Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remit of the training scheme and those responsible for it may end at the transition point to operational activity or may continue in those periods of work regarded as a continuation of training and supervised as such . |
| 2 | As far as acquisition of language is concerned , it seems clear that reinforcement , casual observation , and natural inquisitiveness ( coupled with a strong tendency to imitate ) are important factors , as is the remarkable capacity of the child to generalise , hypothesise and ‘ process information ’ in a variety of very special and apparently highly complex ways which we can not yet describe or begin to understand , and which may be largely innate , or may develop through some sort of learning or through maturation of the nervous system . |
| 3 | Well , er we 're very lucky that er Oxford 's pretty well covered , yes , we 've , or could do with some more volunteers of course , but we 've got about one hundred and twenty people who 'll be going out in the city , and I was looking at a map this morning and it 's very well covered indeed with purple and yellow lines where we 've actually got people on the ground . |
| 4 | They took from it what they felt they could handle — or wanted to handle , or could put to some use — and rejected the rest . |
| 5 | For several hundred years , the ‘ Debatable Land ’ was largely uninhabited and to keep it that way , in 1551 , a proclamation was issued jointly by the two nations , to the effect that : ‘ All Englishmen and Scottishmen after this proclamation is made are , and shall be , free to rob , burn , spoil , slay , murder and destroy , all and every such person or persons , their bodies , buildings , goods and cattle as do remain or shall inhabit upon any part of the said debatable land . |
| 6 | When they are authorised , whether generally or in relation to a particular allotment , the company may resolve by special resolution that section 89(1) shall not apply to a specified allotment under that authority or shall apply with such modifications as are specified in the resolution . |
| 7 | if the other party shall commit any act of bankruptcy , shall have a receiving order made against it , shall make or negotiate for any composition or arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or , if the other party being a body corporate shall present a petition or have a petition presented by a creditor for its winding up or shall enter into any liquidation ( other than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation ) , shall call any meeting of its creditors , shall have a receiver of all or any to its undertakings or assets appointed , shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts , or shall cease to carry on business |
| 8 | If piece-rates were lowered in an attempt to boost output then presumably workers would take other jobs , or would switch to another merchant . |
| 9 | I have no doubt that a brilliant article will appear but I am not at all fooled that someone of your peculiar talents would either be asked or would agree to such an easy exercise . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) The replies that you give are not evidence against you in any later criminal trial that may arise from this case . |
| 11 | This technique may also provide valuable information on the pathogenesis of cerebral embolism , and our case shows the large number of apparently symptomless emboli that may arise in such patients . |
| 12 | The DSS has a statutory duty to pay benefits of a given level approved by Parliament regardless of the level of sickness or unemployment that may arise in any one year . |
| 13 | Daikin said he had indications from ‘ people involved in making a better South Africa ’ that ‘ if the tour were not to take place there are certain advantages that may flow from that decision , a highly attractive package for young South Africans of the future that involves more than cricket ’ . |
| 14 | The only good that may result from this modern-day flood may be the removal of the barrier that has prevented people from discussing the humiliation and tortures that they endure . |
| 15 | BREASTFEEDING — Suckling ; a still nearly universal way of feeding infants and young children in most developing countries , first exclusively by lactation ( full breastfeeding that often lasts about three to six months ) , then introducing supplementary food ( partial breastfeeding that may last for several years until weaning ) . |
| 16 | Important factors that may contribute to this apparently increased incidence of major bile duct injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy , are absence of three dimensional depth perception during laparoscopy , a changed view on the operative field , and stenting of the common bile duct by anterior traction on the gall bladder to dissect Calot 's triangle . |
| 17 | er of others that may benefit from this but only if and we er you find this of particular benefit , er to yourself . |
| 18 | There are , however , cases of apparently self-directed learning that may admit of another explanation . |
| 19 | " On the other hand , " I went on , " I have come across something that may lead to some news of Mr. Stavanger — It might be difficult to talk to you in your office — that 's why I 'm ringing now . |
| 20 | They leave the state of nature ‘ by setting up a judge on earth with authority to determine all the controversies and redress the injuries that may happen to any member of the commonwealth ’ . |
| 21 | The following remedies are intended to assist the body with some of the hold-ups that may occur in this natural process whether or not you are having constitutional treatment . |
| 22 | More abstract diagrams ranging from the simple to the complex , can be invented by you to show historical sequences , such as the development of an idea or movement ( e.g. liberalism ) or the general changes and continuities that may occur within that idea . |
| 23 | First , a method of identification of the geographical areas in need of conservation has to be devised ( e.g. land classification ) , as well as the identification of other associated causes of soil erosion that may lie outside these areas altogether ( e.g. land tenure legislation ) . |
| 24 | In the modern empirical study of politics , the emphasis upon psychological factors in explaining political behaviour is more frequently associated with Graham Walles , whose Human Nature in Politics showed that the political behaviour of individuals was just as likely to be the result of ‘ irrational ’ beliefs as of a rational' calculation of the benefits and penalties that may follow from such behaviour . |
| 25 | The organisation was more complex than may appear from this summary . |
| 26 | The high correlation between accident estimate and risk rating observed , r(46)=0.75 , p<0.01 , may reflect the objective correlation that should exist between these measures or it may simply be that subjects were not completely successful in dissociating the two scales . |
| 27 | None of these religions has satisfied its real purpose , which is to provide fully acceptable and uncontentious guidance in human discrimination between right and wrong , and in the behaviour that should stem from that discrimination . |
| 28 | This is known as the CPT theorem , and it is a consequence of basic assumptions that should hold in any reasonable theory . |
| 29 | This month 's disk holds an impressive collection of DOS programs that should work on all PCs . |
| 30 | Grainne had not questioned the truth or the logic , or even the history that must lie behind this . |