Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underpinning should only be accepted as a last resort when all other reasonable options have been considered . |
| 2 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 3 | Although the time it takes an egg to travel from the ovary to the womb can be five to eight days , the egg itself can only be fertilised in the first 6–24 hours following ovulation . |
| 4 | While accepting that wage cuts were theoretically advisable , Keynes at first argued that they should only be attempted as a last resort , after all other remedies had failed . |
| 5 | The new information on the inefficiency of bleach , alongside the trends indicated by our London data , suggests that household bleach should only be recommended as a last resort in the absence of sterile syringes and only then at full strength ( 5.25% sodium hypochlorite ) . |
| 6 | A blanket punishment such as detention of a whole class must only be used as a last resort , otherwise people who are quite innocent may be detained incorrectly or unlawfully . ’ |
| 7 | Actual punishment should only be used as a last resort ; a sharp tap with a cardboard strip is quite sufficient . |
| 8 | ‘ It must only be used as a last resort . ’ |
| 9 | Physical restraint should only be used as a last resort . |
| 10 | Stubborn deposits may require application of organic solvents such as acetone or petroleum ether , but as these have harmful effects on skin and may also dissolve or harden the window sealing gaskets , they should only be used as a last resort . |
| 11 | Two decrees were issued by the Labour Ministry on Jan. 10 , 1990 , ( i ) announcing a nationwide 16 per cent wage increase for workers in state enterprises , stating that this was within the framework of the economic recovery programme ; and ( ii ) stating that strikes might legally be called by trade union committees or mass meetings of workers but that notice should be given to both the employer and the ministry and that strike action should only be used as a last resort . |
| 12 | Government regulation should only be used as a last resort , and even then operated with " a light touch " , the Institute argues . |
| 13 | In general this rule should only be used as a last resort in legal proceedings over a contract where the parties have failed to make an express provision as to the status of implied terms . |
| 14 | And it says that compulsory redundancy will only be used as a last resort . |
| 15 | The council , he says , is committed to achieving the financial savings within the current financial year but that compulsory redundancy will only be used as a last resort . |
| 16 | In some subjects these new methods have led to so radical a change in the content of the syllabus that the effects will necessarily be felt in the sixth form and in all further and higher education . |
| 17 | What Ho himself understood by Marxism at this stage can perhaps best be seen in the first Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary text : The Road to Revolution , published in 1926 . |
| 18 | Clearly these are still working groups , usually of type ( ii ) , with a manifesto , a periodical and exhibitions , but there has also been a change of some kind in their social relations , and this can best be understood by the second kind of analysis , of the proposed and actual relations with all those beyond the group . |
| 19 | By the age of 25 or so the oiliness should be settling down but you may find yourself with a new problem : laughter and frown lines must finally be acknowledged as the first signs of an ageing skin . |
| 20 | So you could not just be talking about the first premium . |
| 21 | Something great may just be waiting around the next corner , you know ? |
| 22 | Similarly , the obligations of one counterparty under the contract can not generally be transferred to a third party . |
| 23 | The grades shown above for course requirement purposes should normally be obtained at the first attempt , but the Selection Committee may waive this requirement in exceptional cases , eg mature students showing academic ability and strong motivation , or on compassionate grounds . |
| 24 | CHANGES SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE TEACHING PERIOD . |
| 25 | The allowance can not normally be paid for the first time after pension age because it is regarded as overlapping with the retirement pension . |
| 26 | All the relatives of a particular person of a particular age and sex can already be calculated to the 2nd degree of kinship , giving the age and sex of these relatives together with range of variation and proportions lacking . |
| 27 | As The Sunday Times said , ‘ When you finish The Kitchen God 's Wife , you will already be yearning for the next one , and the one after that . ’ |
| 28 | If the final syllable is of this type , the stress will usually be placed on the first syllable . |
| 29 | ( " Integration money " of DM1,200 monthly would still be paid for the first year to immigrants unable to find work . |
| 30 | Patterns of social life can change radically and still be passed to the next generation , and so adaptation and innovation can be rapidly institutionalised . |