Example sentences of "[subord] [art] [n mass] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the aircraft did turn northwards , the flight-data recorder trace showed that the outbound track was held for only a short while . |
| 2 | So the first problem facing any study of land use is the paucity of good and compatible data , for as the upper section of Table 8.2 shows , there can be considerable variations between different estimates , although the data do provide broad answers to the main points of interest defined by Peters ( 1970 ) namely : How much land is there ? how is it distributed between the major land uses ? and how have the allocations changed over time ( and space ) ? |
| 3 | Although the gentry did invest in canals through rural hinterlands in the later phase , it is evident that agricultural savings were not noticeably tapped . |
| 4 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 5 | But , you know , the situation is difficult in that if the people did move in there 's not a lot you can do about it because it would mean that you would have to surrender the lease , which means you 've let the guarantors off the hook for paying the then and you 're left without a tenant whatsoever . |
| 6 | I do this , and reel my other rod in so that if the carp does give one another chance there will be no other line to get in the way of my landing it . |
| 7 | Even if the media did inflate the ‘ winter of discontent ’ , even if Callaghan was unlucky when the Scottish National Party chose to commit political suicide in revenge for the failure of Labour 's devolution proposals , by supporting the Tories ' ‘ no confidence ’ motion in the Commons , Callaghan 's procrastination and the effects of his autocratic dealings with the unions were surely the main factors weakening the credibility of Labour between 1978 and 79 . |
| 8 | if an aircraft does come back it would be an ideal way of getting our market share back from by putting it on the east coast |
| 9 | Inasmuch as the media does reproduce such accounts it sustains the status quo , since ‘ the problem ’ is said to lie within the individual and not wider social processes , implying that a solution comes through changes in the individual rather than in society . |