Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least two responsible adults must supervise the burning and a mobile container(s) with at least 1000 litres of water must be on hand at the site . |
| 2 | For instance in setting a pamphlet or a book , a half-page would count the same as a full page . |
| 3 | Even the most significant unions could recruit no more than a small fraction of the workers in their industry . |
| 4 | The very circumstance , however , which made the public schools a perfect vehicle for propaganda — their isolation , through the boarding system , from the outside world and the idiosyncratic influence of families — ensured that Dr Arnold , in his crusade for the personal salvation of his charges , could enjoy no more than a limited success . |
| 5 | And if Jesus is consubstantial with God , the Kingdom of Heaven need not be something that will be inaugurated on earth in the immediate future , but something external — another realm , another dimension , in which one can expect a welcome and a reserved place on one 's death . |
| 6 | ‘ Why , ’ he went on , ‘ did n't I become a Sikh or a Hasidic jew ? |
| 7 | The view is also heard that the suburban bureau staffed by middle-class middle-aged women wearing twin-sets and pearls can provide no more than a signposting agency and can not provide the in-depth advice , casework and tribunal representation that full-time paid staff can . |
| 8 | This is quite possible since MI5 did not make a detectable or a sustained effort to keep a watchful eye on Ivanov 's movements . |
| 9 | In fact , financial targets might be seen as equivalent to constraints imposed by shareholders in a public company who require dividends of a certain level ( or indeed as related to constraints on regulated companies who must earn no more than a certain return on capital ; see chapter 5 ) . |
| 10 | Though they were much used in Baroque times for aria accompaniment , they have largely fallen out of use , and as the chaconne construction is an art and study in itself we can make no more than a passing mention here . |
| 11 | Do you want a white or a red one ? |
| 12 | Within consciousness one can experience a focal and a peripheral area . |
| 13 | According to Miller ( 1956 ) , who coined the term , a single chunk may contain a small or a large amount of information . |
| 14 | But how do we recognize a genuine or a profound understanding of society ? |
| 15 | Because the subcutaneous heparin regimen in GISSI-2 was delayed , it could have no more than a moderate effect on activated partial thromboplastin time . |
| 16 | Similarly , it may take no more than a momentary pang of empathetic distress to convince me that if I could become as aware from the sufferer 's viewpoint as from my own I would be spontaneously moved to help him even to my own cost . |
| 17 | ‘ You could have a Left-wing and a Right-wing Labour Party ; but there would be a tremendous tendency towards moderation . |
| 18 | And it must pay no more than a reasonable service fee to agents . |
| 19 | A Bill of Rights would fulfil a different and a prior purpose . |
| 20 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 21 | A ’ glossary ’ of sayings , proverbs , clich s , etc. for human use may require no more than a simple alphabetical listing of all recorded combinations ; but for text recognition , the design of the dictionary and its subsequent use must be considered in conjunction , to reflect the run-time processing needs . |
| 22 | You can get erm a red and a grey one I think that 's the fifteen , then you can get a yellow and a grey one , that 's the twenty five . |
| 23 | However , that industrial logic , if valid , might justify no more than a contractual and competitive , arm's-length relationship between F and C. The better-off test is passed only if ownership is needed to achieve the extra value . |
| 24 | For many it will involve no more than a ritualised acknowledgement , mediated by the Church , of a realm of ultimate value which , if it does in fact inform their existence , they know only through blind obedience to the Church 's teaching : They have : Those for whom Hilton is writing , however , are those who are driven either intellectually ( Scale 1 , c.4 ) or emotionally ( Scale 1 , c.5 ) towards integrating an inner life of moral values and spiritual sensitivity with Christian teaching . |