Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By introducing a programme for the training of drawing teachers in 1871 , the school opened up a vocation to women : a vocation through which they could attempt to have more secure incomes . |
| 2 | Despite the noise of the traffic out in the piazza , the room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it which may have had something to do with the large low beds and the subtle green and white colours . |
| 3 | As it is , Bernard has no intention of trading in his guitar for anything you might see in a Kraftwerk video . |
| 4 | Thirdly , the obligation to pay loan interest on the due dates creates an immediate debt between the company and the loan stock holder for which he can sue , whereas a preference dividend does not become a debt until it is declared and due . |
| 5 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 6 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 7 | There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone . |
| 8 | Melissa will make her own decision about what she will read . ’ |
| 9 | The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project . |
| 10 | If we wish to reclaim responsibility for ourselves we must aim for self-sufficiency because only then can we have control over our lives . |
| 11 | The contrast between what one might have expected if changes in line with public choice theory were being implemented and what has actually happened can be illustrated still more clearly by looking rather more closely at particular service areas . |
| 12 | The plan turned out to be North 's own favoured ‘ final act ’ for the contras : that if Congress did not approve any more money for them they would seize a piece of Nicaragua , establish a provisional government and there make a last stand , while the American Navy blockaded the rest of the country . |
| 13 | Instead of keeping the money for ourselves we will re-invest it on your behalf in your endowment plan . |
| 14 | While this spared the Bush Administration from the perils of thinking for itself , or heaven forbid , taking a policy decision for which it might get criticised , it naively ignored the danger that Bonn might have a large axe of its own to grind . |
| 15 | As soon as it is over and both males are exhausted they have a brief opportunity during which they can launch an attack and win the harem from both of them , and this has been seen to happen . |
| 16 | There is little to say about this except that if living alone is a new experience for you you will tend to buy too much at first and waste a lot unless you cook and freeze . |
| 17 | A predisposition to stress such as that apparently suffered by the accused in the present case might fall foul of this restriction and it may have been for this reason that the Court of Appeal preferred to regard the case as one which might have been disposed of under section 78 had not the trial judge wrongly taken the view that that section also requires some misconduct on the part of the police . |
| 18 | What really matters is not how the horse won , but that he did win , and that in doing so he ended his racecourse career displaying that sparkling but short-lived turn of foot for which he will long be remembered . |
| 19 | If the Government had listened to the police and taken prompt action on any of those warnings — action for which they could have secured all-party support — I have no doubt that some of this summer 's tragedies would have been avoided . |
| 20 | That figure will be part of a programme through which we will spend more than £1 billion on housing next year . |
| 21 | To escape this branding of myself as a bodily failure , I longed to be able to attach myself to an organisation stronger than myself , an association through which I could derive a feeling of physical achievement and personal status I would not otherwise possess . |
| 22 | Every evening , as I lift my key towards the lock of my own front door , the same thoughts formulate themselves — the same sudden loss of courage , in my case , the same leaden fear about what I shall find . |
| 23 | Some cretins like Pybus are only in football for what they can get out of it . |
| 24 | It has spiracles along its side through which it can breathe , but it neither feeds nor excretes . |
| 25 | Gripping the hammer in one fist and propping the hatch up with her free hand , she crouched low so that she had about an inch gap through which she could see the back door . |
| 26 | Magic : it lubricates the gap between what we can see and understand , and what unhappy feelings haunt our dreams . |
| 27 | An ambulance crew is now at the scene , while firefighters with breathing apparatus search for anyone who may have been trapped inside . |
| 28 | I 've been doing more thinking about what we should do in future . |
| 29 | I 'll get you some sandwiches and some more tea and once you 've eaten we can get down to some practical thinking about what you can do next . ’ |
| 30 | Then you can write a piece for me which will point out the problems , without declaring that they are insoluble short of a social revolution . |