Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The glass canopy , dating from when the property was used as a garage , and the existing facade would remain intact but the building behind would be demolished and rebuilt .
2 Could that remain intact as the channel strives to keep advertisers happy ?
3 How many units would remain intact when a criminal hurled a house brick at the glass ?
4 Not simply a resurrection in people 's minds — I might well grant that but a resurrection as an objective fact of history , so that it could be said that the causal nexus of history and that of nature were broken ( for there are not resurrections ) .
5 After ten years in a department working , for example , on housing , the fact that one man 's undergraduate degree was in philosophy and another 's in sociology will make little or no difference ; what will matter is the capacity and experience they have developed at the task .
6 If sulphur dioxide is giving rise to the principal health threat during a smog , then banning the use of petrol-powered vehicles ( which principally emit hydrocarbons , oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide as well as contributing to the formation of ozone ) will make little or no difference to sulphur dioxide levels compared with banning diesel-engine vehicles which do emit some sulphur dioxide .
7 But if we now recall the alternative definition of democracy as popular power , or popular sovereignty , then it becomes clear that it can not be a democratic act for the people to vote away their own power and their own rights ; any more than if I freely renounce my freedom I can remain free because the renunciation was a free act .
8 When he let go of her , she fell back against the sideboard , clutching it for support , fighting for enough composure so that she could make some clever response that would make clear that the kiss had not disturbed her in the least .
9 [ It should be noted that the rule does not make clear that the form incorporates the notice . ]
10 However , this procedure was not explicit to the readership , and only by adding an acknowledgement to the article could we make clear that the article had not been accepted just because the editor was an author .
11 I think also that we should make clear that the nature of the Tests this year is understood to be less threatening etc. etc .
12 To avoid problems the drafter should make clear whether the reference in the terms is to the definition current at the time of drafting or to the version in force from time to time .
13 It 's quite clear in in P P G three , paragraph eleven , that structure plans will make clear whether the housing provision figures include allowance from expected supply from conversions and changes of use , as well as from new building .
14 The order must make clear whether the time runs from the date of the order or from service thereof Van Houten v Foodsafe ( 1980 ) 12 SJ 277 .
15 Independent control of water supplies to individual sections would facilitate this and the flexibility and effectiveness of the extinguishing system would be further improved if zones could be triggered by remote manual means linked into the automatic system and terminating at the same point as isolation valves and of venting controls .
16 Otherwise it will yield little or no water from the impermeable confining layer .
17 They will need little or no pruning beyond dead-heading and keeping them within bounds .
18 The experienced drafter , with expertise in contract and commercial matters , may need little or no guidance on these matters .
19 Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours .
20 13.2 Should the Proprietor for any reason whatsoever not prepare or fail to deliver each new edition then the Publisher shall be free to employ an alternative writer ( or writers ) to edit the work in such manner as the Publisher may consider appropriate and the Publisher will be entitled to deduct all or part of the remuneration payable to the alternative writer(s) from royalties payable to the Proprietor on that edition .
21 13.2 Should the Company for any reason whatsoever not procure the preparation of or fail to deliver each new edition then the Publisher shall be free to employ an alternative writer ( or writers ) to edit the work in such manner as the Publisher may consider appropriate and the Publisher will be entitled to deduct all or part of the remuneration payable to the alternative writer(s) from royalties payable to the Company on that edition .
22 The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly .
23 When she returned — and she would surely return soon — she would need reassuring and a lot of tender loving .
24 However , the importance of the group is often measured by the number or helplessness of the people dependent on such services and the degree to which they are affected , for example we can all fall ill and a strike of doctors would affect all classes , rich and poor , young and old alike .
25 songs may have to be rewritten , particular studio engineers or producers may not be available when first required , band members may fall ill and the record company may delay the release of the album ‘ until the market is right ’ .
26 More generally , Arrow ( 1984 ) calls it hidden information or hidden knowledge — the principal does not know all that the agent knows .
27 This stress on will — " loke what wil is for in al " ( 70r. – 205 ) — is an aspect of the concern he expresses in Mixed Life for the importance of a " continuel desire to God " and in Scale 1 ( 22.295b. – 95 ) for a " hole and a stable entencoun " to please God which must underly all that the anchoress does .
28 You 'll need more than a bottle of rum to get through this disaster of a voyage !
29 Since there is no other kind of bread , inevitably if I do as I have reason to and buy a loaf I will buy one or the other .
30 No , you 'll need one or the other .
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