Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a subject has more than one name , a library catalogue or index must bring all material on that subject together ( within the limitations of the scope of the collection or index ) under one of those names , and also cater for users who use different names . |
| 2 | The purchase of an interest in either Jaguar or Saab would extend another trend by the two Detroit carmakers which has seen both buy a number of small motor engineering firms in Europe in recent years to acquire technology . |
| 3 | ‘ If we did not , we would lose all continuity with our past , would only be able to live from moment to moment like butterflies alighting and flitting away , and no relationship or experience could have any permanent value for us . |
| 4 | Large families in small flats or houses might pay less than individuals in larger ones while receiving more services . |
| 5 | Economic incentives or disincentives such as pollutant emission charges or taxes should receive more attention than they had received previously . |
| 6 | Young people with little education but the right connections or boldness could make more money selling goods like watermelons on the street than they could hope to earn after graduation . |
| 7 | Thus though it might well be that the very short-term phases of memory are dependent on the continued electrical activity of the brain — and there will be more to be said about this in due course — in the longer term any persistent record or trace must demand some more permanent incarnation . |
| 8 | And then people used to er maybe wedding rings or sovereign used to pawn that and then they used to either they could n't afford to get it out , to , to redeem it so er the pawnbroker would sell it then , after a time . |
| 9 | Either Alice or Bert could bring such a claim if they suffered damage . |
| 10 | Who decides whether or not certain strategies or tactics will advance these goals is the major practical question for Marxists . |
| 11 | Workers or management may control some aspect of operations , but the struggle may simply shift to another area . |
| 12 | For seven or eight years I had been aware of a growing numbness , first in the muscles of my right leg and later in those of my left , for which no doctor or specialist could find any adequate explanation . |
| 13 | I pointed out that the head of any such branch or formation would have less experience than myself or my successor in the medium in which we proposed to operate . |
| 14 | No single strategy or tactic will resolve such a complex phenomenon as inter-group conflict . |
| 15 | The major divisions went to the nobility , of course , but a Frankish soldier had to fight on command , in the hope that a successful battle or campaign would realise some spoil for himself . |
| 16 | Those who belong to a particular group or stratum will have some awareness of common interests and a common identity . |
| 17 | Every terrorist or criminal will have all the identity cards he wants . |
| 18 | Further , no single or partial exercise of any such power or right shall preclude any other or further exercise or the exercise of any other such power or right under this Agreement . |
| 19 | Visitors for the school or Matthew could press either of the little buttons marked Inquiries above their names and step right in and wait for attention . |
| 20 | About 40% of people prescribed courses of benzodiazepines to treat anxiety or insomnia can suffer some withdrawal symptoms — souped-up versions of the symptoms the drugs are used to treat — after the course of medication is finished . |
| 21 | 8.2 To take Lease following disclaimer If at any time during the Term the Tenant ( being an individual ) shall become bankrupt or ( being a company ) shall enter into liquidation and the trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator shall disclaim this Lease the Guarantor shall if the Landlord shall by notice within [ 60 ] days after such disclaimer so require take from the Landlord a Lease of the Premises for the residue of the Contractual Term which would have remained had there been no disclaimer at the Rent then being paid under this Lease and subject to the same covenants and terms as in this Lease ( except that the Guarantor shall not be required to procure that any other person is made a party to the Lease as guarantor ) such new Lease to take effect from the date of such disclaimer and in such case the Guarantor shall pay the costs of such new Lease and execute and deliver to the Landlord a counterpart of it This provision is inserted to avoid the fact that a disclaimer of a lease by a trustee in bankruptcy or a liquidator will give rise to the release of the guarantor from the date of the disclaimer . |
| 22 | Taken to extremes , a Bonsai pine , cherry or plum can embrace many more elements than a mere dwarfed tree might at first suggest to the Westerner : antiquity , continuity ( the best examples have been cared for by successive generations ) , and symbolic qualities that only a study of Zen can fully bring home . |
| 23 | The planning gains or conditions may take many forms , including : ( a ) Dedication of part of the site as open space or parkland . |
| 24 | The diplomatic officer or consular agent or commissioner may take all kinds of evidence which are not incompatible with local law or contrary to any permission granted and , within such limits , they may administer oaths . |
| 25 | At the next stage weavers or knitters could put some yarn aside and conceal the lightness of the resulting cloth in various ways . |
| 26 | Sometimes one or other would misuse that privilege and perhaps shout more than was otherwise seemly , ‘ but the fact that we 'd grown up together meant we could have our rows and know that the next day one of us would apologise , and it would all be forgotten . ’ |
| 27 | Er I know Mike now goes off at slightly different subjects , so I would suggest if there are any questions , not only on what I 've just said , but really what you 've done this morning , the exercise , either myself , Dennis , or Mike , or Trevor could answer any questions ? |
| 28 | Theirs was not the insecurity of peasants , at the mercy of periodic — and to be honest , often more murderous — catastrophes such as drought and famine , but capable of predicting with some accuracy how a poor man or woman would spend most days of their lives from birth to the graveyard . |
| 29 | Although femininity in a man or masculinity in a woman may accompany homosexuality rather than heterosexuality ( and it is doubtful whether we can be sure on this point ) , the homosexual man or woman can occupy any point on the masculine-feminine scale , just as may the heterosexual individual . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) This Schedule and Policy shall be read together as one contract and any word or expression to which a specific meaning has been attached in any part of the said Schedule or Policy shall bear such specific meaning wherever the word or expression may appear . |