Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior cataloguer who has brought in significant new business through proven negotiating skills may be offered a Deputy Directorship at £20–25,000 . |
| 2 | Although the extraction of semantic information from dictionary definitions may be considered an objective in itself , many researchers pursue a specific application , or at least have a range of applications in mind . |
| 3 | This is just one more sign that the courts may be balancing the scales of justice a little more fairly than has been the case over the past decade or so . |
| 4 | And in between the P C which we find on many peoples desks may be emulating a character terminal , may be emulating erm an X-terminal to provide that user interface to an individual . |
| 5 | At present , only shareholders may be offered the choice . |
| 6 | Participants signed a protocol to a treaty creating a Central American Parliament , providing that deputies should be elected no later than 36 months after the treaty was constitutionally ratified by each state , and that such elections should take place in accordance with the electoral laws of the respective countries . |
| 7 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 8 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 9 | A report , launched last week by inquiry chairman Anthony Scrivener QC , says local authorities should be given the cash to provide more bail support schemes . |
| 10 | The report recommended that local authorities should be given the leading role in planning and co-ordinating community care . |
| 11 | Some MPs are suggesting that local authorities should be given the power to compel farmers to protect hedges . |
| 12 | For where it has been drawn is everywhere ; from the insistence of Thorndike , and the early behaviourists like Watson and Hull , that all is to be explained , including human behaviour , in terms of conditioned reflexes , to the open-handedness of well-meaning liberationists like Rollin who argue that even worms and sea anemones should be given the benefit of the doubt since we can not be certain that they do not feel pain and therefore have a consciousness ( 1981 : 31 ) . |
| 13 | These engagements and meal times should be considered the fixed points in each day . |
| 14 | The aim at all times should be to have the most accurate estimate of the final cost . |
| 15 | These schools may be spared the risks of improper use , but schools can not tailor programmes of study to children throughout the range of ability if ability can not be assessed . |
| 16 | Outgoing president Paul Scherer suggests that potential candidates may be exaggerating the pressures on the president : there are in fact no more than six Council meetings a year , and an additional monthly afternoon meeting for officers . |
| 17 | Inspection in schools must be considered a vital part of the education system . |
| 18 | Tobacco is a drug and addicts should be given a chance to ease off gradually . |
| 19 | Subsequently , concentrations should be measured every 48–72 hours , depending on the clinical context , previous results , and likely duration of treatment . |
| 20 | He demanded a ‘ windfall tax ’ on their bonanza and said those who gamble on currencies should be treated the same as horse racing punters . |
| 21 | And police have suggested that soccer fans should be charged a hooligan levy when buying their match tickets , the money would go towards the cost of security at soccer grounds . |
| 22 | BRAKES should be checked every time before you ride . |
| 23 | To close the eyes should be to see a carnival amongst friends . |
| 24 | While the legal rights of all parties must be respected the welfare of the child must be the court 's paramount consideration . |
| 25 | To the failure of politics and tactics must be added the most serious shortcoming of all : the absence of a defensible strategy for lifting the British economy out of its present crisis . |
| 26 | Bar-coding of Garden labels should be given a high priority , allied to systems for on-site data collection . |
| 27 | Entries must be received no later than first post on Monday March 18 , 1991 . |
| 28 | Secondly , along with the development of the training and enterprise councils , Britain 's sectors should be given a key strategic role . |
| 29 | It is debatable how far young readers should be automatising the reading skill , or attempting to think about it as a conscious act . |
| 30 | Brothers are more readily excused than sisters , it would seem , although even here Lewis and Meredith report considerable bitterness on the part of carers who felt that their brothers should be playing a more prominent , if minor , role in the care of their parents . |