Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course all this begs important questions about whether chemists have succeeded in duplicating the conditions of the early Earth but , even so , given that we ca n't answer these questions , the argument is worth pursuing . |
| 2 | Given that we can adequately define who to include as belonging to the category " the population of the United Kingdom " , and providing that we have convenient lists which do not seriously under-represent significant subgroups , then reasonable estimations of population values can be made from the sample . |
| 3 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 4 | The impression has been given that they can not live independently in ordinary housing . |
| 5 | ‘ Given that you ca n't give it up , and you seem unable to scrub round it at present , ’ said Francis , ‘ what exactly have you got ? |
| 6 | Intelligent Aside from that small niggle , which is n't that important , given that you can always use the file transfer utility to move any files you need from redirected devices to the client machine , the FastLynx device drivers are very intelligent — if you tell them to be . |
| 7 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |
| 8 | So , given that he 'd always have to keep a foot in England , if only during the cricket season , and given that as long as he kept a presence here he would be answerable to the Society , he had to face them . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , given that it will not do to define law as a means to institutionalise dispute-resolution and so inhibit unregulated conflict , we may surely expect the control of force to be a major objective of law . |
| 10 | Mr Yeltsin made clear he would not contemplate any reduction in his powers and that his government would stick to its monetarist path , albeit with greater emphasis on social protection for the hardest hit . |
| 11 | Mr Yeltsin made clear he would not contemplate any reduction in his powers and that his government would stick to its monetarist path , albeit with greater emphasis on social protection for the hardest hit . |
| 12 | Mr Yeltsin made clear he would not contemplate any reduction in his powers and that his government would stick to its monetarist path , albeit with greater emphasis on social protection for the hardest hit . |
| 13 | BORIS Yeltsin , the Russian President , suffered two serious blows last night when the country 's highest parliament voted to strip him of direct control of the government by July , and Ukraine made clear it would not ratify a landmark arms treaty between the United States and the former Soviet Union . |
| 14 | You know when things got fresh she 'd perhaps have enough for all week or till you went on the Tuesday , you see , yeah . |
| 15 | But this kind of literalism can actually repel some who might otherwise enjoy the band . |
| 16 | Labour last night insisted courts must make clear they will not tolerate the actions of vigilantes . |
| 17 | It 's the sort of question that a man and a woman might very well give different answers to , but it seems to me that there are different sorts of things that erm some women tend to notice , different sorts of ideas that tend to assume prominence in the imaginations of some women , and erm to that extent I think that George Eliot 's sympathy for other people , including people that she does n't actually agree with , is perhaps a characteristic that one might tend to find more in a women novelist than in a male novelist , although I 'm not sure that one can be absolutely dogmatic and say that one would never find a male novelist who could write the way that George Eliot does . |
| 18 | They 're trying to make the bottom bit look decent now , they keep buying things for it , but it never looks right you ca n't see it from here , we 'll go out and look at the garden after tea . " |
| 19 | Their overriding need will not be for advice , but for love and support , and if you provide this you will not fail them . |
| 20 | You see I I think er er probably one of the best erm Ministers of er of er Education that er has been for quite some considerable time and I bet you throw your hands up in horror when I say this you will totally disagree and I 'm talking here cos his name 's just slipped out of my mind . |
| 21 | To ensure the widest scope for getting the best deal it is necessary to exclude those which can not supply on the terms required . |
| 22 | You agreed that a tiered membership structure ( with stepped rates ) was valuable in enabling those who could not afford to contribute above this lower rate to continue doing so . |
| 23 | Though purists may object , the performances of all four concertos on the disc spring to life , fast movements as well as slow , and will equally delight those who would normally choose an account on modern instruments . |
| 24 | At this early stage in getting to know Qbasic you can hardly expect to turn out a master work but to leave you with just Hello World until next month would be cruel . |
| 25 | I got ta make a dozen mince pies for the , she said can you make a dozen mince for the , I said no Sheila , she said pardon , I said no , I said I 'd buy twelve I will not make twelve , so after that she 's , then went round everybody could make twelve mince pies , it 's a bit of a nerve is n't it ? , seems a bit of a nerve asking us to buy the wool and make |
| 26 | ‘ Sometimes , if he got bored he would just come up and start reciting . |
| 27 | Should you still feel dissatisfied you may personally bring your grievance to the notice of Personnel Management Division or you are free to raise it with your staff association or trade union who may take action on your behalf . |
| 28 | Once we 've done that we can then start examining the list to see what 's on the list . |
| 29 | Then the king 's son was so sorry for what he had done that he would willingly have died too , if it would have brought her back to life . |
| 30 | besides a great many sins that he knew he had done that he could not remember . |