Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] [be] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest problem facing schools , now as always , is how to ensure the best possible service to present pupils ( this may be called the steady-state operation ) , while at the same time , developing the creativity which alone will allow us to continue to adapt to change in the future . |
| 2 | A key reference book is Sources for the History of Houses by John Harvey ( London 1974 ) , and to this may be added The Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture by R.W. Brunskill ( London , 3rd edition 1986 ) , and Traditional Buildings of Britain by the same author ( London 1985 ) . |
| 3 | To this must be appended the usual qualification of ‘ Congress willing , ’ but , if anything , the current US Congress exceeds Reagan in pro-science fervour . |
| 4 | To this must be added the extra time and space demanded in main storage for relatively complex blocking — deblocking routines . |
| 5 | To this must be added the 157,000 temporary houses ( the provision of temporary houses has now come to an end ) , the repair of war-damaged property , and the use of huts and service camps . |
| 6 | To this must be added the further obstacle , that the application to Barnett J. was not in the nature of an appeal against the conclusion of the district judge , but was ( as the judge reminded himself ) a review of the decision-making process , to be performed within narrow limits . |
| 7 | Against this must be weighed the economic instability which will occur as countries lose the ability to manage their economies according to their own individual needs . |
| 8 | Another might be to accuse the modern art museum of having neutered and sanitised ‘ radical ’ art by the simple act of collecting and displaying it . |
| 9 | It is possible to treat each of the pair , as a single consonant phoneme ( we will call this the one-phoneme analysis of , ) , and it is also possible to say that they are composed of two phonemes each — either plus or plus all of which are already established as independent phonemes of English ; this will be called the two-phoneme analysis of and . |
| 10 | Perhaps the absolute effect of small campaigns may be negligible , but ultimately the sum total of these may be to make the public library service as a whole more visible . |
| 11 | These may be termed the primary lexical units of a lexeme — a category that would include , for instance , dog ( ’ species ’ ) , heavy ( ’ weight ’ ) , novel ( ’ text ’ ) , etc . |
| 12 | To these must be added the continuing high level of expenditure on parish roads , while the construction of new roads during enclosures must be acknowledged even though it can not be calculated . |
| 13 | To these might be added the enigmatic , though incomplete , courtyard building at Corbridge , which , at 65.5 by 67 m ( 214 by 219 ft ) , would have been one of the largest of all the structures in the small towns . |
| 14 | These will be called the Weekly/Monthly New OED Computer Service Reports . |
| 15 | To these can be added the fourth century examples already mentioned , which clearly indicate some level of extra-mural contraction . |
| 16 | Secondly , Coleman may have been one of the numerous band of teachers , at present out of fashion , who put their main energies into what after all may be considered the prime function of a teaching institution — teaching . |
| 17 | What he would like even more would be to own the fine boat , the means to support the boat ; and the further means to enjoy a style of life which could so easily include a fine boat , because that would surely embrace fine horses , fine coaches , fine clothes : Wealth . |
| 18 | But that would be to ignore the taken-for-granted causal-corrective argument of left idealism : that ruling-class crime , like so-called working-class crime , can only be eliminated by the transition to socialism ; anything else would be useless tinkering . |
| 19 | No statute can confer the power of parliamentary sovereignty , for that would be to confer the very power being acted upon . |
| 20 | The first was a good attempt but yeah you missed misled or confused then there could be several others I felt you could 've picked up that would be highlighting the second appointment that carried the whole process through |