Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operation by fund managers was thought to be purely tactical , to avoid the risk of a sharp fall in the currency followed by an equally sharp rise should the next government decide to apply the remedy of higher interest rates . |
| 2 | In 1983 production increased from 58.3 MTOE ( 1982 ) to 61.5 MTOE and the Netherlands proposed to Britain that Dutch gas could replace Norwegian should the two parties be unable to reach an agreement on Sleipner as subsequently proved to be the case . |
| 3 | Ohka 33 would have had the endurance to permit a second or third attempt should the first death-dive have been miscalculated . |
| 4 | It was intended to play a major part in the Japanese defence of the Homeland should the Allied invasion occur . |
| 5 | And what course of action would the Mozambican journalists who criticize their government 's policies ( Political puzzles ) take if they suddenly found themselves in the hot-seat of a country in chaos ? |
| 6 | But we 've been asking during this programme will the real John Major please stand up . |
| 7 | Whilst under the protection of a sympathetic government the balance of power had unquestionably shifted perceptibly towards the lower classes , landlords and employers remained sufficiently strong and confident to be poised for a counter-attack should the political climate change . |
| 8 | It was evident that in neither the ECSC nor EDC could the supranational agencies have powers commensurate with their responsibilities : the ECSC was already giving indications of the resilience of national governments . |
| 9 | Not until a new switching centre in Birmingham comes on stream will the 1000-km network be up to the mark . |
| 10 | While not for one moment can the appalling state of housing in many of the major English cities be denied , there is no reason to believe that the problems of poor housing and underprivilege are any less acute among the rural as opposed to the urban poor : they are merely less obvious and less concentrated in numbers . |
| 11 | We hear many reports that the Land Rover 2.5 litre turbo diesel engine is underpowered , drinks oil and needs constant servicing Can the new Discovery 200 TDi turbo diesel engine be fitted into a 110 as a replacement engine ? |
| 12 | There were even police standing in the wings ready to cart everybody off to the nearest station should the forbidden line be recited . |
| 13 | That Henry was now thinking of Richard 's keeping his duchy is suggested by the plans he was making to install John as King of Ireland , but what price would the Old King demand in return for this concession ? |
| 14 | Thus you must provide adequate back up advice should the other person run into difficulties . |
| 15 | Erm , at what age must the selected period finish , Philip ? |
| 16 | With no less force than on the dog 's behalf might the third-party claim that the law should intervene to see the job is done , but there would be no inclination to talk of the right of the grave to be maintained . |
| 17 | I believe that a criteria based policy might the best way forward for that . |
| 18 | His aim in this was as far as possible to translate changes of tones into changes of colour , feeling that only by this method could the full saturation and pressure of colour be realized . |
| 19 | What practical advice could the armed forces offer to someone who contemplated taking out a private prosecution ? |
| 20 | What impact will the increasing acquisition of formal qualifications by women have on existing , and future , structures ? |
| 21 | What impact will the proposed station have on its environment and especially on traffic ? |
| 22 | What role will the human resources function perform ? |
| 23 | What do you think in your opinion or in your experience would the best avenue be for me to follow ? |
| 24 | Only at the functional level would the two types of system be equivalent . |
| 25 | A leading argument deployed by the ILP and its supporters at the Labour Party conference was that only by quitting the Government could the Labour Party hope to retain its authority with ‘ the men in the workshops ’ and thus avert ‘ the terrible danger of insurrection . ’ |
| 26 | He gobbled its contents like a thirsty man would the purest water . |
| 27 | What single word would the Prime Minister use to describe his Chancellor of the Exchequer ? |
| 28 | Only if the chance of failure at the end of the day approaches certainty should the likely outcome affect the question of access to the court . |
| 29 | Following the principle of decorum ( to be found , for instance , in Horace 's Ars Poetica ) , the classical view was that the style which dealt with serious matters had to be non-realistic , in the sense of systematically eliminating references to everyday life and using a type of language much more elaborate and re fined than that of everyday usage ; non-serious subjects could be dealt with realistically , in ordinary language , but on no account could the different levels of style be mixed together . |
| 30 | If the Western economies emerge unscathed from the current fine mess , to what degree of unimaginable disaster will the next boom lead ? |