Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 2 | The British may yet have cause to renew their debt . |
| 3 | Action : Modules of type FOREIGN must not have headers with versions earlier than 2.2 . |
| 4 | In a typically astute piece of marketing Terry Blamey and PWL saw that — with a major multi-million-pound sponsor behind them — allowing fans in free would further endear Kylie to her record buying public without also eating heavily into profits . |
| 5 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 6 | ‘ We get between 40 and 80 people into the concert room midweek now , because trying something different will always bring people in the club . ’ |
| 7 | Many of the millions of unemployed will also have trouble in finding the cash for this particular commitment . |
| 8 | ‘ Being careful wo n't help Sam . ’ |
| 9 | It is perhaps just as well that the English can not understand Burns or they would probably also hijack him . |
| 10 | After M'sieur Fabien died , my aunt arranged for it to be stored , because a house that is left empty can sometimes attract thieves , you understand . |
| 11 | Does Patrick Jenkin really believe that microelectronics holds any hope for the unemployed ( The unemployed can not blame automation , 24 February , p 526 ) ? |
| 12 | ‘ The unemployed can not blame automation ’ |
| 13 | The arguments in Patrick Jenkin 's article ( ’ The unemployed can not blame automation ’ , 24 February , p 526 ) are identical to the way I saw things when first involved in computer-controlled machine tools over 20 years ago . |
| 14 | Does Patrick Jenkin ( The unemployed can not blame automation , 24 February , p 526 ) really believe that microelectronics holds any hope for the unemployed ? |
| 15 | The accused could not take advantage of a previous wrong , i.e. of the forgery by which the money came into his account . |
| 16 | PLEASE NOTE : Whilst every care has been taken to ensure factual accuracy in the production of this guide , Battle Promotion Ltd. will not accept liability for any error or inaccuracy . |
| 17 | IHTA 1984 , s18(2) states that if immediately before a transfer the transferor ( but not the transferor 's spouse ) is domiciled in the United Kingdom , the value in respect of which the transfer is exempt shall not exceed £55,000 less any amount previously taken into account for the purposes of that exemption . |
| 18 | But the poor can only produce children . |
| 19 | This is particularly important should short term ventilation be required , and antibiotic therapy should never be withheld while the results of investigations are awaited . |
| 20 | LIFESPAN ABLE will not allow entry of approved software . |
| 21 | Telecom Australia , which trades off-shore as Telstra , says it has won a licence to build and operate a digital cellular telephone service in New Zealand ; Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd will also face competition in the cellular market from BellSouth Corp , expected to launch its network next month . |
| 22 | To ask , without prior notice , to withdraw six students for a tutorial when the ward is desperately busy will not help relationships . |
| 23 | The lonely can not enjoy solitude . |
| 24 | The Northamptonshire Enterprise Agency Ltd can not accept responsibility for any inconvenience arising from errors or alterations , however caused . |
| 25 | Morden , Surrey-based Short Term Rental Systems Ltd can now offer UK customers what it reckons is a unique combined hardware and software personal computer rental service , thanks to a series of agreements with WordStar International Inc , Microsoft Corp , BitStream Inc and Lotus Development Corp : users are offered a combination of Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc machines ready-loaded with the software of their choice — an 80486 machine with colour monitor , inkjet printer , WordStar word processor and Lotus spreadsheet will cost £135 ; 24 hour support is also available from Bushey , Hertfordshire-based Professional Support Centre ; the service is aimed at ‘ Small-Office-Home-Office ’ users , large corporates wanting to hire machines for project work , and hotels , exhibition and conference organisers wishing to hire out facilities to clients ; rental , naturally , has been viewed with suspicion by software companies anxious about piracy — Short Term Rental has got round this by removing the installation commands from the software it rents so preventing users from copying . |
| 26 | MAS would also review SPG 's progress to ensure that , prior to partner profiling and on the basis of publicly available information , there are no fundamental reasons why it should not be possible to conclude a deal with each of the partners identified through the above process . |
| 27 | One of the French girls at her Swiss boarding school had told her that boys liked a girl to have a ‘ poitrine ’ and they became very excited when they touched a girl 's breast ; this , she had maintained , explained the fashion for dresses which made a girl look flat-chested — so that as many as possible would not inflame men 's passions and would thereby remain virgins . |
| 28 | Wessex and Yorkshire are thought possible targets for Compagnie Generale des Eaux and Southern could eventually fall prey to Saur , which owns most of the private water companies in its area . |
| 29 | As the affair between Norman and Henrietta progressed and showed no sign of being short-lived , Minton began increasingly to make scenes and when drunk would physically attack Norman . |
| 30 | The physical geography of the city in general can now complement studies already undertaken of specific cities . |