Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 2 | The Safeworld report noted that " unless arms transfers to the Middle East [ are reduced and controlled ] , the hopes for the peace process … may disappear beneath an arms race that perpetuates instability , conflict and bloodshed in the Middle East " . |
| 3 | The US yesterday welcomed a proposal made by the presidents of Colombia , Peru and Bolivia that European nations should participate in a drugs summit with President Bush . |
| 4 | Perhaps next year we shall discuss flagship problems and decide that each boat must belong to a producers ' or other organisation , which is then allocated a quota from the United Kingdom TAC . |
| 5 | The motherboard should get to a BIOS setup screen if nothing but the power supply and video card is connected . |
| 6 | However , a liquidation of this importance should operate with a creditors ' committee to represent them . |
| 7 | For advice about the current position , you should talk to a careers adviser . |
| 8 | There are several examples of natural hazards whose impact might benefit from a GIS perspective that cuts across the science-social science divide . |
| 9 | But once he was safely out of sight , these same strangers unclenched their buttocks and declared that ‘ there goes a wrong'n if ever there was , who 'll end in a gallows dance . ’ |
| 10 | Or you might go to a sports club and meet some colleagues , or some friends there , and while you 're training together you 're talking , about other things , you see and again , you ca n't be , you 're not thinking about work . |
| 11 | And then I , well if it 's really income he needs , I thought he could look at an equities portfolio for the eighty thousand , say , forty thousand in er groceries and forty thousand in pharmaceutical . |
| 12 | On April 16th the Philippine Supreme Court decided that the three Cojuangcos could vote at a shareholders ' meeting on April 19th , although the shares themselves remain sequestered . |
| 13 | The menu was certainly comprehensive offering every kind of burger you could wish for an pages and pages of Mexican and Cajun dishes . |
| 14 | Conoco also disclosed it has started a review of offshore maintenance operations could lead to a jobs rundown . |
| 15 | If you were someone the Department needed information from , I could put in an expenses slip for five thousand , and Hilary Todd would sign it . ’ |
| 16 | The court may proceed with a directions appointment in the absence of either the applicant or one or more of the respondents ( FPCR , r16(3) and 16(6) ; FPR , r4.16(3) and 16(5) ) . |
| 17 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |
| 18 | And I have a sister-in-law who used to play for a women 's football team so she 's very interested and a as soon as there 's a big game on , on the satellite they all come round and it 's sort of into the kitchen you can make the the half time |
| 19 | Here snack bars , kiosks , toilets , seats and other walker-orientated services would cluster in a pedestrians ' version of the motorway service station . |
| 20 | Follow it around a bit this side you will see like a loads of cars . |
| 21 | This is probably what will happen at a shareholders ' meeting on March 13th , thanks to a closing of ranks by Germany 's top industrialists . |
| 22 | Experts claim it will lead to a fares war . |
| 23 | If owners are unhappy they can appeal through a lands tribunal . |
| 24 | The trader can appeal to a magistrates ' court against the notice and obtain compensation if there has been no contravention . |
| 25 | Let's see what you can do against a kwai . ’ |
| 26 | Another described some of the difficulties that can emerge in an arts course , and suggested that a core-plus-extension model might work best : |
| 27 | and I think it 's perhaps important to start with that we go with something that 's a little bit open-ended that we can review in a years time er , perhaps a little bit later and say well look we have shown that we can do it valuably er the proof is in the pudding , it now beholds everybody to do it this way . |
| 28 | Written by Peter Corrigan , with first-person inserts from JDavies , this handsome book is about as close as one can get to a warts-and-all picture of an ambitious international player . |