Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anecdotes themselves range from bizarre nostalgic gems , such as cricket writer J.L. Carr 's memory of a pre-war Yorkshire cinema where the manager would roam the aisles cracking a whip , to the riotously surreal , as with Alyson Stoneman-Hunter 's account of watching Westerns in New Zealand in the enthusiastic company of whooping Maori cowboys . |
| 2 | Her mother Wendy hovered round the house in too petty and ethereal a form to be much use : the occasional glimmer of light where no light should be , an object in motion which by rights should be still . |
| 3 | She slapped a bubble-syringe into the hair at the base of the girl 's neck where the mark would n't show . |
| 4 | These are collected and put into a PC database at HQ where the information can be used with the GIS to map the problem areas . |
| 5 | It was still there , a gap where a gate should have been , leading on to a rutted farm track . |
| 6 | There is a loft where the grain used to be dried over tiles before it was ground . |
| 7 | Access to the centre of the ‘ bowl ’ is conveniently on the south coast where a track could be seen on the map heading for but stopping short of Ipsarion . |
| 8 | He slaughtered a pig so the kiln would burn hot and fierce and would not turn out any soft , yellow , useless bricks . |
| 9 | Certainly it was an even more comprehensive defeat than the scoreline would suggest . |
| 10 | Also a local Christian , prepared by the Spirit , is more effective in his witness than the missionary can ever be . |
| 11 | A properly signed and endorsed witness statement will carry more weight than a transcript should it be necessary to admit it under the Civil Evidence Act in the event of the witness being unable to give evidence at trial . |
| 12 | A laser is an exceptionally bright source of light so the light can travel much further between successive repeaters . |
| 13 | The clear and obvious course for America is to legalise cocaine so the trade can be controlled , but there is no way that we shall ever persuade the airheads in Congress of that most obvious piece of wisdom . |
| 14 | The receivers say there are potential buyers in the frame for the club so the meeting should be postponed . |
| 15 | Thus property offences should be dealt with by fines ( to be earned by forced labour if the offender can not pay ) and violent offences by corporal punishment . |
| 16 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 17 | Whatever the firms may have discussed and agreed , this is merely cheap talk if the agreement can not be enforced : under the conditions of this example , the firms will end up making competitive bids . |
| 18 | 3.9 References to " the last year of the Term " include the last year of the Term if the Term shall determine otherwise than by effluxion of time and references to " the expiration of the Term " include such other determination of the Term |
| 19 | ‘ We-ell , they 're forecasting heavy rain , ’ Simon pointed out , ‘ but if I had a key to the cottage I could go in and fix up some temporary weatherproofing until the roof can be properly repaired . ’ |
| 20 | It has been argued that judicial review should never be refused because of the existence of an alternative remedy if the applicant can establish a ground for judicial review . |
| 21 | It 's a marked contrast to Squashtec in Hetton-le-Hole , once a hugely successful club but now facing closure unless a buyer can be found . |
| 22 | As a driving instructor I encountered many people who thought that there was something wrong with the car because the wheel would not move easily . |
| 23 | The District Office obtained some extra coupons to keep tutor-organisers mobile and part-time tutors showed splendid generosity in using up their own allowances to fulfil their commitments : indeed , not one course in the whole of the District had to be abandoned part-way through the spring term because the tutor could not travel . |
| 24 | Th th th if y if you 're looking at this from the Communist Party perspective , I , I think one i i i i it seems a reasonably sensible s s strategic choice t go for the kind of programme because the alternative would be collectivization . |
| 25 | Out in the auditorium everything has to be checked every day for safety and there 's a non-stop maintenance programme because the show must always go on . |
| 26 | Evans-Pritchard , too , followed this style of research because no other would have enabled him to gain the insights that he wanted . |
| 27 | Why does guidance act as a punisher since a child may enjoy the contact it brings ? |
| 28 | The rising ‘ middle class technocratic ’ element in the party could believe this to mean that Labour would support modern managerial private industry while the left could imagine it meant the nationalisation of profitable growth industries in the name of state-sponsored technological advance . |
| 29 | The conference will cover the leading edge of the technology as well as providing user feedback while the exhibition will allow both current and potential users a unique chance to see the market leaders under one roof |
| 30 | There is often a time lag between the commission of any rape and its reporting since the victim may have considerable misgivings about doing so . |