Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the use of law in litigating the illegality of nuclear war may be sensible in the USA and quite foolish in the UK ; while reinforcing legal ideologies may seem sensible in the Netherlands , it may be dangerous in West Germany . |
| 2 | He argues that the value-creating activities may be summarized in nine categories as below ; each of the support activities may support any of the primary activities . |
| 3 | In many streets , although the houses may appear similar to the estate agent who drives along valuing them , they are often far from uniform . |
| 4 | The culminating symbol of so much diverse activity was to be achieved in the thirteenth century , when the independent cities , led by those of Flanders , erected fine belfries so that their bells should rival those of the churches in summoning the flock to meet . |
| 5 | Once it is accepted that surrogacy is unlikely to cause any serious harm , the idea that it could be used for social rather than medical reasons should lose much of the horror and condemnation with which it tends to be associated . |
| 6 | It 's logical that two male vets should get most of the farm work . ’ |
| 7 | In-service demonstrations in the schools of program units may avoid some of the perils of H0 — ‘ who reads publishers ' advertisements ? ’ |
| 8 | It is clear , therefore , that rules of English law which restrict access to courts , tribunals and remedies may fall foul of the principle of effective protection recognized by EC law ; and the greater the restriction , the more likely is it to do so . |
| 9 | A patient 's eyes may become sticky through a watery discharge which can be very uncomfortable and will need regular cleaning . |
| 10 | While unusual and exotic shapes may prove attractive to the eye , are they going to be suitable to house a successful marine micro-environment ? |
| 11 | Agriculture will have to be re-thought , because most crops , at present , grow close to their physiological limits ; and present day wildlife reserves may prove unsuitable for the plants and animals they contain , as the climate within them changes . |
| 12 | English departments in secondary schools should take some of the responsibility for preparing pupils for such purposes of spoken language in public life by providing firm foundations on which they will be able to build as adults with increasing maturity and experience . |
| 13 | Trouble arose , however , from the circumstances in which this was done — and leaders of all big parties must share some of the blame . |
| 14 | Above all else designers should become involved with the millions of people who are now experiencing these problems and to demonstrate that the community at large increasingly understands that science and technology are not given . |
| 15 | For instance , schools might make one of the four arts subjects compulsory or might institute modular or combined arts courses to cover two or more of the arts subject . |
| 16 | As the contracting process evolves individual practices might try to make their contracts more specific , but identifying patients from such practices to meet different contractual demands might prove expensive for the provider units . |
| 17 | Mere words could do little in the short term to reverse the chaotic situation . |
| 18 | A few yards of the old Whitehorse Road line were brought back into use and a crossover installed at Talbot Road , so that cars could stand clear of the busy road junction , as from 17 November . |
| 19 | When originally introduced it was thought that the availability of a detergent with inherent bactericidal characteristics would solve many of the problems associated with both cleaning and disinfection . |
| 20 | The Department of National Heritage ( DNH ) says that it can not delay because otherwise exporters would fall foul of the tough penalties laid down by the Custom and Excise Management Act ( 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Ostensibly , the furore was over the possibility that the offices would obscure one of the famous views of the castle . |
| 22 | An instantaneously absorbed dose of five grays would prove fatal within the space of two weeks . |
| 23 | The trouble usually started in a pub and Sam Friend recalled how the East Anglians would recognize some of the signs . |
| 24 | Promotion is the priority and I hope our missing fans will see this as a positive move in the right direction . ’ |
| 25 | in education the introduction of the Local Management of Schools will pass many of the decisions affecting individual schools to the school itself and away from the local education authority ; |
| 26 | In terms of software , a general rule is that new computers will run most of the old software but that new software , written for updated versions of existing microcomputers is often incompatible with earlier versions . |
| 27 | Make no mistake , argues the broker , the regulatory regime for utilities will get tougher under the Conservatives . |
| 28 | Commercial quality Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format installers will become available for a range of architectures , as will a reference implementation of the thing using public domain GCC compilers . |
| 29 | Commercial quality ANDF installers will become available for a range of architectures , as will a reference implementation of ANDF using public domain GCC compilers . |
| 30 | And that applies not just to young people — too many of whom are still dismissive of safe sex — but the parents who worry that their teenagers will become infected with the virus . |