Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 People litigate such cases ( which is both risky and expensive ) only because they believe that if they succeed in persuading some judge that a new rule would be in the public interest , that new rule will be applied retrospectively in their own favour .
2 The is no doubt that polished tools look better , but some say that the extra expense is unnecessary .
3 No one , either in Orkney or beyond , denies that child abuse exists ; some say that the sexual abuse of children is rife in today 's society .
4 Women 's vision of their future in a new society is closely related to their own experiences and education and whether they have been in touch with the women 's movement outside of El Salvador , Some suggest that a new society will bring an end to the repression , the constant fear , the torture , the deaths and disappearances , It will mean they can return home , either leaving the refugee camps in San Salvador or ending their enforced exile abroad , to start to rebuild their homes in the knowledge that the army will not descend on them again .
5 So there is some hope that the gradual trend to wider bank use will be coupled with a trend to more informed and selective credit use .
6 Now there is some hope that the charitable fund will provide at least some of the resources required so that a start can be made .
7 This is not strictly speaking a realist film and some hold that the artistic embellishment is at odds with Steinbeck 's message .
8 To this day some maintain that a mighty mistake was made in the 1948 referendum .
9 Some argue that a large government majority ( such as Thatcher 's government had ) can also encourage backbenchers to assert themselves , confident that they will not be endangering the government by doing so .
10 And some argue that the underlying position is worse than the figures suggest because of the eight changes made to the method of recording unemployment during the period .
11 But some argue that the German system has serious defects .
12 While some argue that the anti-labour nature of many of the governments in such low-wage countries makes the task of the TNCs even easier , others argue that the TNCs tend to bring a more progressive atmosphere into labour relations than had previously been the case in such countries .
13 Some argue that the dominant effect of the new technology will be to de-skill the workforce , destroying craft occupations and fragmenting jobs into meaningless elements which can be performed by unskilled operators controlled by large-scale bureaucracies run in the interests of international capital .
14 But given the speed at which this government is moving , few doubt that the new education reforms , what ever they may be , will be firmly cemented in place by the time the commission reports .
15 DISENCHANTMENT with the Iranian revolution may be growing in cities such as Teheran , but at the school where the Ayatollah Khomeini lectured revolutionaries , few doubt that the Islamic system is a success and that its scholars are the best qualified to rule the country .
16 With the cold cathode equipment , so many variable factors are involved that there is some doubt whether a true standard can be established ( Fairchild , 1983 ) .
17 An over-simplification perhaps , but there is n't much doubt that a blank space in the newspaper is n't going to do an agency much good .
18 Even fewer succeed and the average level of compensation in those cases is just a few hundred pounds .
19 These recommend that a local child psychiatric team should be involved with all such individuals and their families , and that young people up to 14 years of age should be admitted to a paediatric ward , rather than a general medical or surgical ward .
20 Although an independent report on its activities has recommended continued support for the centre at Rijswijk in the Netherlands , many fear that the Dutch government will adhere to an austerity programme that provides no money to operate the centre .
21 They all confirm that a black hole ought to emit particles and radiation as if it were a hot body with a temperature that depends only on the black hole 's mass : the higher the mass , the lower the temperature .
22 We all know that a full moon is not normally conducive to good fishing , so was that half moon enough to make the difference ?
23 Of course we hope that Dounreay will diversify and look for work outside nuclear tasks , especially in the area of alternative and renewable energies ; but we all know that the fast reactor programme will cease in 1994 and I do not think it right that , as a matter of policy , the hon. Lady should seek to shut off the work going on there to reprocess nuclear fuel .
24 Intermittent tamarisk jungle grew along the banks of the Awash and in this I saw several herds of waterbuck , many warthog and an occasional bushbuck .
25 It is manifestly clear from a reading of the case law that many believe that a real division can be drawn in analytical terms .
26 All argue that the contemplative life is quite hard enough without seeking an extravagant asceticism which could weaken the body and keep the contemplative from prayer .
27 The Terms Nos 1 – 8 listed as applying to " small claims " procedure all apply where an outside arbitrator is appointed , except for the powers under Ord 17 exercisable by a district judge on a pre-trial review ( see notes on " Pre-Trial Review " ) .
28 Although there are those who are calling for France to withdraw the franc from the European exchange rate mechanism and reduce interest rates to stimulate the economy , the likely candidates for prime minister all agree that the present policy of keeping the franc aligned with the German mark is the right one .
29 We all recognise that the British farmer is having a rough time .
30 Why did ( i ) the sailors , ( ii ) the merchants who store and distribute goods , and ( iii ) the manufacturers , each decide that the new outport was needed ?
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