Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to the Secretary of State , I believe that most right hon. and hon. Members found very unconvincing his explanation as to why such a provision could not form part of the Bill . |
| 2 | The courts could not create a ‘ surrogate right of appeal ’ by extending the High Court 's supervisory role through judicial review proceedings , even though it meant a trial might never take place . |
| 3 | If , for some reason ( like recent starvation ) , a mare can not provide milk for its newborn foal , and a person should feed the foal , the mare and foal still develop deep bonds of affection providing they are kept together . |
| 4 | Therefore , a driver need only accord precedence to pedestrians on the crossing on his side of the road . |
| 5 | Innocent 's imposition of an interdict was parried by the archbishop of Toledo who argued that such a sentence would only encourage heresy and the Muslims , but Innocent did not stop trying to break the marriage . |
| 6 | To that extent a board should independently review profit progress to date as well as carefully evaluate and then endorse strategic recommendations made by the senior executive team which will have a long-term and substantial impact on profit . |
| 7 | Such a description would presumably fit London as well , especially the areas of Caribbean settlement . |
| 8 | A control contract is subject to shareholder approval by a majority vote ( including any shares held by the dominant undertaking : but , in the case of a company whose shares are listed or publicly traded , the domestic regulatory authority may — as the Stock Exchange presently does — ban an interested shareholder from voting in this type of situation ) ; such a contract may therefore allow predators who have obtained board control of a company to make that company effectively subservient to an external body without the formalities of a takeover . |
| 9 | Working to such a contract will undoubtedly cause changes in the climate of school life . |
| 10 | This can be a costly business , as since 1892 these volumes have been illuminated and a calligrapher may now charge £75 to £100 for an entry . |
| 11 | Males take more rabbits , and females more fish and small mammals , but this is not to say that a female ca n't kill a rabbit or that a male wo n't kill mice . |
| 12 | ‘ To claim that a ban would not affect jobs was always naive . |
| 13 | ‘ To claim that a ban would not affect jobs was always naive . |
| 14 | She accepts that such a change may drastically affect relations with a marriage partner . |
| 15 | I 'm optimistic — a pessimist could never support Arsenal ! ’ |
| 16 | ( b ) a shareholder may not hold shares for others save as nominee for another solicitor with a practising certificate or an RFL or recognised body who is a shareholder or officer of the recognised body or who is working in its practice ; a shareholder may not create any charge or other third party interest over his shares . |
| 17 | Er , the present situation is that there 's complex erm , arrangements for the exercise of votes , basically unanimity is required and in those circumstances we as a shareholder can not exercise material influence which is a necessary pre-condition for equity accounting . |
| 18 | In that respect the banks argued that Mr Crawley had no locus standi , and the judge agreed that a shareholder could not recover damages for any reduction in value of his shareholding . |
| 19 | HE insisted that the Church has never ruled that a priest should not have sex , only that he should not marry , ’ says Monika ( sic ) Kocanek by way of explaining how she ended up in bed with Fr Christopher O'Neill and then found herself pregnant . |
| 20 | However , in addition to pleading that a provision is in unreasoanble restraint of trade a defendant can also plead repudiation , vagueness and that in any event he has not acted in breach of the clause . |
| 21 | The application of such a rule can undoubtedly give rise to difficulties in certain sets of circumstances , but so can the suggested rule that economic loss may be recovered provided it is directly consequential on physical damage . |
| 22 | Durie is only half right — a defeat would certainly kiss goodbye to Scotland 's sixth successive World Cup finals , but a draw would also seem insufficient . |
| 23 | Cos without the head man a trainer ca n't train horse , and I 'm telling you that for nothing ! |
| 24 | Any reader who wishes to consult a publication must normally enter details of it — including its title , date of publication , and pressmark — on a call-slip , and must submit the latter to the Library 's Book Issue Counter . |
| 25 | doctrine , and a view was subsequently promoted that a child could not do drama until he first learnt to express himself through movement . |
| 26 | A participant in a game adopts a role based on his conception of others ' roles , what George Herbert Mead ( 1934 ) calls the ‘ generalised other ’ : a child can not play hide-and-seek unless in ‘ hiding ’ he understands the function of the ‘ seeker ’ . |
| 27 | Representing your feelings or responses to a passage can also present register difficulties . |
| 28 | In a brief to me and my colleagues , my local authority wrote : ’ In addition , because of its very nature as a combined personal/property tax , movements of individuals within a household will inevitably give rise to changes in liability . |
| 29 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 30 | It is likely that such a move would then secure Athey the place on the unrestricted List Two that he wants . |