Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is not considered appropriate or possible to lodge an early Tender , then once the necessary information or Medical Report is available , the Tender should be lodged as soon as possible thereafter . |
| 2 | It can be wound clockwise or anti-clockwise to give a left or right hand . |
| 3 | Obviously in the average garden it may be impossible or undesirable to place the pool in the lower part . |
| 4 | To me , the third striking aspect of my aunt 's remark is her ability or right to predict the future for me . |
| 5 | You also need to become accustomed to thinking and using degrees , and deciding whether you need to turn left or right to change the heading . |
| 6 | More than double , 65 per cent , would prefer the Tories or Labour to have an overall majority . |
| 7 | These will be prompted and predetermined where possible to minimise the effort involved . |
| 8 | Erm try and where possible to use the individual communication with them as opposed to erm communicating to them as a member of a group preferably in a relaxed environment er rather than a sort of erm including any decision making pass on as much credit for that decision as possible |
| 9 | That is needed where possible to make the strategic analysis more rigorous before final approvals are given . |
| 10 | No trick , as he gleefully recounted himself was too low or devious to ensure the required result , though he might boast of being the " King of the Bristol Channel " . |
| 11 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 12 | You can back one party or another to win the election , or bet on men arriving from outer space , without having to make any contribution to the costs of the election campaign or the necessary expenses of the men from outer space . |
| 13 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 14 | Of all the styles it is the most laborious and there are few professionals able or willing to continue the tradition . |
| 15 | Yet Australian producers have not yet felt capable or willing to confront the historical legacy of capacity installed in the consuming markets . |
| 16 | Selected regions are shown graphically in Figures 1 & 2 to indicate the ranges of rates charged . |
| 17 | If the university is to act as the " cultural centre for the whole community " , with literature as the " central civilizing force " , it needs to be capable of discrediting those students who " are actually too lazy or incompetent to do an honest day 's work " . |
| 18 | Parametric ( Student 's t test ) and non-parametric ( Fisher 's exact test ) methods were used where appropriate to compare the cyclosporin and placebo groups before and after treatment . |
| 19 | She did not read them , they had been folded back where appropriate to show the places to be signed . |
| 20 | Once this was dry a warm blue violet was mixed , without any turpentine or medium to ensure a ‘ stiff ’ paint . |
| 21 | Using LOGO or similar to help a real floor turtle draw a pattern is a well-known use of IT at all levels . |
| 22 | That the British Gas Executive Share Option Scheme ( ‘ the Scheme ’ ) the rules of which are produced to the Meeting ( and , for the purpose of identification , signed by the Chairman ) be approved and the Directors be authorised to take all necessary steps which they consider necessary or appropriate to carry the Scheme into effect including the submission of the Scheme to the Board of Inland Revenue for approval under Schedule 9 to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 23 | the British Gas ( Overseas Employees ) Share Option Scheme ( ‘ the Overseas Scheme ’ ) the rules of which are produced to the Meeting ( and , for the purpose of identification , signed by the Chairman ) be approved and the Directors be authorised to take all necessary steps which they consider necessary or appropriate to carry the Overseas Scheme into effect ; and |
| 24 | That is , while it may prove difficult or impossible to devise the appropriate experiment to get at young children 's appreciation of logical necessity , they may reveal that they have a measure of understanding of logical necessity in what they say and do in everyday contexts . |
| 25 | With all this it is rather slow to grow and frequently when the culture plate is examined for evidence of gonococcal growth it will be found to be overgrown by other bacteria or yeasts , making it difficult or impossible to identify the gonococcus . |
| 26 | It will be difficult or impossible to establish a course of dealing on the basis of a small number of transactions over a long period . |
| 27 | Both the above principles are useful guides , but one regularly finds , in analysing natural speech , cases where it remains difficult or impossible to make a clear decision ; the principles may well also be factually correct , but it should be emphasised that at present there is no conclusive evidence from instrumental study in the laboratory that they are . |
| 28 | For it will set aside a conviction whenever it appears unjust or unsafe to allow the verdict to stand because some failure has occurred in observing the conditions which , in the court 's view , are essential to a satisfactory trial , or because there is some feature of the case raising a substantial possibility that , either in the conclusion itself , or in the manner in which it has been reached , the jury may have been mistaken or misled . |
| 29 | Increasingly , under LMS , schools will have the freedom to choose a local firm or individual to provide the many services they need to run effectively . |
| 30 | Manne finds it hard to understand why it is unfair , or unjust , or immoral to allow a voluntary arrangement in which individuals are given additional incentives to produce more of a valuable commodity by being allowed to share in the new value of the commodity they produce . |