Example sentences of "[adj] and [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they have been upset or ill-treated , however , they can become very unpleasant and will creep into a bedroom at night , place a clammy hand on the unsuspecting victim 's face , then snatch all the blankets away . |
| 2 | Leather is strong , abrasion resistant and will conform to the shape of the foot . |
| 3 | Perhaps the blocking antibodies are all-important and can cope with the increased antigenic differences in hybrids , but this is only a speculation , and more work needs to be done . |
| 4 | Establishment of an Independent Review Body containing both lay and lawyer members — this popular recommendation is long overdue and should lead to a more independent and searching investigation of alleged miscarriages of justice . |
| 5 | They are extremely economic and can run as a single generator , providing heat , hot water and electricity , or as part of a district heating system where a network of houses or commercial buildings are linked up . |
| 6 | The level at which build-up becomes harmful to health is indeterminate and will vary with the circumstances . |
| 7 | I 'd also use more in the plant line than Java Moss , like some Java Fern which is indestructible and will grow on the bogwood . |
| 8 | The odd large smooth stone and clumps of plants — including Java Fern which is indestructible and will grow on the bogwood — will give you a more varied effect . |
| 9 | As there is a danger that people will be confused and might buy from the second retailer thinking that they are buying from the other , he should be able to obtain an injunction preventing the second retailer from continuing to use the name he has chosen . |
| 10 | The definition of public expenditure is by no means clear-cut and must depend upon the question at issue . |
| 11 | The way formal religion is incorporated into a way of life is not constant and must relate to the social experience particular to certain groups and even to individuals . |
| 12 | Thus , if one had a bronze with , say , 2 per cent of tin , where the tin content of the comparable genuine bronzes lay between 5 and 10 per cent , this would be unusual and would count against the piece but it certainly would not condemn it . |
| 13 | She ‘ would prefer to think of different languages as having the potential to exploit differing degrees of subjectivity ’ but she does not think there is ‘ any neutral ontology or world view which is objective and can serve as a universal yardstick . |
| 14 | In this particular organisation planning will not take a major role because the system is already well-defined and should operate in the same way on a day-to-day basis . |
| 15 | I will assume that you are not completely unfit and can cope with the demands of normal training . |
| 16 | The fabric is cut to the size of the glass , although you must be careful to ensure that the grain of the fabric runs in a straight line , otherwise it is very obvious and will distract from the finished design . |
| 17 | Ministers say the project is too costly and will call for the project , known as Super-SARA , to be abandoned at a meeting of EEC research ministers next month . |
| 18 | Addresses are parenthetical and can occur in the sorts of locations that other parentheticals can occupy . |
| 19 | This is deflationary and may lead to a recession . |
| 20 | This is hard to quantify in the abstract and will depend on the demands and the receptiveness of the individual schools , but it could add up to hundreds of hours and dozens of activities over a year . |
| 21 | This is hard to quantify in the abstract and will depend on the demands and the receptiveness of the individual schools , but it could add up to hundreds of hours and dozens of activities over a year . |
| 22 | But often the information will be ambiguous and may refer to the land or individual in respect of which you are searching . |
| 23 | Thus the modest increase in DNA synthesis started in hepatocyte cultures by TAGH ( 1:5000 ) is of similar magnitude to that reported for triiodothyronine alone and must act by a pathway other than that of direct interaction with the EGF binding site of the EGF receptor . |
| 24 | The pressure is enormous and can happen in a matter of minutes in the public relations business . |
| 25 | Printed circuits containing 10 million transistors are already available and will fit on a penny coin . |
| 26 | At the other extreme , Prof Patrick Minford believes that most of the UK 's problems are cyclical and will disappear as a spontaneous recovery takes root , filling the Chancellor 's coffers with tax revenues and creating new jobs , so long as the Chancellor has continued to keep inflation under control . |
| 27 | I was inclined to be star-struck and would creep into the gallery to listen to some of the singers . |
| 28 | Excursion Tickets were multi-coloured and must date from the early days of the Railway . |
| 29 | Bill Hand was a little fellow with a little name — he only stood 5ft 6ins in his stockinged feet — but he was tough and sturdy and could play on the wing or at inside-forward and did so to considerable effect for the Palace in the early 1920s . |
| 30 | If one was punctual and could pay in the long run , why incur the debt at all ? |