Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [modal v] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cumani 's filly had been officially handicapped on three efforts over inadequate trips and should have no problem defying a penalty . |
| 2 | These could be most advantageous to both parties and could facilitate the recruitment of church musicians at an early age . |
| 3 | The company thinks that the ore in the new area runs to about 2 million tonnes , which doubles the mine 's existing reserves and would guarantee a total of 15 years ' production . |
| 4 | Purchasers may negotiate alternative formulae and should reserve the right to select the most advantageous formula at the time the claim is brought . |
| 5 | The EC hopes that the project , which began last month , will increase user confidence in the potential of the European massively parallel computers and will create a report on high-performance computing in Europe , compiled by CERN director for the EC , concludes that Europe can compete effectively with US companies , traditionally the leaders in the supercomputing field , provided that the support is given to overcome the perennial problem of turning basic research results into competitive products . |
| 6 | That will mean a four-fold rise in the cost of new exploration wells to companies which have interests in existing oilfields and could stop the practice of stakes in older oilfields being bought as a tax shelter by smaller independent oil companies wanting to financing exploration plans . |
| 7 | A report in the Washington Post of April 10 said that the plan presented by Solomon outlined four distinct phases : ( i ) at the time of the signing of an international agreement on Cambodia the USA and Vietnam would enter into normalization discussions ; the USA would also officially approve visits by US business and veterans ' groups to Vietnam ; ( ii ) with the establishment of a US transitional presence in Cambodia , the US would partially lift its trade embargo against Vietnam and Cambodia ; the second phase would also require increased accounting for US MIAs ; ( iii ) the third phase would begin after the UN process in Cambodia had lasted at least six months and would include the establishment of US and Vietnamese diplomatic offices in Hanoi and Washington respectively , a full lifting of the US trade embargo against Vietnam and an easing of US opposition to international bank lending to Vietnam ; the third phase would also involve further substantial progress in accounting for US MIAs ; ( iv ) the final phase would follow UN-supervised elections in Cambodia and would include full normalization of US diplomatic and economic relations with Vietnam and Cambodia as well as support for international bank lending . |
| 8 | Philip , who is to take his A Levels this summer , has been studying at Repton for the last few months and will join the Academy in August , two months after Zara arrives at the Academy 's Hemel Hempstead base . |
| 9 | The Art Newspaper is delighted to be one of this year 's winners and will use the award to build up the paper 's archive . |
| 10 | Regional chairman Andy Pottinger said : ‘ The new headquarters will give a permanent base for the RIBA to market architects ’ services to clients and will provide a meeting place for all interested in the built environment . ’ |
| 11 | English Heritage is a challenge of quite another order , being a vast multifarious organisation which probably needs to be disassembled , but all the more reason to entrust it to someone who understands at least some of its roles and can respect the quality of the people who work within it and who advise it . |
| 12 | It would seem more useful to reserve that much over-used tag of ‘ middle-class ’ for those higher up the social and financial scale than Benjamin — those who lived in larger houses with servants , who sent their children to public schools and could afford a day at the races or a night at the opera , suitably dressed . |
| 13 | They will fund up to 90 per cent of the research in some areas and will coordinate the work through a new directorate . |
| 14 | If required , the bidder will file its listing particulars with the Registrar of Companies and will despatch a circular to its own shareholders giving details of the proposal and convening an EGM to pass any necessary resolutions . |
| 15 | Relations with China improved at a less dramatic pace , but in October 1990 , after a South Korean team had participated in the Asian Games in Beijing , the two countries signed an unprecedented trade agreement , under which trade offices would be established in each country which would perform limited consular functions and would provide the basis for the eventual normalization of diplomatic relations [ see p. 37779 ] . |
| 16 | We can now observe twentieth century features of Hebridean kitchen gardens and can recognise a profusion of plants which occur , then sense the continuity of custom as Martin Martin informs us of the uses he observed almost three centuries ago . |
| 17 | The purpose of this project is to develop an income expenditure model which will combine demand and supply side elements and will examine the impact of these shocks . |
| 18 | Potentially it can accommodate variations in pupils ' affective responses and can enable the observer to differentiate between ‘ Hawthorne ’ effects and more permanent phenomena . |
| 19 | Though they are contemptuously referred to as ‘ page turners ’ , they are nevertheless texts and can engage the attention of those reading them , even developing patterns of thought which may affect the real world , as Disraeli 's novels did in the last century . |
| 20 | A psychologist will keep tabs on teams of youngsters and will stop the operation if they show signs of stress . |
| 21 | Munster 's narrow win over Leinster means that they , like Ulster , have two wins under their belts and will put the title on the line today . |
| 22 | The hirer had an option to purchase on paying all the instalments and could terminate the agreement at any time . |
| 23 | Once infected , people remain infectious all their lives and can pass the virus on to others . |
| 24 | Not so — students from the university have won major international titles for formation dancing for decades and can include the sport in their degree studies Interested ? |
| 25 | Women know their strengths and skills and should find an environment in which they can flourish . |
| 26 | Overshadowed by the Gulf crisis , the meeting noted that the multinational forces confronting Iraq " have come at the request of the GCC states and will leave the region when the GCC states request " . |
| 27 | If these new inputs had been in a form that small farmers in marginal areas could practically use , it could be hypothesised that the resulting extra incomes would encourage soil-conserving investments and would take the pressure off farmers to over-exploit the environment . |
| 28 | Tax reform is a subject that cuts across general disciplines and can have a number of motives . |
| 29 | Yet constant supervision and guidance would be costly in personnel and could retard the development of independence and initiative in the learner . |
| 30 | Any discovery which later may threaten it is rejected by one 's mental defences and could upset the balance of the mind . |