Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circular plan was derived from the hospital tents of the Crimea , where improved ventilation helped reduce the risk of cross-infection . |
| 2 | The Commissioner stressed right from the start that she is not an Ombudsman-it is not the task of her office to offer a conciliation or advisory service to help resolve disputes between a union and its members . |
| 3 | Education or abstract learning does seem to take the form mainly of symbolic modelling and the relating of these models to reality awaits later practical experience . |
| 4 | However , if troublesome or severe disorientation does occur then : a ) Get on instruments . |
| 5 | A person may also elect to undergo medical or surgical treatment to help correct the impairment , without being at all ill : hip replacements , and lens implants to replace cataracts , are obvious examples . |
| 6 | At the same time , those public health , welfare and property protection services , which the central or local government did provide , should be efficiently administered . |
| 7 | The evidence that parental education does play an important role in determining the demand for HE is very strong and there remains a clear need to quantify these effects in conjunction with social class . |
| 8 | Although French technique does seem awkward to begin with , it is the most efficient way of moving on easier angled terrain and is also the basis of resting on steeper ground . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that current legislation does make some attempt to provide a legal framework governing the treatment of the mentally ill , its central focus remains that of detention . |
| 10 | In trying to summarise these findings , it may be said that linguistic knowledge does appear to be the important variable . |
| 11 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
| 12 | Our own experience from several of the projects that we 've been looking at which are in-service type projects , is that when we do train teachers and when we do put an investment in it , we see the pay-off in the schools that physical science does get done in schools , it is fun and it is exciting . |
| 13 | Our own experience from several of the projects that we 've been looking at which are in-service type projects , is that when we do train teachers and when we do put an investment in it , we see the pay-off in the schools that physical science does get done in schools , it is fun and it is exciting . |
| 14 | It is clear that excessive switching does reduce the life of a tube considerably . |
| 15 | So although positivist criminology did concern itself with social and economic conditions , in a way that classical criminology did not , it mostly ended up just as timid-looking as far as drawing ‘ corrective ’ conclusions was concerned . |
| 16 | Some encouraging laboratory and clinical studies suggest that pre-emptive analgesia does reduce pain after surgery , but the optimum choices of agents and timing required for a clinically useful effect remain to be established . |
| 17 | ( If it so happens that yellow wallpaper does take away your appetite , then for you it is relevant . ) |
| 18 | The important point here , however , is that , while Hodder stresses that the example he gives is ‘ idealized ’ and that the interest charge is often based on the undepreciated investment balance , he shows that imputed interest does enter the investment decision-making process of many Japanese companies . |
| 19 | That is to say , scholars have assumed that around 1550 the English language became much more convergent than it had been before even though there can be no direct evidence that spoken English did become more convergent . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , we have attempted to derive a better index of fetal adiposity than simple birth weight and have found it to have a significant bearing on results of regression analysis , suggesting that maternal glycaemia does have an impact on fetal size independent of maternal weight . |
| 21 | The information obtained from the WFS enabled some researchers to conclude that maternal age does have an impact upon child survival on its own , though maternal age is obviously associated with socio-economic factors that influence infant ( particularly post-neonatal ) and — to increasing extent — child mortality . |
| 22 | It is up to local authorities , but I believe the extra grant , the extra spending permission , means that a good quality education can be delivered to children in Wales er without it in any way being jeopardised by these proposals and I would illustrate later on in my speech that local government does have considerable flexibility to spend wisely and well and it has resources at its disposal to do a good job . |
| 23 | In the present case , since the decision in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 shows that judicial review does lie against the visitor , so his decision is capable of being reviewed on any one of Lord Diplock 's three grounds , including illegality . |
| 24 | The section of the Manifesto entitled The Institute and Professional Success does list a number of detailed objectives that might be expected to help firms increase their profitability , the most important of which is that ‘ unless required by public interest , the Institute should not seek to impose regulations which have the effect of restricting the freedom of members to succeed professionally and commercially ’ . |
| 25 | In some respects , of course , greater economic and commercial activity did strengthen the regime . |
| 26 | But if naval patronage did prove to be of considerable value to the Elphinstone family interest , reinforcing the impact of the Indian patronage distributed by Keith 's brother , William Elphinstone , the fleet could only provide patronage for those officers fortunate enough to be employed in a command in a suitable station far from Great Britain . |
| 27 | If individual deterrence did work as the theory suggests , we would expect that if we introduced a new kind of harsh punishment designed to deter , the offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to re-offend than similar offenders who underwent a more lenient penalty . |
| 28 | The Soviet Union , for its part , let it be known that if serious trouble did break out in East Germany Soviet troops would not move in , as they did to quell the 1953 revolt — so long as the West did not interfere either . |
| 29 | Well I think the answer to that is you 've got to remember this kind of hunting is cooperative and cooperative hunting does rely first of all on having other men to go hunting with you which is , which is important and also or so I 'm told by people like David McKnight and Warren Shapiro an awful lot depends on information , we want to know where the game is , who saw what where , what did they catch you know , was there rainfall over the so and so ranges and so on , and you need to know that information if you 're gon na be an effective hunter and you need good communication with other men . |
| 30 | Denis Evans , secretary of the WRU , said : ‘ Both men have demonstrated their great commitment to Wales over the last nine months and have shown they have the talent and organisational ability to help generate success for the Welsh team at the highest level . ’ |