Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to find somewhere where the interviewee can feel reasonably relaxed and you yourself can feel confident . |
| 2 | Newco may not be willing to acquire the company which owns the targeted assets and business , preferring to buy the business direct , so that it does not acquire unquantified liabilities , especially where the vendor can not provide Newco with satisfactory warranties and indemnities . |
| 3 | So although no route can more truly be called a " beaten track " than the one which heads for the Gotthard Pass , now that the old Gotthard road has been supplanted so far as through traffic is concerned by the Basel-Chiasso motor expressway ( E9 , N2 ) , many towns and villages on the old road can be rated as " off the beaten track " . |
| 4 | So although the machine may have run for eight minutes , it was not an uninterrupted eight minutes . |
| 5 | While such intervention is not without a moral hazard problem , it may still remain the best solution for those seeking income insurance ; in other words the government can handle the moral hazard problem better than the market can . |
| 6 | Firms that did better than the target would be rewarded with credits which they could sell to firms that did worse . |
| 7 | ‘ It may better if the child can get to know both parents where possible , even though many unmarried mums are happier on their own . ’ |
| 8 | A related misconception is that kin selection can operate only if an animal can recognize its degree of relationship to others . |
| 9 | However , the Central Council recognized in April that a franchise change could not now be avoided , but resolved to support it only if the government would agree to restore the House of Lords at the same time . |
| 10 | It is submitted that in the former case the approach would probably be modified by the basic duty of fidelity to the extent that confidentiality would be lost only if the employer could be said to have shown wilful disregard to the quality of the confidence , rather than having been merely negligent . |
| 11 | Only if the applicant can meet all these standards are then they admitted as a member . |
| 12 | Equally , there could be no logic in treating the existence of the further caution as a reasonable excuse for not answering , for the words of the caution would make sense only if the Director could not compel an answer — in which case no excuse , reasonable or otherwise , for silence would be required . |
| 13 | Overall it offered a strategic solution to many of London 's problems — though , as it was realized later , only if the world would stand still long enough for desirable change to be effected without being overtaken by other events . |
| 14 | So if a man can prove that he has obeyed every law for six years , he receives a present of money from the King . |
| 15 | Perhaps because no other could be trusted with them . |
| 16 | I think that 's fair enough because a revolution could actually happen . |
| 17 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
| 18 | I did n't have to think ‘ Well , if I put that dress on I 'll only get it dirty because the baby will be sick over me ’ — to be dressed up all day and feel you can be clean and only have nice jobs to do and always be with people … |
| 19 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 20 | Although this ‘ slightly megalomaniac project ’ had been started on the strength of charitable donations , future progress should be funded by governments , if only because the project would otherwise be open to exploitation by private companies and their insatiable desire for secrecy . |
| 21 | Nor is it possible to have a membrane with pores of just the right size to allow in needed substances from outside but not let essential substances escape , if only because the cell may need to retain some small molecules , and admit some larger ones . |
| 22 | Disorder could n't increase much because the universe would be in a state of almost complete disorder already . |
| 23 | Subject to that , an expert is not prohibited from following these litigation-style procedures , but he would be unwise to do so because the reference may subsequently be held to have been an arbitration and will in any event take longer and be more costly . |
| 24 | So while the model could certainly account for conflict , high rates of strikes and evidence of a powerful opposition of interests between employers and workers could not be accommodated . |
| 25 | Some universities insisted that departmental offices made business their primary concern in order to boost finances , especially since the government could not promise increased investment . |
| 26 | The temperatures experienced by a mineral in the crust or mantle can be affected by heat flow from below while the pressure can be altered by loading and unloading of the crust above . |
| 27 | However , assuming the properties are significant assets , a full investigation of title is to be preferred to either reliance upon a certificate from the vendor 's solicitors that the vendor has a good and marketable title ( since certificates of title are qualified and their benefit depends upon the status of the firm of solicitors providing them ) or reliance upon warranties and indemnities alone since the purchaser would rather have problems disclosed before the purchase than have to rely upon a right to sue under warranties which will be subject to general limitations . |
| 28 | This was the general reply from partners , who were specifically asked not only whether the course would not be more appropriately located in a Third World country but also for the experience of institutions that already have similar courses or related aims . |
| 29 | A common application is their attachment to photocopiers and fax machines , so that file numbers have to be keyed in before the machine will operate and thereafter the cost incurred can be electronically tracked and shown on printouts . |
| 30 | Three other women with minor injuries came in before the room could be cleared . |