Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] [prep] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " suggested that arrangements should be made under which the Technical School should work in co-operation with the Grammar School . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) If the case is reported in the Law Reports it may be thought sufficient to cite only the Law Reports ; but if it is not in the Law Reports the main ‘ collateral ’ reports should be cited in which the case appears . |
| 3 | But these descriptions should be confined to what the heroine sees after her adventure had begun , and in them you want to aim for reality without its customary tackiness . |
| 4 | In contrast to a conventional revolutionary , Jesus must be seen as what the Gospels themselves acknowledge him to be — a claimant to the throne of David , a rightful king , whose sceptre , like David 's , implied both spiritual and temporal sovereignty . |
| 5 | It shows that something more must be said about what a convention is , about how much and what kind of agreement is necessary in order that a particular proposition of law can be true in virtue of a particular legal convention . |
| 6 | Customer research is important , too : the product or service must be geared to what the customer actually needs . |
| 7 | The latter must give their departmental organisations purpose and direction but this must be rooted in what the authority as a whole is trying to do' ( 1988 , pp. 14 — 15 ) . |
| 8 | All these have conspired to produce a climate wherein the utmost care must be taken with our every comment or flight of humour . |
| 9 | Nonetheless , a very important possibility must be considered in which a monopolist producer has acquired monopoly control over one of his factors of production by means of his entrepreneurial activities . |
| 10 | He had been hoping they might be filled with something a little stronger than tobacco … having heard stories about Scandinavian teenagers … but was disappointed when they turned out to be regular cigarettes . |
| 11 | Speculation at the top of their voices as to what fish it might be seems to me a waste of energy , but it contributes to the atmosphere . |
| 12 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 13 | So on one page , you 'll be reading about what Africans do in Upper Volta , and on the next page , you 'll be reading about what the ancient Aztecs did that is similar . |
| 14 | Principles of consistency could be developed under which an authority should not change the interpretation accorded to a term , even if the second interpretation is reasonable , without due notice . |
| 15 | Similarly , whilst the defendant will almost always know that the victim is a woman , circumstances could be imagined in which a man charged with attempted rape in fact intended to have sexual relations with a man . |
| 16 | Twenty years ago , the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) , in evidence to the Robens Committee on Health and Safety at work , said : ‘ At a company level , if a readily applied simple formula could be devised by which the financial loss caused by accidents and diseases could be measured … it would make a valuable contribution towards reducing industrial accidents and occupational ill health ’ . |
| 17 | But the widow of a vassal was commonly at the disposal of the vassal 's lord : so long as her consent was obtained ( by whatever means ) and so long as she was not disparaged , she could be married to whom the lord chose . |
| 18 | The permits could be traded for what the seller wanted — technology , energy-efficiency equipment , development programmes , and so on . |
| 19 | Alternatively , one of its Regional Offices may be contacted for which the address and telephone numbers can be found in local telephone directories . |
| 20 | Alternatively , a computer-initiated dialogue may be used in which the operator is presented with a series of questions that advances the user through the program in a linear fashion . |
| 21 | It may be inferred from what the judge said on a later occasion that counsel indicated that the Crown was prepared to accept a plea of guilty to manslaughter and the judge did not dissent from that course . |
| 22 | All that , of course , would be based on what the sceptics insist on calling the ‘ HIV hypothesis ’ : there is no other , and thus no choice . |
| 23 | Food and drink would be brought to me every day from all the villages , six hundred people would be my servants , three hundred men would make me a new suit , and six teachers would teach me their language . |
| 24 | As more energy is put into the hammer without a check ( in other words , as the player plays more loudly ) a critical point will be reached at which the hammer retains enough energy after hitting the string to bounce up and hit the string again . |
| 25 | If it can be proved that the pattern exists , then there is a strong possibility that by tracing this pattern , certain locations will be revealed to which the metal detectorist would be well-advised to direct his search . |
| 26 | Quality is the most important factor since your brickwork will be exposed to everything the elements can throw at it . |
| 27 | These behaviours will be contrasted with what the baby does in the presence of stationery objects which are just out of reach . |
| 28 | as for trade , it will be encouraged by it every way ; for carriage of all kind of heavy goods will be much easier , the waggoners will either perform in less time , or draw heavier loads , or the same load with fewer horses ; the pack-horses will carry heavier burthens , or travel further in a day … all which will tend to lessen the rate of carriage , and so bring goods cheaper to market . |
| 29 | We guarantee that all prize money is held by our bankers on deposit and will be paid to you the participant named overleaf , in the event of one of your exclusive Prize Draw code entries being the winning one . |
| 30 | As with 28 , situations can be imagined in which the questions in 30 and 31 can be truthfully answered either negatively or positively : |