Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people may regard painting as a childish activity . |
| 2 | Certes , Sir , it behoves you to do this , because it is for God 's service , and because I may pardon Rodrigo with a good will . |
| 3 | The court may stay execution pending a hearing under any of the rules in Ord 37 ( Ord 37 , r 8 ) . |
| 4 | One may eliminate famine as a possible underlying cause of discontent , as the harvests in the five years before 1381 were at least average and sometimes good ( 78 , p.161 ) . |
| 5 | Easements for both gas and water mains may restrict development for a 4 — to 10 -metre swathe through a site , depending on the size and pressure of mains , and both are very expensive or impossible to divert . |
| 6 | Despite difficulties in interpreting arousal as a unitary physiological concept , it may make sense as a psychological one . |
| 7 | Whatever the truth , it is to be allowed that in speaking of them as effects in the ordinary way , to the extent we do , we may make use of a conception other than the one we have been examining . |
| 8 | Fourteen miles away you can visit Grey Mare 's Tail , a great waterfall , and here you may catch sight of a herd of wild goats which live in the area . |
| 9 | Some individuals can take up the suggestions of the hypnotist to the extent of becoming deaf or blind or unable to smell ; they may withstand pain without a murmur , re-experience being a six-year old , or even forget everything that happened , after hypnosis , until given a prearranged ‘ release ’ signal . |
| 10 | Remembering always that it is far better to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Funeral Service ’ to a person who may seek information regarding a memorial , than to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Memorial Service ’ to a person who requires information regarding funeral arrangements . |
| 11 | Large leaves may need support from a cane or , in the case of ficus , can be gently rolled up with an elastic band . |
| 12 | Elderly people with mental impairment who can no longer manage their own affairs may need assistance from a social worker in protecting their finances by consultation with the Court of Protection , under the Mental Health Act 1983 . |
| 13 | But finds that are deteriorating ( such as iron objects which corrode rapidly in damp conditions ) , that have been preserved by unusual conditions ( such as waterlogged wood or leather which dry out and warp or crumble if left untreated ) , or any others which are fragile may need conservation in a laboratory to prevent further decay and to strengthen them , so that they can be handled and studied . |
| 14 | A minority are unable to make any attachments at all and may need time in a therapeutic community ’ , Elliffe said . |
| 15 | Additional question : " Do you agree that Uzbekistan should remain part of a renewed union ( federation ) as an equal sovereign republic ? " |
| 16 | Your alloted space in purgatory is reserved the moment you decide , for whatever reason , that a bottle of excellent but inexpensive champagne ( Safeway £7.49 ) must make way for a grander counterpart like Bollinger ‘ 83 ( Sainsbury 's £20.45 ) or , if the devil has really got to you , Dom Perignon ‘ 82 ( £44.99 at Tesco ) . |
| 17 | And the County Council 's consistently said to the West Yorkshire authorities , you must make provision for a range of sites in suitable locations to help draw er development that would othe otherwise come to North Yorkshire . |
| 18 | To explain this type of unemployment more fully , we must make use of a model of the economy within which the level of DD unemployment is determined . |
| 19 | In time of special and genuine difficulty the Council will of course be prepared to extend the period for submitting applications but bodies must seek approval for a late application no later than the time when the application normally would be due . |
| 20 | An employer from a partnership company should consider membership of a course committee as a right rather than a favour , and the college should see the invitation as an obligation not a dispensation . |
| 21 | You must consider exercise as a top priority for the future . |
| 22 | This danger exists also in secondary schools where the governors ' report must include information in a prescribed form in relation to public examinations — in effect , a publication of results . |
| 23 | I think we should discuss money in a , in a wider context |
| 24 | On the First Floor , we should display material from a Permanent Collection of RBGE-owned botanical artworks . |
| 25 | in this case the defender was not insured and was not licensed but an insurer was conducting a holding defence while they considered whether they should repudiate liability under a policy issued to the owner of the vehicle and persons taking the vehicle on hire . |
| 26 | Thus for SiFH 3 , the stretching vibration of the SiF bond must give rise to a dipole change along the C 3 axis , conventionally the z axis ( see Fig. 5.17 ) . |
| 27 | The central theme of the Bains Report ( 1972 ) is reflected in the following quotation ‘ … the traditional departmental attitude within much of local government must give way to a wider-ranging corporate outlook ’ ( Bains 1972:6 ) . |
| 28 | The trustee must give notice of a dividend to all creditors who have proved their debts ( r 11.6(1) ) . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's grossly unfair and discriminatory that cold take-out food should carry VAT from a hotel but not from anywhere else . |
| 30 | A program object which must precede declaration of a user defined function ( FN ) or procedure ( PROC ) . |