Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if we agree with his general hypothesis , we have to accept that in some instances people will eat the dead bodies of other people — if only in order to stay alive . |
| 2 | It might also have disturbed them to know that in such circumstances what is still a fairly new and effective lifeline for them would have been ruled out — insurance . |
| 3 | The first two types of educational computing in the list above are at the moment basically the province of such departments — but it is good to know that in many schools and colleges there are strong links with mathematics . |
| 4 | It would be nice to write that despite these lapses of judgment , not to mention the occasional maladministration , investors and other stakeholders in business do not have to worry because of the safety superstructure which has been built since . |
| 5 | Not only were there also one or two very old statutes to which resort could be made , but the common law of conspiracy was generally held to preclude collective actions designed to harm employers ' interests : " it is not the denial to work except for more wages than is allowed by statute , but it is for a conspiracy to raise their wages , for which these defendants are indicted " , concluded a famous judgement against some striking tailors of Cambridge in 1721 . |
| 6 | However , it is important to observe that in many symphonics and in a good deal of chamber music a different situation prevails . |
| 7 | So many track workers have been allowed to go that in some parts of the country we are not able to put gangs together to work on a proper maintenance programme . ’ |
| 8 | I believe , therefore , that Rousseau was right to look with apprehension on the fragmentation of society into a collection of interest groups , and to see that in such circumstances it is all too easy for the general interest , the good of the community as a whole , to be lost sight of . |
| 9 | He was astute enough to see that in some ways they shared the same experiences . |
| 10 | Such a situation has led Matsuda ( 1965 ) to claim that in most insects the head comprises an acron and only five cephalic segments . |
| 11 | Of course , so few are aware of his background and he being , shall we say , a little unorthodox in his dealings with people , never seems to think of it or to realize that in some circles it might be of — of help to him . |
| 12 | We have to remember that in many cases it was , ironically , only accidental hardening by destructive fires that preserved caches of clay tablets as samples of the Minoan scripts . |
| 13 | To suggest that in these circumstances ‘ the gravamen of the husband 's conduct is the injury not the sexual intercourse he has forced ’ is entirely to deny any sexual autonomy for women within marriage . |
| 14 | Boserup on the other hand gives explicit attention to environmental degradation , but in such a way as to suggest that in some cases soil erosion actually induces desirable agricultural innovations . |
| 15 | It will be part of my argument to suggest that behind these actions lies a unifying attitude of mind , a political position , which is primarily concerned to protect and conserve certain values and institutions . |
| 16 | From this general , and somewhat-pessimistic picture it is necessary to assert that in most regions there are quite distinct potentials for growth , but some of these are more easy to exploit than others , even given sufficient investment and other inputs . |
| 17 | It was a poor match for the 1,019 crowd to endure and with both sides using the big boot upfield on the sloping pitch , it was n't a game for the purists . |
| 18 | Recording equipment is becoming lighter , smaller , more portable and simpler to use and with most cameras nowadays you do n't need to use extra lights , provided the room is reasonably bright . |
| 19 | It is a worrying time for the Cupertino company , but it probably can come through more or less unscathed , simply because people buy Apple kit not for the underlying technology but for what 's on top of it , so provided a happy marriage can be arranged between the PowerPC hardware and Apple 's software , and the thing ends up looking to the user like a Macintosh that is simply faster , more powerful , more easy to use and in all ways better than the 68040-based models , Apple should be able to scrape through — and there is still a Motorola Inc 68060 in the pipeline that Apple can fall back on if everything in the IBM relationship goes awry . |
| 20 | Does the Minister also accept that , in considering agriculture , it is crucial to bear in mind the responsibility of all involved in the food chain , from production to consumption , to ensure that at all times consumers get good , healthy , pure products at the best possible price ? |
| 21 | In selecting a new class of options the clearing house attempts to ensure that at all times contracts may be exercised without any undue influence on the share market itself . |
| 22 | 5.20 Keyholders To ensure that at all times the Landlord has [ and the local Police force has ] written notice of the name home address and home telephone number of at least [ 2 ] key holder[s] of the Premises While this is not necessarily objectionable it is a provision that is easily overlooked and imposes an obligation on the tenant which may not be appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 23 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 24 | This view could be called cynical , but my experience leads me to believe that in most situations we are preoccupied with ourselves and our own agendas . |
| 25 | Fifty years later , everything looked different , but this was the situation which Lanfranc faced , and which Anselm inherited , and it is important to recognize that in these circumstances the primacy represented a practical instrument of unity . |
| 26 | As this medical view is based fundamentally on the gender identity and self-image of the transsexual , he implies that the law is prepared to concede that in most circumstances sex determination is a matter for the individual . |
| 27 | Patterns of in-phase and out-of-phase voltage and current signals can be utilised to recognise and in some circumstances correct for Groningen effects . |
| 28 | In the former , Lord Macmillan hesitated ‘ to hold that in these days and in an industrial community it was a non-natural use of land to build a factory on it and conduct there the manufacture of explosives . ’ |
| 29 | This research has been expounded at some length here to demonstrate that despite some limitations it is informed by a relatively subtle and complex analysis . |
| 30 | After all , the postclassical position recognises that variability in human criminal motivations plays a part in accounting for the prevalence of crimes : it would not be too damaging to the overall position to allow that in some cases it plays the major part ( provided that the exceptions only constitute a tiny proportion of total crime — which would certainly be the case with sexual abuse of children ) . |