Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Such pupils are relatively expensive to educate , their presence may make the school less attractive to prospective parents , and they may depress the schools ' overall attainment scores on standardised tests .
2 It is not unreasonable that the investors should want the managers ' views on the accountants ' report , but management 's advisers should try to restrict this warranty to the facts in the report and exclude any opinions given by the accountants .
3 It should acknowledge that there are conflicts between critical approaches , and should make the students ' confrontation of them part of the pedagogic process .
4 It is best to classify this as a prefix-suffix error : any corrective teaching should focus the children 's attention on the effect of -ing on words that end in -e .
5 At a more subtle level , in both Richard III and Julius Caesar there is a sense in which disregarding portents is part of a more general characterization — of individuals who have taken their destiny into their own hands , or think they have , in contrast to those who consciously submit to their fate.6 However the context in which dreaming is used in the plot has to be constructed to suit the play — the ideology of the culture in which it is set must condition the characters ' responses .
6 Three of the news stories or feature articles should be of 350 words or more and one should give a pupils ' view of what the next Government 's education policies should be .
7 Student parents are eligible for financial assistance with sessional fees , and should contact the Students ' Union Education and Welfare offices at Jordanstown ( 0232 ) 365131 ext 2400/2452 or Coleraine ( 0265 ) 44141 ext 4323 for advice .
8 Student parents are eligible for financial assistance with sessional fees , and should contact the Students ' Union Education and Welfare officers at Jordanstown ( 0232 ) 365131 ext 2400/2452 or Coleraine ( 0265 ) 44141 ext 4323 for advice .
9 Whether Cecil Leitch found the course embarrassingly short is not clear , but Lady Rathcreedan afterwards proposed that during the summer ladies should use the men 's tees to lengthen their course although without altering the par !
10 Toys should become the owners ' possession and be placed where Fido can not get them .
11 Any musician who is seriously embarking on a career in the music business should join the Musicians ' Union .
12 The plaintiff must pay the defendants ' costs .
13 S 41 states that a charitable company must get the Commissioners ' consent before it carries out certain transactions with its directors , such as payments in respect of loss of office or retirement .
14 Certainly , I have still more to do , I must fill the oxen 's cribs with hay , give them water and carry out dung .
15 S 40 provides that a charitable company must obtain the Commissioners ' consent before it makes a change in its objectives .
16 These criteria should reflect the schools ' ‘ objective ’ needs rather than the historical picture of expenditure .
17 Although the agent represents the artist , he or she also must represent the promoters ' interests .
18 It will also take into account how a ban might affect the Trusts 's ability to purchase or lease land and its prospects for gifts and bequests .
19 If the printed word cat is presented , ‘ … the output from the visual analysis might include the attributes word> , , , , and so on ’ ( Morton , 1970 , p. 206 ) .
20 So there 's still a chance that he 'll become the Conservatives ' first black MP .
21 An alternative suggestion is that the substances produced by ants might supplement the birds ' preen oil in some way .
22 They 'll hear about these places and they 'll bomb the soldiers ' quarters . …
23 The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children .
24 At first Miss Outram told them to ask their mothers , but feeling she might lose the girls ' confidence if she blocked their curiosity she took a more direct approach .
25 The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome .
26 And at least we 'll find the girls ' car because according to what one can make out of her statement , they were removed from it somewhere on the road between here and Taverna yesterday morning … ’
27 Outside workers , the lowest of the low , are to have their own ‘ mess room ’ over the stables , though head gardeners and grooms may use the servants ' hall .
28 Tiger moths can also take their defence strategy a stage further , screaming out in ultrasound , which may jam the bats ' sonar or warn of their foul taste .
29 The difficulty with the argument is that it may provide a rogues ' charter .
30 The convention , drawn up in 1971 , requires signatories to list wetland sites for protection and notify the Ramsar bureau of any possible changes that could affect the sites ' ecosystems .
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