Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A family with many sons could farm its land successfully without the burden of paying farm workers and could if necessary send a son to work in the nearest town or city to earn money to pay back debts or to buy more land . |
| 2 | Where a project requires technical expertise it may also be necessary for the company to recruit suitably qualified personnel or seek outside advice if the expertise is lacking , both at the outset and during the course of the project . |
| 3 | This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical . |
| 4 | Can embargo be a useful instrument to protect lead times or influence Soviet policy ? |
| 5 | According to the report , the New York-based Lawyers ' Committee for Human Rights had obtained evidence that the 17 had been charged with " vague and broadly worded offences " under a 1965 government decree which outlawed actions " opposing any of the goals of the revolution , or advocating any disorderly acts or publishing false news with the aim of causing disorder " . |
| 6 | In Lewes , as in many other Sussex towns , the patriotism of the Bonfire displays , heightened during the wars with France , could spill easily over into a week of repeated apprentice riots , with the participants throwing bricks through the windows of unpopular employers or threatening personal violence and arson . |
| 7 | The whole thrust of the current strategy whether to increase the number of shareholders or to extend parental choice in education is to strengthen the position of the existing middle class and to bring the ‘ new' technological and service working class within the capitalist net . |
| 8 | Erm certainly we 'd not anticipated that it would outweigh existing structure plan policies or outweigh existing Policy E two . |
| 9 | The continuing squabble among Ministers over whether to raise taxes or cut public spending in November to tackle the budget deficit has triggered a new outburst of Tory in-fighting . |
| 10 | Membership of the European exchange rate mechanism is seen as the main constraint on all parties , holding back growth and thus reducing the scope for popular moves to cut taxes or increase public spending . |
| 11 | Trailing wires can so easily be cut when trimming back hedges or mowing long grass . |
| 12 | Your silver stamp of success Apply Now If your company has successfully increased exports or achieved commercial success with innovative technology you could be eligible to apply for The Queen 's Awards for Export and Technology . |
| 13 | the main , or one of the main , reasons for the business ' structure was to avoid registration ( not , say , due to the partial exemption rules or to get limited liability protection or facilitate a part sale ) ; |
| 14 | Italians only find skiing interesting when they 're shouting epithets or carving each other up , which makes for severe anxiety neurosis among less passionate mortals . |
| 15 | There was an acceptance here that the WEA was not necessarily educating for political and social action : its task was to create a better-informed citizen democracy , whether or not its students went on to join pressure groups or assume civic office . |
| 16 | For instance by encouraging an active interest in the environment in which we live , and by supporting groups or promoting cleaner technology , less pollution and less waste , we 're ensuring the quality of life for future generations , and also the potential for future business opportunities . |
| 17 | You can also use them to compare two similar groups or to follow one group through a period of time and observe any change in attitude . |
| 18 | People holding loud parties or operating noisy machinery will be closely scrutinised by the council 's environmental health officers . |
| 19 | These agreements will set local targets which reflect local priorities , for instance , to cut waiting lists or switch mental health services into the community . |
| 20 | Supporters who buy season tickets before August 15 will be handed free passes for the following season if the Seasiders fail to make the play-offs or gain automatic promotion . |
| 21 | A grammar could , of course , be used to reject certain word candidates or to assign higher probability to some over others , and thus reduce the number of paths . |
| 22 | The Davis/Baker/Tear recording , made for Philips in 1977 , is so deservedly well-known and admired that anybody thinking about changing allegiances or buying another version in preference must be urged to think twice . |
| 23 | As many market buildings stand in squares or have public space around them , they provide a natural place for people to congregate . |
| 24 | Decisions to award generous executive bonuses or to provide plush executive dining rooms and executive parking places tell the old story of entrepreneurial heroism . |
| 25 | Instead a person could be held to commit an offence if he used words or published written matter which were threatening abusive or insulting in situations where , ‘ having regard to all the circumstances , hatred is likely to be stirred up against any racial group in Britain . ’ |
| 26 | Other bears will also use tools in captivity ; spectacled bears use leafy branches , provided for them to eat , to knock fruit off overhanging branches or to retrieve floating bread from water . |
| 27 | For those not wishing to specialise in statistics , some courses may be taken as options with Mathematics honours or in an ordinary degree ; such possibilities are valuable to those who intend to teach in schools or to take other employment in which they will apply mathematics . |
| 28 | If the driver does not respond , a back-up system automatically applies the brakes or makes less engine power available . |
| 29 | ‘ Is our school a good school ? ’ is unlikely to draw many negative responses or to provide much insight into the sources of satisfaction or dissatisfaction . |
| 30 | The brewers are moving over to leases not to improve the running of their pubs or to offer better service to customers but simply to avoid new government legislation aimed at giving tenants greater protection . |