Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once maintenance ceases , it is not long before the roof starts to leak , the plasterwork or the ceiling to become stained and damaged , and dry rot to take hold . |
| 2 | The perceived reward for increased productivity is insecurity either through job loss or the necessity to learn new skills and be examined . |
| 3 | They would highlight certain characteristics of human beings , such as emotions or the capacity to make moral choices , as characteristics that they wish to value above all others . |
| 4 | GPs ' reports are rarely of much help , if only because they do not have the time or the experience to write useful reports and usually resent doing them . |
| 5 | They ensure their own replication , but , instead of killing the cell they inhabit , they often code for proteins which help the host cell , for example by conferring resistance to drugs , or the ability to perform particular chemical reactions . |
| 6 | And there is no guarantee that either the metabolic pathways or the ability to repair genetic damage is comparable in mouse and man . |
| 7 | The bases of power are coercion , or the ability to apply physical sanctions ; remuneration or the ability to control rewards ; normative power or the control of symbolic rewards ; and knowledge , or the control of information . |
| 8 | They do not , generally , have the time or the inclination to take financial statements apart . |
| 9 | No ruler , possibly other than in Italy , had the means or the wish to employ large forces when there was no war . |
| 10 | This cause has been championed not because of the prestige which the word ‘ science ’ carries with it , but because it is only through the better employment of scientific method that sociology can hope to develop as a true academic discipline , free from the biases introduced by ideologists or the wish to sway current social policy . |
| 11 | Thirdly , social movements are organised around specific demands such as the need to defend the legality of land-holdings ; the desire to get access to water and electricity ; or the need to protect human rights . |
| 12 | She used a lot of illustration in her sermons , often taking stories from Rita Snowden 's books or the Bible to relate Christian truth to everyday experience . |
| 13 | Was that a collective decision by the Tory party or the Cabinet to raise false expectations or were the Ministers acting in a freelance capacity ? |
| 14 | Twelve able miners or pickmen , at least , were to be employed at all times ( Leathart had recommended 30 or 40 or the lease to become void ) . |
| 15 | She opened her mouth to ask her mother why he 'd said that , and just as abruptly closed it again , realising that this was n't the time or the place to discuss private family matters . |
| 16 | Cohen had no means of protecting himself ; he was an elderly Jew — well , perhaps not elderly but clearly past his prime — and it was most unlikely that he 'd have the guts or the strength to attempt physical resistance . |
| 17 | It is equally an offence to administer drugs to a woman for a similar purpose or to procure a girl under 21 or a defective to have sexual intercourse with a third party in any part of the world . |
| 18 | The district 's services seem to reflect this need well already , perhaps because Bassetlaw does not have a teaching hospital to concentrate NHS resources or a city to exhaust social services . |
| 19 | ( b ) the requirement for listing particulars where listed securities are being offered in connection with the takeover ( ss142-157 ) and the liability to pay compensation for defective particulars or a failure to publish supplementary listing particulars when required to do so ( s150 ) ; |
| 20 | There has been an assumption that young visually impaired children have little or no ability to use tactile maps to find their way around , and it has been argued that there is little to be gained from introducing visually impaired children to maps at an early age . |
| 21 | Residents in both kinds of estate are by and large socially self-sufficient and feel little or no necessity to create close relations with their Shetlander neighbours . |
| 22 | He said copyart can be practised by people of differing abilities because it takes little or no skill to produce exciting and impressive images . |
| 23 | However , many cars built within the last few years have hardened valve seats , or alloy cylinder heads that need little ( simply a retune ) or no modification to use unleaded petrol . |
| 24 | To be a plant must be to experience a hazy , quiescent state of consciousness , with focus diffused and little or no opportunity to create new karma . |
| 25 | In English criminal law there are now two alternative fault requirements for murder : an intent to kill , or an intent to cause grievous bodily harm . |
| 26 | To summarize : the existing English law classifies as murder those killings where there was an intent to kill or an intent to cause grievous bodily harm . |
| 27 | ‘ I have neither the time nor the inclination to play stupid games , ’ he snapped . |
| 28 | I have done a bit myself , but possess neither the ability nor the patience to do fine work . |
| 29 | Luckily , as most of us have neither the money nor the time to undertake major remodelling , it is quite possible to make significant changes without going to the bank for a loan or calling in a builder . |
| 30 | She had neither the energy nor the time to feel irritated ; instead she took out her pen again and reached for a sheet of the museum 's paper . |