Example sentences of "of [noun] [modal v] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the function of the leave requirement is to weed out unarguable or vexatious cases it might be expected that only a small proportion of cases would fail at this stage . |
| 2 | It describes these as " possibly the most outrageous piece of environmental trickery relating to beaches " , which were " simply a tool by which a flag of sorts will fly at those UK resorts with borderline water quality — the same resorts which the Department of Environment 's own research shows carry an unacceptable risk to health " . |
| 3 | Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it . |
| 4 | There was to be an additional consultation with the two judges which would take place after the prisoner had served three years of his sentence , so that the Secretary of State could receive at that stage their advice on the total period which should be served to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 5 | All in all a total of seventeen strands of training can progress at any one time , ranging from Adult platoons to Junior Leaders and Territorial Army recruits . |
| 6 | In this chapter I shall argue that the no boundary condition for the universe , together with the weak anthropic principle , can explain why all three arrows point in the same direction — and moreover , why a well-defined arrow of time should exist at all . |