Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [art] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is only possible where the signer can establish ( a ) that he/she signed the document without negligence and ( b ) that he/she mistakenly thought he/she was signing a document of a fundamentally different type from that actually signed ( Saunders v Anglia BS [ 1971 ] AC 1004 ) . |
| 2 | Come on , pet , put that where the flies wo n't get it . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd like to set up a different sort of help-line , something informal and friendly where the employees wo n't be afraid to discuss their problems . ’ |
| 4 | Secondly , a continuing and , in some ways , irresolvable problem is how to balance the twin aims of conservation and recreation since , despite the Sandford recommendations , it has not always been clear where the emphasis should be ( Cripps 1980 ) . |
| 5 | The Sogna , which in Italian means ‘ let you dream ’ , will be built in very small numbers and it 's still not clear where the powerplant will come from . |
| 6 | No one is clear where the situation can now lead ; they are only aware that the blanket of fear is suddenly not so suffocating any more . |
| 7 | ‘ Over the years I 've learned that you have this endearing ability to spot a chance to make a profit further than a leopard can spot a limp . |
| 8 | The offeror may wish to do this if the target would remain technically listed or the offeror would not have sufficient control over the target 's assets after the takeover . |
| 9 | Since men are usually a bit taller than their female partners , it 's easier if the man can stand so that he 's a little lower than his partner . |
| 10 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 11 | After all it would have a great element of surprise in its favour and although there might be some shooting it was doubtful if the Germans would know what they were shooting at , especially if good diversions were laid on . |
| 12 | In fact the uncertainty is so wide that is doubtful if the forecast would be of much value . |
| 13 | But it is doubtful if the problem can or should be solved with spending cuts alone . |
| 14 | But it is doubtful if the problem can or should be solved with spending cuts alone . |
| 15 | It is doubtful if the mill could ever be operated on a commercial scale and in Wilf Medlam 's words it is ‘ a desirable and harmless anachronism , doing its bit to satisfy the immense demand for 100% wholemeal flour ’ . |
| 16 | My honourable friend from the front benches made the point about the gaps in er these regulations , they do n't cover Lloyds , they do n't cover pension schemes , pension funds they do n't cover banks which are domiciled er in the er in in the United States but er we also have the point which I made in the interjection to the minister that unless there 's a duty to detect fraud er er as well as report it , it 's really doubtful if the auditors can perform er the function . |
| 17 | These results show that there is a higher complication rate if there are features of Crohn 's disease but that the medium term functional results are acceptable if the pouch can be retained . |
| 18 | But their solicitor says their chances are slim unless the law can be changed . |
| 19 | I note that the C E C is opposing this , but I feel that maybe they 've missed the points and the branch should actually take some responsibility for this because the wording could be better , we concede that point . |
| 20 | Fleischmann and Pons ' ideas had been anticipated though for all the wrong reasons , primarily a misguided attempt to make helium to fill airships , and all this because the USA would not sell the gas to postwar Germany . |
| 21 | I 'm not too worried about this because the team should be well prepared by kick-off time and in Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans , there are two people on the inside whose European experience is second to none . |
| 22 | Many GIS users assume , perhaps subconsciously , that data quality and reliability must be high because the technology used to manipulate them is sophisticated . |
| 23 | Dr Anthony Storr , author of the recently-published Churchill 's Black Dog , in which he showed how senior politicans often turned stresses of up-bringing into strengths , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm interested because the gates must mean that she 's feeling increasingly insecure and threatened in a simple , straightforward way ; and that 's an interesting phenomenum in itself because she 's been so absolutely certain of herself . |
| 24 | To act in such a way is wrong because the employee may be denied a full opportunity to respond to every point being made against him . |
| 25 | There must always be the fear that , however good a writer may be involved , the depiction of mental handicap will be unrealistic because the writer will have no real understanding about the subject . |
| 26 | Thus , he pronounced against the rule that a man could not be liable for the rape of his concubine , stating that concubinage was evidence of consent , but no more than this since the woman could withdraw from cohabitation and thus withdraw her consent . |
| 27 | Why this should make a critical difference is far from clear since a company can create a fixed charge of accounts receivable or a mortgage of future property . |
| 28 | He was clear before the storm-troopers could react . |
| 29 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , although a judge had the power to call a witness where justice and fairness required that witness to give evidence , a judge could neither refuse to permit the prosecution to discontinue its case nor direct whether the trial should continue until the close of the prosecution 's case ; and that , accordingly , the judge had erred in directing the prosecution to continue and in calling the police officer to give evidence for the prosecution ( post , p. 536B , C–G ) . |
| 30 | It is not clear whether the courts would take the same attitude in relation to a general disclosure in a discretionary customer agreement of the fact that the firm might sometimes act as principal . |