Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the issue of ‘ conservation of the environment , ’ some witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee suggested that aid should be given where farming must be continued to conserve the environment , to maintain the countryside and to protect the coastline , and that food production is a secondary consideration . |
| 2 | In this case mobility between firms is constrained because labour may have to sacrifice the growth in earnings they could expect if they remained with their current firm . |
| 3 | The war was on and it had to be won before life could become normal again . |
| 4 | Its position was that considerations of comity should be fully addressed before discovery should be allowed to proceed by means not fully recognised by the foreign sovereign State concerned . |
| 5 | From 5 July only five strokes will be permitted before action may be taken |
| 6 | Neither can it be forecast whether registration will be an essential prerequisite for the creation of in rem rights in the cargo , as it is for the creation of in rem rights in real property in the German Grundbuch or whether it will have a purely notice giving function . |
| 7 | That is why I believe the time has come when Labour should commit itself to a Bill of Rights based on the European Convention of Human Rights . |
| 8 | Yes , much more than that even : the only love of his young life that had come as love must come — uncalled and overpowering , without the sequel of second thoughts , without the burden of regret . |
| 9 | This phenomenon has been referred to as the ‘ flypaper effect ’ , so named because money will stick in the sector that it hits — grants to the local public economy will be spent in the local public economy . |
| 10 | These early studies did not , however , establish whether any particular form of exercise was beneficial , nor whether there was a threshold of activity that has to be exceeded before benefit can be detected . |
| 11 | This is mostly conjecture ; and our opinion that the instrumental bass line of the duet was polished before publication can be dismissed as subjective . |
| 12 | For example , a life insurance policy can be ‘ written in trust ’ which means that the person named as beneficiary will receive the policy proceeds immediately the insured person dies . |
| 13 | All modules which are selected as LATEST-ISSUE must be on a DC activated via this package for successful approval . |
| 14 | Newels are not used because water would collect in the joints : it is better to support the handrail by uprights , screwed or nailed to the strings . |
| 15 | The new capitalism of the impersonal multidivisional enterprises and the financial institutions deploying employees ' saving has produced a specifically capitalist ‘ socialisation ’ of production , embodied in social forms and practices which in many cases will have to be deconstructed before socialism can be developed . |
| 16 | Also on Sept. 18 UK Prime Minister John Major referred in a television interview to " fault lines in the ERM revealed over the past few days " , and said that there was no imminent prospect of the UK returning to the ERM , which itself needed reform , while Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger said in Washington on Sept. 21 that serious negotiations would be needed before sterling could be readmitted to the ERM . |
| 17 | The file must have been opened before EXT# can be used to find its length . |
| 18 | Some legal definitions need to be agreed before progress can be made , including a definition of the environment and what constitutes damage . |
| 19 | In the real world he had to be ditched before Labour could ever seriously hope to form an effective government . |
| 20 | While a common market would most clearly benefit Sweden , which had the largest economy , the question would have to be raised whether participation would compromise its political neutrality . |
| 21 | Whether the Germans were quite as easily fooled as history would have us believe is open to some question . |
| 22 | This large implication is said to be justified because Parliament must have intended to preserve the long-standing immunity against questioning after charge , and can not have intended to create a régime which would ‘ make a mockery of ’ ( A. v. H.M. |
| 23 | Clauses of this type , often known as " QC clauses " , are encountered where litigation may need to be conducted in the name of or at the expense of another party , and that other party wants some assurance that the claim is sound . |
| 24 | It would be appreciated if payment can be made by cheque where ever possible . |
| 25 | ‘ Or do you see him as an inconvenient remnant of outmoded superstition — a bit like a gallstone — of which we must all be purged before religion can take on its true form , that is , without him . ’ |
| 26 | It is not yet known whether research would confirm these hypotheses of the character of certain distinct twentieth-century paranational cultural formations , though they provide an initial basis for considering the contradictory character of the history of the avant-garde movements : that they represent sharp and even violent breaks with received and traditional practices ( a dissidence or revolt rather than a literal avant garde ) ; and yet that they become ( in ways separable from the important facts of their dilution and commercial exploitation ) the dominant culture of a succeeding metropolitan and paranational period . |
| 27 | It is not known whether retrovirus can be assembled in which all the subunits of the viral envelope protein are fused to antibody , and if so whether the virus would infect cells . |
| 28 | Most laws against corporate criminal behaviour require that intention be proved before guilt can be established . |
| 29 | The billing office must ensure that all ‘ extras ’ are charged to the correct accounts and bills settled before luggage can be moved , and finally that all room keys are collected . |
| 30 | In pursuance of this goal , the analysis will be largely econometric in nature although there are some important theoretical issues which have to be settled before estimation can take place . |