Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [vb infin] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gasification is a ‘ retarded ’ technology , a technology that may benefit the Third World in in era where the perceived cost of oil is reckoned to be high . |
| 2 | This may be due to eagerness to get to bed or to various other factors including lack of sleep , worry about contacting more senior surgical staff , lack of proper training or control by senior staff , and pressure not to leave matters that may interrupt the next day 's elective list . |
| 3 | The Italian sat close to his friend on the front row of the plastic-coated seats , and studied every two , three , minutes the T.V. monitor that would announce the next flight out . |
| 4 | The fall of the Manchus in China hinted at the far wider rebellion that would mark the first half of the twentieth century , transforming world political geography from a handful of empires , maps on which only the primary colours were needed to show each domain , to a mass of independent States , more numerous than the ingenuity of any distinguishable colour range . |
| 5 | So , in the space of three years , the curious puzzle of the shrinking Sun has taken researchers from the studies of dusty old records locked away in the files of the world 's most famous observatory to speculations about the internal workings of the Sun and a grim warning of the possible climatic future that will confront the next generation of human beings on an already overcrowded planet . |
| 6 | Note the selection headings for these areas and write down the most important features of the case that occur in each of these sections in a layout that will make the next step easy for you . |
| 7 | Thus , the UK was still a European leader in innovation in the 1950s and 1960s , but perhaps had a bias towards pure science rather than towards the commercial development of technological ideas that will form the next generation of industries . |
| 8 | Would it be worthwhile for each discipline to set up think tanks — if one does not already exist — of their most imaginative scientists , engineers etc , with , perhaps , three remits : ( i ) to identify major problems for which current and foreseeable knowledge offers no solution ; ( ii ) to pinpoint what basic knowledge is needed , what would be the characteristics of the ideal chemical or other material , together with the relevant techniques for using them ; ( iii ) recognising that what is being considered may be so far out of sight as to be beyond worthwhile research based on existing knowledge and know-how , to organise a system that will recognise the first appearance of the new knowledge and then steer research in the right direction without delay . |
| 9 | As we are time-travellers we can peer into the future and notice that it is the professional class that will have the last laugh ; for the ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ( as Marx called them ) took over from the gentry . |
| 10 | AS ENGLAND start to look towards fashioning a team that can win the next World Cup , the RFU have appointed a new coach Dick Best only until the end of the season . |
| 11 | Energy conservation is and should remain the fifth fuel . |
| 12 | But he questions the sense in encouraging recreations which cause ‘ atmosphere pollution and could produce the next generation of fast and pushy drivers on our roads . ’ |
| 13 | Victory tomorrow would offer United compensation for losing in last season 's final to Sheffield Wednesday and would fill the last gap in the Old Trafford honours board . |
| 14 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
| 15 | Senna , who improved his time by 1.4sec , finished up third quickest and will share the second row of the grid with his McLaren team-mate , Gerhard Berger . |
| 16 | In fact , two of our trainees , Deborah Harris at ScotRail and Helen Neil at Glasgow Development Agency , are about to complete their caterbase modules and will become the first City and Guilds candidates . |
| 17 | They act as a standby for each other and can call the third diver if required . |
| 18 | But could ruin the first half , forward inside the p Shrewsbury penalty area , being forced to run wide though that was good play by . |
| 19 | Many would exclude the second example , but would include the third example in a definition of the black economy . |