Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 2 | The study also specifically addresses the impact multimedia information products may have on traditional information sectors such as library services , publishing and bookselling so may be of interest to readers active in these areas . |
| 3 | During 1984–90 , cruises to the Barents Sea have shown that the spring blooms may progress in unstratified water masses ( H. C. E. & A. Evensen , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 4 | Conservationists are concerned that when this happens frightened local authorities may resort to indiscriminate poison baiting , a step which would undoubtedly kill many wild dogs , but could spell the end for several other declining species as well . |
| 5 | This scenario is in many ways similar to Charles Handy 's Work Society , but , whereas Handy based his vision on his views about what values ought to prevail in post-industrial society , Gershuny 's picture is built up from an analysis of economic trends . |
| 6 | He wrote : ‘ Local authorities regularly assert that the conveyance of such material poses a serious threat to the public and that nuclear authorities should turn to on-site storage as a way of removing this hazard . |
| 7 | In so far as is possible , such new activities should depend on local human and physical resources . |
| 8 | A summary of Branch accounts should appear alongside Head Office accounts with a note informing members that full details will be sent on request . |
| 9 | Yet , though schools may participate in social change , they are more likely to echo it than initiate it . |
| 10 | The plasminogen activating activity of alcohol ascites may lead to primary fibrinolysis after peritoneovenous shunting . |
| 11 | Overseas candidates may apply for financial support to the British Council and other bodies . |
| 12 | Staff of private establishments in 1990 may have overestimated the actual disability of their residents , or the methods of care in these homes may lead to increased dependency . |
| 13 | Walkers may continue from Red Point on a clifftop walk to Diabaig on Loch Torridon ( see p. 66 ) . |
| 14 | PERSONAL stereos given as Christmas presents may lead to terrible hearing problems , a charity warned today . |
| 15 | DGH units should cater for acute work and long stay units should be established in the Districts . |
| 16 | Those calves which are only coughing and/or tachypnoeic are usually in the prepatent stage of the disease or have a small adult worm burden and treatment of these animals should result in rapid recovery . |
| 17 | The BBC As Cultural Patron : BBC orchestras should move from full ownership to independence through a declining subsidy over five years . |
| 18 | For detailed discussion of the distinction between an offer and an invitation to treat readers should turn to standard law textbooks and refer to such cases as Fisher v Bell ( 1961 ) and Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists ( Southern ) Ltd ( 1953 ) . |
| 19 | When disputes arose out of such situations , both parties might turn to royal justice . |
| 20 | Feuds lower in the social scale , such as that between the Heron and Manners families from 1428 to 1431 , where both parties could count on influential support from greater men , could prove hard to solve and necessitate impartial arbitration from outside ( 209 , pp. 197–201 ) . |
| 21 | Paradoxically , then , reduced citation visibility for authors could result in middle authorship continuing to be regarded as an earned ( and hence valued ) privilege rather than as a right , a favour , a payback , or an inconsequential bagatelle . |
| 22 | One weakness of this study is that being retrospective , although the authors could control for inter-rater reliability in defining cases of schizophrenia , they were relying on diagnoses made by clinicians at an earlier period . |
| 23 | If they were to behave sensibly , the railwaymen could count upon public sympathy , for there is widespread unease about the Government 's attitude to the railways . |
| 24 | According to the opposition Treasury spokesman Chris Smith , MP for Islington South , big cars would come under heavy pressure from a Labour Chancellor . |
| 25 | Then the sweet , deluding pictures would dissolve into bleak reality . |
| 26 | For convenience company accounts are examined but similar considerations would apply to other business entities . |
| 27 | More sober advocates are content to imply that in Britain a Conservative constituency party would field a wet , a damp and a dry candidate , whilst Labour candidates would range from deep crimson to shell pink , and the Liberal Democrats would presumably run at least one ex-Liberal and one ex-SDP candidate . |
| 28 | With increased focus on rhinos as ‘ flagship ’ species , both these and other reserves will benefit from increased funding for conservation . |
| 29 | High military expenditure will fuel inflation , reduce international competitiveness , and balance of payments crises will occur as public debt increases . |
| 30 | Machine-learning and other advanced artificial intelligence techniques will be applied in interactive situations where musicians and computers will enter into direct dialogue . |