Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 As in the knife example earlier , the marketing and/or labelling will affect the use to which the product is likely to be put .
2 I 'd have given his place to Fat Frank , but if he 's off to , then maybe Whelan or Forrester could get the starting nod .
3 The will or settlement may impose the restraint on anticipation .
4 The artists do not have to be able to draw , though it helps : they do , however , have to be able to ‘ visualize ’ a design or a film and be able to explain their ideas by words and rough pictures so that a specialized artist or photographer can produce the finished illustration .
5 PaineWebber Inc and Needham & Co will co-manage the underwriting group for the offering .
6 Goldman Sachs & Co and Merrill Lynch & Co will co-manage the offer .
7 Only a life-or-death issue such as a liver or heart will hit the headlines .
8 Englishmen had been settling overseas for a century and a half but their colonies had been inhabited by people who , apart from the slaves who got no choice in the matter , had no particular difficulty in committing themselves to being loyal to King George : Englishmen , Scotsmen , Irishmen , or Germans would accept the King without question , and the Dutch of New York and the Acadians of Nova Scotia were almost the only people who had ever been asked to make a serious change of allegiance , which had been harder for the Acadians because of religious differences .
9 Which features or activities may reduce the value of land for tourists ?
10 I take this to mean that there is an equality , a reciprocity between the aesthetic and the political such that an aesthetic dimension or response can give the lie to a political claim .
11 All researchers have to think carefully about whether the interviewer 's sex , class , race , or accent will affect the answers that are given .
12 Although the consultant or GP may prescribe the treatment , community nurses make most treatment decisions — yet training for nurses in this area has been haphazard .
13 By choosing the ‘ right ’ data source , individuals or groups may influence the outcome of the planning process .
14 It is understood that certain regions , like Highland , Fife , Borders , and Dumfries & Galloway may survive the shake-up , while some districts , notably Eastwood in the constituency of local government minister Allan Stewart , could also become unitary councils responsible for most of the main council services .
15 But from April onwards it was obvious that either Huddersfield or Cardiff would win the Championship .
16 A contradiction in style during this change of éaulement or alignment can distort the design .
17 The point has been made that ‘ abusive ’ and ‘ insulting ’ are semantically very similar , and can be used more or less interchangeably ( the information or indictment can use the blunderbuss language of threatening , abusive or insulting without offending the rule against duplicity ) .
18 Even if the committees do not persuade ministers and civil servants to change what they do , their very existence makes Whitehall aware that any aspect of policy or administration may become the subject of more searching scrutiny than would be possible in the Commons ' chamber .
19 Where a problem arises for which there is no express provision in the contract , common law or statute may fill the gap , either by implying terms , such as requiring the goods supplied to be merchantable , or the service to be performed with reasonable skill and care , or by ruling that the impact of unforeseen events is to frustrate the contract .
20 Rather , he says that ‘ things are complicated , uncertain , and messy , that no simple rule or force will explain the past and predict the future of human existence ’ .
21 Hence , for example , there is little indication of precisely how much dissent or cleavage will throw the system out of balance .
22 ‘ was not clean and in good working order ’ This point means among other things that the lamps in question must be kept clean as mud or snow could hide the light .
23 ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do .
24 A student who for any reason intends to withdraw from the University before the completion of the course of study or research must inform the Academic Registrar .
25 The legislature voted itself sweeping powers to remove Mr Yeltsin if he deviated from the constitution and cancelled a referendum on whether the parliament or president should have the primacy in Russia .
26 No one person or department can resource the company 's marketing effort .
27 In all other cases , if the owner or agent is unable to allow viewing on any of the requested dates , the owner or agent must offer the choice of at least three weekdays and two Saturdays or Sundays in the following four-week period .
28 If it 's stamina and feeling ‘ fitter ’ that you want then probably a sport such as badminton , squash or tennis will do the trick .
29 But a bit of added hydrogen or oxygen could tip the balance .
30 There are many different ways in which death or divorce can alter the family pattern and there are no ground rules to help us know how to behave , as there are in the case of the traditional nuclear family .
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