Example sentences of "of [noun] [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 While violence on the field of play may generate tension and even trigger violence , one must probe a little deeper to discover the underlying social roots of the problem .
2 Regular reviews of progress will take place and students are asked to carefully monitor their own performance .
3 Most sets of values would give rise to universes that , although they might be very beautiful , would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty .
4 Inappropriate expectations about the speed of change may reduce motivation or the social conditions may present real difficulties ( Turner 1973 ) .
5 How do we develop systems that are sensitive to the needs of users as well as the expressed needs of practitioners ? and , How do we maintain the practitioners ' interest when the need for change is identified but managing a planned process of change will take time ?
6 The use of experts should become part of the organisational culture — with emphasis on the building of expert teams if possible , ( ie. ‘ two heads are better than one ’ ) .
7 BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future .
8 The discussion will fall into two parts : an examination , first , of the sort of information that can be gleaned from a study of individual coins , and , second , of how the study of groups of coins can throw light on contemporary propaganda .
9 In the same way , the electronic spectra of molecules can give information about their electronic structures , and have helped to establish our present understanding of chemical bonding in molecules .
10 In which case , the purpose of authorities may need clarification and reinforcement by ministers .
11 So although Attlee 's cabinet of the post-war years was instrumental in promoting and drafting the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms , few thought it necessary or desirable that this guarantee of freedom should become part of English law .
12 Ion Iliescu in particular became the focal point of demonstrators who claimed that his communist past disqualified him from office and that nothing short of a total purge of communists from all positions of responsibility would cleanse society of the effects of 40 years of dictatorship .
13 For any effective right of tax-diversion would require legislation to set up a Peace Tax Fund ; to prescribe the uses to which tax resources diverted into the fund might be put ; and to authorise the Inland Revenue Commissioners to take into account a person 's conscientious beliefs in determining which account that person 's taxes should be paid into .
14 There is not doubt that certain classes of drug can increase aggression , sharpen awareness and dull the pain arising from injuries , but they are all banned .
15 There will be more Environmentally Sensitive Areas if the Ministry of Agriculture can win funding from the Treasury in the Autumn public expenditure round .
16 Users with no knowledge of SQL can extract information from local and remote relational databases via a point-and-click interface .
17 Groupings of objects can highlight similarity and difference between different periods and cultures .
18 It is hoped an Ada version of ANDF will allow government , defence and corporate procurers to exercise a much greater degree of control over their suppliers , by enabling them to separate hardware and software purchasing considerations .
19 A distinction is made between sales negotiations , where a certain amount of bargaining may take place , and pure selling , where the salesman is given no freedom to bargain .
20 So there are times ( as we shall see in chapter sixteen ) when the rationality of faith must go hand in hand with the mystery of faith .
21 Often the form of a piece of literature may throw light on the nature of the piece and its background , or " life-setting " .
22 But , Tufnell of course must have precedence there at the moment .
23 Mhm , I can imagine well they know a bit about they know , oh , the , well , Julio of course used to keep goal did n't he ?
24 If so , it is perhaps surprising that a threat of a mere breach of contract should give rise to liability .
25 Jibé is enthusiastic that a route of this length and level of difficulty will divert attention away from the fashion for ‘ microroute ’ 8c 's , like Ben Moon 's Maginot Line/le Plafond and Hubble .
26 ‘ I 'm the sort of Jim 'll Fix It of marriage problems , ’ he said .
27 12–10- There was a proposal that it was desirable to have " an assistant to labour in the district by preaching and visiting " and it was thought that Mr Findlay of Dunlossit would give assistance towards this object .
28 If used with consideration , this type of experience can form part of a developmental programme .
29 For research to become a learning resource , lists of suggested reading in preparation for modules of experience should contain reference to relevant nursing research , in order to prepare for discussion in class .
30 At the time I was talking to the magistrate I had no doubt at all that the Duke of Marlborough would give evidence for me , if necessary .
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