Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , just as in lekking species , the males that put on the most impressive displays are the most successful in attracting females , while others with less appealing bowers may fail to mate at all . |
| 2 | Fans may aspire to progress through this hierarchy , and within each group certain role positions are open . |
| 3 | Alcohol Concern ( 1987 ) suggests that older people who have been regular drinkers may need to reduce by half the quantity of alcohol they consume . |
| 4 | The landlord will require a return on the land value ; the tenant will require a return on the costs and risk of development ; and both parties may wish to participate in any super profit . |
| 5 | The coalition had regard to-the- mechanics of the single transferable vote and made some attempt to match the number of candidates nominated with the support which those candidates might expect to attract in each constituency . |
| 6 | If any survivors would like to help with this project in any way , either administratively , with ideas , or as a potential subscriber/contributor , please contact Harvey Milnes , c/o Survivors , PO Box 2470 , London W2 1NW , enclosing a SAE . |
| 7 | However , only the most naive of inductivists would wish to adhere to that position . |
| 8 | The House of Lords , while accepting that some elements of natural justice could apply to investigations and preliminary determinations , held that an opportunity to see the counter-statement was not required : no final decision was being made and if the taxpayer could comment on the counter-statement the Commissioners would wish to comment on those comments , thereby producing an endless succession of exchanges , bringing the administration to a standstill . |
| 9 | Is this because David Koresh had persuaded everybody that their lives would have to end in this siege ? |
| 10 | This type of competition may take much longer to judge as the judges will have to look at all the entries . |
| 11 | If the proposals in these reports were to be even partially implemented , pupils with special needs would stand to benefit from such a wholesale review of the curriculum of the school as a whole . |
| 12 | Since most employment rights are dependent upon the possession of a record of continuous service with a single employer , most casual workers would fail to qualify for most of these rights even if they did have dependent employee status . |
| 13 | If children were integrated , workers would have to travel to many different centres and spend time training carers . |
| 14 | Eurotunnel should produce traffic and revenue forecasts based on the assumption that its fares will have to rise above those of the competition to reflect the increases in its own costs and in the cost of the rail link to London . |
| 15 | Enterprise democracy differs from this in that ( a ) workers can begin to fight for such an objective in the absence of a socialist government and ( b ) it is by nature impossible for even the most ‘ socialist ’ of governments to develop enterprise democracy ‘ from above ’ . |
| 16 | The added documentation which bureaux might need to comply with such a requirement in this country could be costly , and the requirement seems to carry little practical value : if a credit granter suddenly gets information relating to an inquiry made some months earlier , which is almost certainly no longer active , it wo n't do the consumer any good . |
| 17 | question alone I do n't know whether the officers would want to respond to that last comment first . |
| 18 | The ‘ Tiebout thesis ’ ( Tiebout , 1956 ) , which suggests that taxpayers will tend to move to those areas with the mix of tax levels and service provision which they prefer , has been substantially discredited ( McLean , 1987. p. 91 ) . |
| 19 | The ferrets will like to climb on this and while doing so will clean their feet . |
| 20 | Customers will continue to ask for more — maybe not for higher prices . |
| 21 | I have no doubt that the chief executives of agencies will want to embark upon this programme wholeheartedly . |
| 22 | Field Officers will continue to comment upon all applications so you should discuss all plants for training with them . |
| 23 | Sociologists may attempt to improve on this by detailing specific areas of behaviour in which they are interested : how people behave in families , why some people are involved in crime , why some children perform better at school , and so on . |
| 24 | The galaxies may continue to recede from each other but , under the influence of the Universe 's own gravity , begin to slow down and then start to come towards each other again — in exactly the same way , and for exactly the same reason , that a ball thrown into the air will slow and then return to the ground . |
| 25 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 26 | The number of 18-year-olds will continue to decline for many years to come , so it will require an unprecedented management initiative to offset the effects of staffing levels if services are to be maintained , never mind increased , to meet the aspirations of the current strategic plans . |
| 27 | If ethnic monitoring recommendations are anything to go by , both in schools and elsewhere , official information on the fate of pupils from the minorities will continue to suffer from this lacuna . |
| 28 | Most law centres will seek to refer on any personal injury work and you should make sure that the advisers know who you are and think well of you . |
| 29 | Companies drilling for oil in these regions will have to pay for any environmental damage they cause , and the DOE can stop any drilling that harms wildlife , according to the plan . |
| 30 | On to the afternoon and clearer skies will continue to push across much of central and southern Scotland , so a very pleasant afternoon in store for most places . |