Example sentences of "[det] form [prep] [noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some forms of development could have significant effects on existing interests : the operator of a superstore , for example , is unlikely to welcome another one in the vicinity . |
| 2 | Another form of inauthenticity may occur when a person lives largely at the level of practical consciousness , in which routines defend against the anxieties which life itself engenders , and fresh desires are seldom asserted . |
| 3 | There are those who even dare to say that we should intervene militarily and hope that some form of peace will come about as a result . |
| 4 | Having agreed that some form of selection must take place , how do we go about selecting ? |
| 5 | Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being . |
| 6 | It seems clear that Britain at least did not envisage any institutional structures beyond this , yet some form of framework would have been necessary if all the objectives of the treaty were to be properly fulfilled . |
| 7 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 8 | If value consensus is an essential component of all societies , then it follows that some form of stratification will result from the ranking of individuals in terms of common values . |
| 9 | The idea that some form of market will act so as to restrain corporate managers from abusing their discretion by failing to serve the interests of the shareholders is flawed in two ways . |
| 10 | I will illustrate this by looking , firstly , at the claim that some form of market can legitimate the power of corporate managers , and , secondly , at the argument that the internal structure of the company can be so designed and used as to legitimate corporate managerial power . |
| 11 | Experts declared that the main cause of the pollution was nitrogen dioxide ( unlike the smogs in London during the 1950s , which were mainly caused by sulphur dioxide ) and warned that this form of pollution would become more prevalent as road traffic increases . |
| 12 | But at the same time this form of contact can seem to other policemen and women as skiving , as even one member of the public described it to the field-worker ( FN 17/12/87 ) , p. 6 ) , although such a caricature obscures the fact that the contact often has a more meaningful purpose . |
| 13 | However , it is clear that an imaginative treatment of this form of interior could show off the texture and complexity of the original timber structure to dramatic effect . |
| 14 | It has been found that this form of conditioning can occur much more rapidly if the response prevents unpleasant stimuli occurring or stops them once they have started . |
| 15 | Most Ophiacanthids so far examined possess a comma shaped surface except for Ophiomyces , the possession of similar articulation surfaces in Ophiohelus , Ophiothauma and Ophiotholia is inferred pending future study , so an absence of this form of socket would support Verrill 's proposal . |
| 16 | As the depth is obviously restricted this form of extraction would take place over a wider area than normal but in a district like this where the overburden is thin this is no real hardship . |
| 17 | Work needs to be done to agree how these forms of communication will operate , and to ensure they are maintained and followed , despite crises and other pressures . |
| 18 | All forms of charity can have the same unfortunate , unintentional impact . |
| 19 | The latter form of interference may give rise to liability in nuisance . |
| 20 | To carry out even that form of monitoring would have required the full-time work of two clerks . |
| 21 | Save The Children Fund 's years of experience shows it does n't work and indeed that form of incarceration can lead to some of the tragic circumstances of self image , damage and even death which have occurred in penal institutions and been reported recently . |
| 22 | If it seems surprising that the same forms of rioting should recur from one place to another over lapses of time , it should be remembered that food rioting was neither an isolated nor a continuous form of popular action . |
| 23 | The resumption of any form of whaling would prove an embarrassment to the Norwegian fisheries minister , Oddrunn Pettersen , who is currently lurching from crisis to crisis . |
| 24 | There is no specific treatment for this disease and complete recovery from any form of hepatitis may take four months or longer . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , those who respect the ballot box but who can not agree on any form of self-government could learn from the Israeli-Palestinian settlement . |
| 26 | Any form of stress may produce headaches , eye-strain and tiredness ( see Chapter 18 on managing stress ) . |
| 27 | The fact that some infringements do not require any form of knowledge may seem unduly harsh , but knowledge is required for some of the remedies and the situation is not as inequitable as it might appear , bearing in mind the need to protect the patent . |
| 28 | Any form of glare will cause difficulty . |
| 29 | As we noted in Chapter 1 , both forms of reward can have a marked effect on behaviour . |