Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 It is clear that Dworkin does make this assumption .
2 Despite the ambiguity of the statistical debate , it is clear that advertisers do play a part in the lives of our media .
3 The accident estimates from Study 2 as shown in Table 4.6 make it clear that subjects do rely on the precise conditions in the film viewed when making accident estimates for a junction , even though most subjects previously knew the junctions concerned .
4 Despite the obstructions it was clear that aircraft did use the runway , for it was marked by the black rubber streaks of fresh tyre marks , but the two trucks , together with the yellow cross , were evidence that the runway could only be used by invitation .
5 How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World .
6 Copyright is seen as the proper vehicle for the protection of computer programs although , when the current Patents Act was passed in 1977 , it was far from clear whether copyright did protect computer programs .
7 ‘ It 's very possible that garages do take people for a ride , ’ acknowledged a spokesman for Kangol , one of the major baby-seat manufacturers .
8 Green was fulsome in his praise for Barker 's determined and generous efforts to reach an equitable settlement and it is possible that Green did acquaint the Chairman of the RAC with the unhappy position in Bedfordshire .
9 It is possible that parents do convey to their children that they themselves do not judge and relate to people on the basis of their skin colour , but they should also tell the child that many people in the society do .
10 And er with that in mind , it 's possible that people do want to top up their income , because the one thing I will stress to you is that you do n't want to have to start having to back-pedal er when you retire .
11 However , it remains possible that people do see the support which they give to elderly relatives as part of a two-way pattern which stretches over time and across generations , and where they themselves will benefit ultimately from the support of someone in a younger generation .
12 It contained questions that most citizens , unaware that numbers did behave , would rather not be asked .
13 To such objectors we simply put the question : what sort of evidence would you require to be convinced that miracles did occur ?
14 It is well recognized that , despite careful precautions , self-poisoning and self-injury do occur among psychiatric inpatients ( Hawton 1978 ) .
15 The latter two sources are of uncertain reliability , while the Encomiast 's suppression of Emma 's previous marriage to Æthelred makes one suspicious of his entire treatment of the affair , but it is inherently likely that negotiations did take place , for Cnut was shrewd enough to appreciate that gaining Emma 's assistance against her sons without Richard 's goodwill would have been to leave the job half done .
16 It shook slightly as he scribbled an address , then pushed the serviette across the table , his body slowly relaxing as Ward let go of him and picked up the serviette .
17 Well , I do n't want to get too technical because mathematics does get very esoteric and erm it 's a real Tower of Babel to research mathematicians .
18 My Lords , the , the point made by the Noble Lord is that it is an important one erm it is important that teachers do feel comfortable with this subject and to that end the erm grant for education support and training is making money available and religious education has been added to the number of subjects for which it can be made available to help with er improving specialisms in schools , but also pr improving co-ordination for religious education in schools .
19 ‘ It is very important that players do go and play for their country , but we have n't got it right here , ’ said Francis .
20 It is unlikely that employers did pick your school .
21 I think food is unlikely because food does affect the very poor , but the likelihood is there will be VAT on newspapers and books . ’
22 It is probable that Sheffield did make a start , for a fresh lease was issued to him on 5 December 1806 for the remaining 18 years of his term by Lady Anne Frederica Elizabeth le Fleming — Sir Michael had died .
23 Nevertheless , it is probable that ownership does contain within it the potential for direct and indirect control .
24 They are not passive little sidelines but are the actual location of class ( and if anything else other than class does matter , then that also ) action in relation to the state .
25 It therefore seems fairly certain that Swegen did have a Slavonic consort , probably for political reasons .
26 Having said all that , owls are still lovable and i do kid myself that they care about me .
27 It was as close as Jane dared go to a direct suggestion of murder , though she could not resist one more enticement .
28 . Can I just ask the other question perhaps which is relevant when people do make a contribution if they actually identify themselves so that may be useful if actually know who people are representing themselves or representing an organisation .
29 Head teachers are responsible for ensuing that teachers do teach and carry out assessments as required … .
30 ‘ If it should turn out to be true that God did intend males to exhibit strength in leadership roles and females to excel more as the guardians of society 's emotional resources , why should this be viewed ipso facto as an evil arrangement ? ’
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