Example sentences of "[that] [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 2 | It is difficult to identify the personality that might give rise to this energetic emotional life , so full of fears and petty triumphs ; it is a kind of vainglorious fool , a miles gloriosus . |
| 3 | Last winter , though , Mr Tomlinson started work on his biggest project yet — to build a 250hp tractor that could do justice to the farm 's ultra-high output Mengele SH4ON forage harvester . |
| 4 | For example , members might claim to be disadvantaged in an open hearing in putting forward a defence that could give rise to legal action for defamation or breach of confidence . |
| 5 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 6 | ( i ) The main requirement of water for textiles is freedom from solid particles in suspension or from substances that could give rise to solids in processing . |
| 7 | It is not hard to find suitable populations of bodies that could give rise to the observed range of crater sizes today — more on this in section 6.4 and in Chapter 8 . |
| 8 | A catalyst that could convert methane to methanol or larger unsaturated hydrocarbons directly and at low temperatures would be of enormous commercial interest . |
| 9 | PC margins have grown so slim that no one was incorporating them into PCs for multi media applications as there were no applications that could provide value to a user that bought them . |
| 10 | Your answer to a question from T.D Smart in the Q&A section of the July edition of ‘ Practical PC ’ , contained some information that could cause damage to the NiCad batteries of your readers who follow the advice . |
| 11 | The Rebbe has told Israeli followers to vote against left-wing parties that would cede land to the Palestinians — an action he maintains would be militarily disastrous . |
| 12 | A bargaining position was established that would draw attention to the needs of the lowest paid workers , and , hopefully , lead to a reasonable wage settlement . |
| 13 | It had to be a safe name , innocuous , nothing that would draw attention to the past . |
| 14 | For this purpose , ‘ contingent liabilities ’ includes all transactions guaranteeing , underwriting , or pledging assets as collateral security for , obligations of a third party and ‘ commitments ’ includes every irrevocable commitment that would give rise to a credit risk . |
| 15 | Folly did n't want to encourage the sort of speculation that would give rise to — especially when she was so near to taking over as boss . |
| 16 | Marking his way carefully to the door that would give entry to the parcels office , he shone his torch around him . |
| 17 | Following an appeal by UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar for a cease-fire over civilian-populated areas , this was accepted by both sides and the secretary-general now sought to widen it into something that would give effect to the Security Council resolutions , call for an end to the fighting altogether . |
| 18 | He persuaded the Board in 1970 to recognise that a new kind of qualification was now required , one that would give status to the more ‘ creative ’ approach to drama in schools . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
| 20 | In no time at all you 've got a professional looking report that would do justice to a public company , let alone a sales manager . |
| 21 | The only concession to technology is a 12V CD player and a selection of discs that would do justice to a small radio station . |
| 22 | McAllister could not but agree with him , and had to stifle a grin as he led them around , the women staring , and the men , manifestly bored , dragged along to accompany wives and girlfriends who would , that night , describe their visit to the East End in terms that would do justice to a journey up the Amazon . |
| 23 | It is long since past the time when Her Majesty 's Government should take political and security decisions that would deny success to terrorists . |
| 24 | Replace all metal drainpipes with plastic ones ( which are far too flimsy for anyone to scale ) , remove any trees near the house that would assist ascent to the first floor and absolutely never leave ladders outside the house , front or back , always lock them away . |
| 25 | A little shaky a little bumpy the start of a thousand mile journey that would test endurance to the limit . |
| 26 | Within a year , Dall had devised a machine that would reduce handwriting to the scale of 140 bibles to the square inch . |
| 27 | So far there is little here that would run counter to what would be considered orthodox Marxist views . |
| 28 | The government has started an advertising campaign that will draw attention to health hazards . |
| 29 | There are two processes , one on either side that will develop into the lower jaw ; two further processes that will form the cheeks and upper jaw , and a central process that will give rise to the nose . |
| 30 | The divergence of tissue lineages preceding implantation segregates three precursor populations : one that will give rise to the trophoblast , another that generates extra-embryonic endoderm and a third , the epiblast ( embryonic ectoderm ) , from which is derived the entire fetus and the extra-embryonic mesoderm ( 1 ) . |