Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that a person could be an illegal entrant through deception , what standard of proof was to be applied when reviewing the immigration officer 's decision that a person had entered by deception ? |
| 2 | League tables of exam results will soon be published ; given that a class may contain 20 children who can not speak English , its position in any league table is bound to be low . |
| 3 | However , given that a demand must be served before proceedings could be taken , it does not follow that Mr. Thomas 's second proposition is correct . |
| 4 | Given that the cartridge may need to be removed for the purpose of transporting the printer , it means that , should any toner be spilled from the cartridge , it is likely to fall below the paper path , and so not contaminate the rest of the machine and subsequent print-outs . |
| 5 | Given that the government must raise some tax revenue , the smallest amount of total waste will be achieved when the goods that are most inelastic in supply or demand are taxed most heavily . |
| 6 | Given that the member will be sent their membership card , it would seem a small step away to actually send them a letter addressed to them personally welcoming them to the union and advise them at the very least on the basic facilities and benefits , plus other important information , and signed by the Regional Secretary , if not by the General Secretary . |
| 7 | This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative . |
| 8 | Given that the firm will not undertake work in this area that is likely to lead to a contested bid , the majority of such ‘ friendly ’ transactions will involve the seeking of irrevocable undertakings from directors ( who would normally be recommending the offer ) and possibly from other shareholders . |
| 9 | Oh you 'll want half a tin wo n't you ? |
| 10 | Whilst under normal working there are no major disadvantages to a ‘ high-bay ’ system as compared with a more conventional operation , if something goes wrong the impact can be large . |
| 11 | When confronted with the difficult problem of explaining this the diffusionist will try to establish the movement 's place of origin . |
| 12 | But experts say such a proposal would not be technically feasible . |
| 13 | The obligation to provide such a service should rest , it was said , with the local authority . |
| 14 | The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War . |
| 15 | If the bird keeps struggling , it will be clawed and bitten repeatedly by its captor , but if it lies still the cat may then make the mistake of putting it down on the ground and releasing it from its jaws . |
| 16 | Anyone doubting such a claim should simply scan , as we have done , headlines of the more popular newspapers from about 1968 onwards and note the frequency with which terms such as ‘ mindless ’ , ‘ evil ’ , ‘ thuggery ’ , ‘ mad ’ , ‘ violent ’ , ‘ wanton destruction ’ , etc. , crop up in reports concerning football supporters . |
| 17 | British critics fear such a member may care only for a section of his constituents . |
| 18 | That one year can make such a difference ca n't it ? |
| 19 | Financing such an enterprise should be possible since James 's Pharmaceutical Proteins and Scotgen both raised several million dollars of venture capital — admittedly from American and French sources . |
| 20 | Therefore , any housewife who receives such a bill should complain to the courts . |
| 21 | Thus , prima facie , the party who receives such a document should be bound by relevant standard terms and conditions , even if he never reads the document , and is unaware that they exist . |
| 22 | A criminal court which admitted such a defence would never hear the end of it . |
| 23 | In Western cooking such a mixture can add zing to almost anything from scrambled eggs to vegetables , soups , stews and sauces and poached or baked fruits , with the grateful advantage that the result will not taste as though you have succumbed to panic and thrown in a spoonful of curry powder . |
| 24 | This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it . |
| 25 | ‘ Our legal adviser told us that using such a route could even lead to the club being closed down if their investigations opened up a real can of worms . |
| 26 | In this way people using such a terminology may distinguish the role of father from that of father 's brother . |
| 27 | and the report is early warning that based on present level of flow , the volume of traffic using such a bypass would be relevantly low . |
| 28 | If some components have to be physically larger than the space provided or require other " upstream " or " downstream " components to be modified as well , then the consequences of pursuing such a concept must be similarly recognized at an early stage . |
| 29 | I do not think such a man can be killed . |
| 30 | And do not think such an object can be disguised for that is manifest nonsense as you have only to try to discover . |