Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A question such as Does Agatha sing in the bath ? may elicit three answers , of which answer ( a ) is an example of substitution , answer ( b ) of ellipsis , and answer ( c ) of reference : |
| 2 | In short , we may recognise three sources for the similarities in bylaws of common field farming in the East Midlands : first , a pattern of intermingled parcels of land involving all classes of tenants and lords ; second , some commonly accepted principles governing social life , which may fairly be regarded as the necessary outcome of the first proposition ; third , a similar physical environment which influenced the choice of farming objectives ; and last , similar economic pressures arising from the basic human need for food , and developing along similar lines , as the market in agricultural produce expanded and communities were driven to pursue change in the same general direction . |
| 3 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
| 4 | House prices may average three times incomes . |
| 5 | When a player reaches a black square , they must answer three questions to reach Number 10 . |
| 6 | It should cover three weeks at a time , with allowance for holiday and sick leave . |
| 7 | I 've been told I should wait three months before trying for a baby again — but why is this advice given ? |
| 8 | Any development programme for primary care must pursue three objectives simultaneously : to remedy deficits in the existing pattern of primary and community health services , to provide non-standard services for non-standard groups , and to expand the model of primary care . |
| 9 | To progress to the next hole , the player must land three darts in that particular number , doubles and trebles counting as two and three respectively . |
| 10 | Well I 'll , I 'll try and get down on Monday and see what she says and I say you know she must do three hours on Mondays . |
| 11 | The UN further agreed that South Africa 's Namibian army , the South West Africa Territory Force , should deploy three battalions . |
| 12 | The treaty between Robert II of Flanders and Henry I of England , renewed by their successors , stipulated that each knight supplied to the English king should bring three horses with him — this at a time when a horse represented a major investment . |
| 13 | Candidates must choose three module credits from each of three themed option groups . |
| 14 | The giving of praise should follow three rules . |
| 15 | A more explicit example of a contract suggests that it should contain three elements : |
| 16 | And as a first step we should demand three things essential to give any chance to retain ship building on Tyneside . |
| 17 | Each candidate must select three courses from the list of available courses . |
| 18 | Each course should have three syllabuses of different ( but overlapping ) levels of difficulty to cater for pupils of different ability , with some limited opportunities for transfer between them . |
| 19 | Guidelines say that the pool should have three lifeguards on duty at all times . |
| 20 | So to be complete the model should have three input systems and three output systems , plus a central ( semantic/cognitive ) system . |
| 21 | In Brunnson 's view , effective ideologies should have three attributes . |
| 22 | Lord Swinton presented a paper to Cabinet on 24 January arguing that Britain should have three airline companies : the nationalized BOAC for long-haul overseas services ; a company responsible for services to Europe ; and another one for services to South America . |
| 23 | And slower learners should have three years instead of two to do their A-levels . |
| 24 | Yes we had a meeting a few weeks ago to discuss the future and it was agreed that we should have three issues a year rather than four , I think this would be welcomed by local police stations got ta change the dates to act on market research which indicates certain months when certain security devices sell well . |
| 25 | They 've had additional training in in erm filling in correctly the the the form and will pick up erm for example on the erm the principal accountabilities — every accountability should have three parts , it should be an action verb to help , or to do , or to ensure , or whatever and it should be what it is you 're doing and thirdly it ought to have some sort of erm target in in in doing it . |
| 26 | Candidates must take three credits from one of the biology , chemistry , and physics groupings , plus two credits from another . |
| 27 | We must have three minutes of relaxation before beginning Synod . |
| 28 | So whatever verb is chosen will determine what functional predicate/argument structure is created — for HIT , it will be HIT ( AGENT , GOAL , INSTRUMENT ) because part of the lexical specification for the verb HIT is that it must have three arguments and they must be AGENT , ACTED-UPON , INSTRUMENT . |
| 29 | He was always reluctant to approve subsidies ; in 1621 , when other members were prepared to pledge their lives and fortunes to recover the Palatinate , he observed bitterly that the farmers would say , ‘ if you will have three taxes in one year , we must have three harvests in one year . ’ |
| 30 | Candidates should send to the undersigned ten copies ( one from overseas ) of their applications and of any statement that they may think it desirable to submit , and should name three referees . |