Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of interrelated reasons , then , why , when one paradigm competes with another ; there is no logically compelling argument that dictates that a rational scientist should abandon one for the other . |
| 2 | Horses have a very good memory , and an intelligent horse may learn something from a single incident . |
| 3 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 4 | ( b ) A registered foreign lawyer shall do nothing in the course of practising in partnership with a solicitor which , if done by a solicitor would put the solicitor in breach of any of these rules or any other rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to solicitors . |
| 5 | ( c ) A registered foreign lawyer shall do nothing in the course of practising as the director of a recognised body which puts the recognised body in breach of any of these rules , or any other rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies . ’ |
| 6 | Dr Ryan estimated that the industry would require something in the order of £330 billion to pay for new jetliners over the next eight years . |
| 7 | And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge . |
| 8 | In oriental rugs , every knot — which corresponds to two individual strands of pile — is tied by hand , and a skilled weaver can tie something in the region of a thousand knots per hour . |
| 9 | The hero must extort something of the demon 's power . |
| 10 | Management would say nothing after the talks , but John Kydd , divisional organiser of the AEEU , said the company had effectively delivered an ultimatum to the union to accept virtually the same package as was rejected by sacked workers nearly two weeks ago or the factory could close . |
| 11 | A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad . |
| 12 | Coun Jones had been urging Darlington councillors to stop the production coming to the town saying : ‘ If the borough council can ban something like the Chippendales , then it should have no hesitation of stopping a soft porn version of Swan Lake . ’ |
| 13 | If you then remember that the agency 's creative people are — at least in theory — especially good at getting into other people 's minds through a combination of words and pictures , it becomes a little clearer that while an advertising strategy may be a statement of intent about the communication of an idea to a target group , the interpretation of that strategy by the creative group may contain none of the words of the strategy ( except things like ‘ the ’ and ‘ and ’ ) . |
| 14 | A lower contact-rate may say nothing about the quality or duration of the contact , but may be due to the physical separation from kin caused by the relatively greater mobility of the middle class . |
| 15 | This held true even in marriage ( a man who loved his wife too passionately was an adulterer , said St Jerome , who was not a man you 'd invite to parties ) ; and rampant millenarianism encouraged the tendency , since if you think that the end of the world , no , this world , is imminent , then procreation must seem something of a waste of time , and preparing your soul for Judgement Day will be pushed up your list of priorities . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean , ’ he was saying to Caroline , 'she 'd bring something to the table and I 'd have to ask what it was . |
| 17 | ‘ Ah nivver could stand someone with a beard but no moustache , ’ said Doogie . |
| 18 | He has been accused of being an agent of the CIA , and Ethiopian security gave him 48 hours to leave the country in August 1978 , but no one has found any evidence to confirm these rumours , ‘ I think it 's very unlikely that Ethiopian security would expel somebody on the basis of baseless rumours , ’ White says . |
| 19 | Each attribute will say something about the entity . |
| 20 | ‘ In the same way in which a person 's job can say something about the way he values himself and sees himself as being valued , there was considerable talk [ in the group ] about assessment and much time was devoted to the problems of time and motion and job evaluation . |
| 21 | Notice that the enzyme can do nothing about the difference , h , between the initial and final energy engineer can , by digging a tunnel , reduce the height to which one must climb to travel between them , but if there is a difference of altitude between the cities he can not alter it . |
| 22 | This process can take anything from a few weeks to a few months . |
| 23 | Almost any small feature in a building or even a field wall may say something of the structures that once stood on such sites . |
| 24 | By choosing suitable options , a student in virtually any institution of good standing could learn something of every one of them . |
| 25 | At five o'clock three Corporation attendants with a policeman would turn everyone off the market ; and they had to take the cattle they had n't sold with them . |
| 26 | A widower can become something of a ‘ cause ’ to those living in the same street or block of flats , whereas a widow , although not shunned , may be to some extent avoided by all but the most caring individuals in the early days of her bereavement . |
| 27 | The above example may appear something of a curioso , but it illustrates another example of the distinction between what we have referred to as the ‘ traditional ’ approach and the public choice approach to public finance . |
| 28 | By the time Elizabeth arrived Lydia was prepared to welcome her , since any additional flavour must add something to the evening , which was like Betty 's meatless stock into which she kept putting more and more dried herbs and burned onion in an effort to make it taste of something . |
| 29 | At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest . |
| 30 | One must be sure the dog would contribute something to the USA gene pool for the improvement and betterment of the breed . |