Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But those preparing standard assessment tasks and other assessment instruments should consider them so as to minimise bias in the task or context and guard against any preconceptions of assessors ; and any comparison of results between single-sex schools or between those with different ethnic or social class populations should be made in the light of the evidence referred to above . |
| 2 | ‘ You should know me better than to have to ask that . ’ |
| 3 | The complexity of pre-trial procedure , particularly in the High Court , has been said to act not only as a deterrent to all but the most determined litigant , but also as a weapon for the recalcitrant defendant who may manipulate it so as to place the pressure of delay upon the plaintiff . |
| 4 | Such reforms would either completely displace existing rules derived from the Fair Trading Act and monopolies legislation or they would refashion them so as to make them more meaningful in the era of multi-media ownership . |
| 5 | I have 200m shares , nothing would please me more than to see them at £1 each . ’ |