Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also drawn in charcoal were two other features of religious importance : a group of five-pointed stars and a mystical two-line formula , each consisting of all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet — the ultimate anagram which , when rearranged , could quite literally be used to express all human knowledge and all experience . |
| 2 | He may very soon be trying to use that enormous power endowed by evolution to ensure parental acceptance of responsibility , to ensure that we pander to his every whim — if we let him , probably by screaming and indulging in ‘ tantrums ’ . |
| 3 | A simple measure of breakage can thus be expected to differentiate these major groups of predator . |
| 4 | Even Father Watson could scarcely be expected to swallow this . |
| 5 | He became aware that the Boulton & Watt steam-engines installed in so many factories in the first quarter of the nineteenth century could no longer be coaxed to produce more power to meet ever-growing demands , and he came up with a very elegant solution which prolonged the useful life of these engines by many years . |
| 6 | Although the elephant is not a predator , it could easily damage the nest , and it must somehow be persuaded to take another route . |
| 7 | A period of at least five years in a senior position will generally be needed to enable this requirement to be met . |
| 8 | Candidates will normally be expected to have some postgraduate or teaching experience , although training will be provided by the University 's Centre for Teaching , Learning and Assessment . |
| 9 | It will not be desired to find all people who absent themselves without leave . |
| 10 | Do not be tempted to dismiss such corporate homilies as boardroom hokum . |
| 11 | If you find that you are making no gains in size whatsoever , do not be tempted to do more exercises or repetitions because this could lead to overtraining . |
| 12 | If the assessor is not involved in provision , they can take a more objective look at individual client need , be able to say whether some need is unmet , and not be tempted to offer those services for which they are responsible as the sole , potentially inappropriate solution to the client 's problems . |
| 13 | In the case of magistrates this was confirmed in Croydon LBC v N and Others [ 1987 ] 2 FLR 61 although the inherent jurisdiction can not be exercised to contravene any statutory provision , regulation or rule binding upon the court . |
| 14 | Its title is misleading , since the Georgian interiors are few in number , and can not be said to give much idea of their period . |
| 15 | In all , this incidence of reported problems can not be said to suggest much more than the occasional misunderstanding , difficulty or other problem which must mark a small proportion of virtually every type of consumer transaction . |
| 16 | So public employees can not be said to have less of an incentive to be efficient or a greater incentive to pursue non-pecuniary rewards . |
| 17 | And , if she has a sister who is going out of her mind , I have had a mother eighty-nine years old and senile , I can not be said to deserve any further burdens nor to have failed in carrying out my duty . |
| 18 | ( 1.2 , 1.3 ) Our conception of necessary connection can not be said to require any facts other than those stated by these conditionals . |
| 19 | In the case of s 48(2) ( h ) the argument outlined above , that the use of the word " enabling " impliedly authorises modification of the common law duty of disclosure since a person can not be enabled to do that which he is free to do , may nevertheless prevail . |
| 20 | The absence of a substantive right to a particular benefit should not lead to the conclusion that procedural rights are inapplicable , and the term legitimate expectation should not be manipulated to reach this end . |
| 21 | That is why self-conscious fictional experimentation like stream-of-consciousness tends in its social effects to be conservative , whatever its aspirations ; and the later fiction of Joyce and Virginia Woolf can not be seen to embody any serious proposal to change the world , or to represent a belief that the world could ever be changed . |
| 22 | Such changes in the power of the monarch have arisen , not through statute , but as a result of the convention that the monarch should not become politically involved and should not be seen to favour any one political party . |
| 23 | If you have n't got the skill you should not be asked to undertake that task until you are trained or supervised . |
| 24 | The Code was later amended to reflect the difficulty which had arisen in the case , which concerned the selection of an estranged parent as an ‘ appropriate adult ’ to be present during the interviewing of a juvenile : see now Code C Note 1C , which provides that an estranged parent should not be asked to fulfil this role if the juvenile objects to his presence . |
| 25 | You will not be asked to remove any clothing apart from your shoes . |
| 26 | It would be almost impossible to ban such remarks in a court of law , but there is no reason why a judge should not be empowered to say that , in an appropriate case , the name of the person maligned should not be repeated in the press . |
| 27 | In In re Leighton 's Conveyance [ 1937 ] Ch. 149 it was held by the Court of Appeal that a statutory provision providing that ‘ a poor person shall not be ordered to pay any costs ’ did not affect a mortgagee litigant 's right to add his litigation costs to the mortgage security . |
| 28 | ‘ Barbara must not be permitted to tell these stories . ’ |
| 29 | You certainly had to be tough to live at Tullivers after the Admiral had gone , for Lucy Trigg , in her eighties , could not be bothered to have any domestic help , nor could she be bothered to light fires , to cook meals for herself , nor to clean the house and tend the garden . |
| 30 | Your card can not be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from Cashline machines . |