15 | The newspaper says that she ends her speech with the words : ‘ There is no magic formula that will transform sorrow into happiness , intolerance into compassion , or war into peace . ’ |
| 16 | There is no magic formula that will transform sorrow into happiness , intolerance into compassion or war into peace . |
| 17 | ‘ There is no magic formula that will transform sorrow into happiness , intolerance into compassion or war into peace , but inspiration can change human behaviour , ’ she said . |
| 18 | Becoming a man in his father 's mould offers the boy an identity for the future , and one that will receive encouragement from family friends and relatives . |
| 19 | This requires great skill in encouraging the barley to germinate , producing the natural starches that will provide sugar for fermentation . |
| 20 | Social selection results from ( a ) effects of competition between the subject and others of either sex with respect to commodities essential to survival in the situation that will allow attempt at reproduction , ( b ) competition for access to preferred members of the opposite sex for mating and ( c ) effects of competition between subjects for access to commodities in the environment essential for rearing of their young or those of relatives to reproductive age . |
| 21 | The intention is to indicate the degree of ambiguity and the general lack of information that can characterize debate on tax reform . |
| 22 | Krystalflex is an aliphatic TPU resin extruded into an optical grade film that can laminate poly-carbonate to glass to form a light-weight bulletproof glass . |
| 23 | New phospholipid polymer coating may help to eliminate the adverse reactions that can take place between blood and certain material surfaces . |
| 24 | Globe artichokes are sprouting new leaves and may need protection from frost in cold areas . |
| 25 | Internally , the routine use of electronic mail should cut down the amount of paper which passes between staff , and may reduce workload on support staff . |
| 26 | X ) following the decision of a quorate general meeting and must indicate acceptance of nomination . |
| 27 | This is the notion that , in order to protect the supremacy of the liberal conception of liberty , law must be non-purposive in character and must maintain neutrality with respect to different conceptions of the good life . |
| 28 | ( Two hundred years earlier , as she demonstrates in her article , it was not seen as arbitrary , but prescribed quite explicitly on the grounds that the masculine was the ‘ worthier gender ’ and must take precedence in grammar as it did in nature . ) |
| 29 | Replenishment of basic medical materials has priority and should go hand in hand with teaching and retraining staff . |
| 30 | The logic of embroidery/stitch , as a historically bounded category , might tell us , for instance , that it is a decorative/representational/ultilarian/ceremonial form ; it employs particular materials , which are soft ( cloth , thread ) ; it employs particular techniques ( stitch ) ; and should display evidence of skill . |