Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the use of law in litigating the illegality of nuclear war may be sensible in the USA and quite foolish in the UK ; while reinforcing legal ideologies may seem sensible in the Netherlands , it may be dangerous in West Germany . |
| 2 | More precise identification may be available in Cocaine Anonymous or in Bulimics Anonymous but the risk of these smaller Fellowships is that the meetings may become weaker through lack of numbers and relative inexperience of recovery . |
| 3 | However , the fact that the defence may resort to procedural tactics or that the weakness of some investigations may become apparent under re-investigation should not lead us to reject a formal mechanism of quality control . |
| 4 | Young Germans may have less in common than is thought , writes Michael Simmons |
| 5 | He argues that the value-creating activities may be summarized in nine categories as below ; each of the support activities may support any of the primary activities . |
| 6 | In many streets , although the houses may appear similar to the estate agent who drives along valuing them , they are often far from uniform . |
| 7 | The culminating symbol of so much diverse activity was to be achieved in the thirteenth century , when the independent cities , led by those of Flanders , erected fine belfries so that their bells should rival those of the churches in summoning the flock to meet . |
| 8 | Once it is accepted that surrogacy is unlikely to cause any serious harm , the idea that it could be used for social rather than medical reasons should lose much of the horror and condemnation with which it tends to be associated . |
| 9 | Moreover , its mutations must follow those of language : when the functioning of language changes , so must narrative functions . |
| 10 | It 's logical that two male vets should get most of the farm work . ’ |
| 11 | Yet if they are to fulfil their responsibility to monitor their population 's access to health care the authorities must have all of this information . |
| 12 | The ideal screening system , such as might be used in antenatal clinics should utilize one of each sort of test so that a combination of sensitivity with selectivity can be obtained . |
| 13 | These fast-changing times should cause all of us to reflect on the lives we are leading and how we can better them for ourselves and those around us . |
| 14 | Our actions or words may reactivate one of those hurts , but that is no more than putting that old 78 back on the gramophone . |
| 15 | Those words may seem familiar to you , Mr. Deputy Speaker . |
| 16 | The variety of course combinations may seem bewildering at first sight , but they result from having a flexible system which tries to allow you to move to new subjects if you find them more attractive than the subjects which you first chose . |
| 17 | In-service demonstrations in the schools of program units may avoid some of the perils of H0 — ‘ who reads publishers ' advertisements ? ’ |
| 18 | It is clear , therefore , that rules of English law which restrict access to courts , tribunals and remedies may fall foul of the principle of effective protection recognized by EC law ; and the greater the restriction , the more likely is it to do so . |
| 19 | A patient 's eyes may become sticky through a watery discharge which can be very uncomfortable and will need regular cleaning . |
| 20 | While such mentalistic constructions may sound implausible at first sight , they are justified in three ways . |
| 21 | While unusual and exotic shapes may prove attractive to the eye , are they going to be suitable to house a successful marine micro-environment ? |
| 22 | Such animals may appear magical to us because we tend to cling to our own heavily filtered reality . |
| 23 | Agriculture will have to be re-thought , because most crops , at present , grow close to their physiological limits ; and present day wildlife reserves may prove unsuitable for the plants and animals they contain , as the climate within them changes . |
| 24 | Teachers in state schools must adopt some of these selling techniques if history is to flourish in the state sector . |
| 25 | Assuming that schools-industry liaison is a good thing and that schools should do more of it , the project team has set out to support the development of ‘ local solutions to local problems ’ , rather than prescribe a particular kind of development . |
| 26 | Two years ago , the Texas supreme court declared that money had to be spread equally between rich districts and poor , and that rich schools should send some of their revenues to the state to be shared out . |
| 27 | English departments in secondary schools should take some of the responsibility for preparing pupils for such purposes of spoken language in public life by providing firm foundations on which they will be able to build as adults with increasing maturity and experience . |
| 28 | The commission recommended , as a step towards integration , that a number of public schools should accept some of their pupils ( eventually at least half ) from maintained schools , using criteria of comprehensive selection and social needs ( rather than selection according to ability ) ; these pupils would receive financial assistance . |
| 29 | The committee decided that the units should remain open for another year and that the director of education be instructed to find the £50,000 needed , possibly from reserves . |
| 30 | Mr Scargill said miners and their supporters should vote Labour to ‘ dump ’ the Tories . |