Example sentences of "[noun] be [conj] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
| 2 | Disadvantages said to be attendant upon a duty to provide reasons are that it can stifle the exercise of discretion and overburden the administration . |
| 3 | ‘ The signs are that we can work together on a more certain basis , that we can find principles on which we can agree . ’ |
| 4 | Last year , Bolger lost his record of races won in a calendar year to his perennial rival Dermot Weld , but the signs are that he will regain the record this season . |
| 5 | The reasons for introducing terminology are that it will provide the reader a ) with confidence in using the microcomputer ; b ) with the knowledge to discuss the various uses of the microcomputer with colleagues ; c ) a basic knowledge of the microcomputer from which the reader can go on to discover other , more intricate aspects of the microcomputer . |
| 6 | Their strengths are that they will have drive and self-confidence , and the weaknesses , they 're intolerant towards vague ideas and people . |
| 7 | Erm , again if you 're not comfortable doing this kind of thing then you should n't do it obviously , and the last thing on the monthly calendar card is as you 'll see er , er on the twenty fourth , twenty fifth , twenty sixth and twenty seventh , it has another personal message there . |
| 8 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 9 | One other aspect of hovering in a wind is that it will tend to mask any offset in the tail rotor trim . |
| 10 | The advantage of using the OSCLI command is that you can use a variable for the file name and the command does not need to be the last ( or only ) one on a line . |
| 11 | The result is that we can provide them with the tools needed to design more efficient heat transfer equipment . ’ |
| 12 | I am doubtful about the validity of ‘ torturing the evidence ’ : surely , if you torture someone the usual result is that he will speak the truth . |
| 13 | The Precision in a way is too middly , but the thing about the Jazz is that you can get more top and bottom from it at the same time , and that 's the sound I like . |
| 14 | The first merit of P. N. Furbank 's admirable biography is that it should revive interest in Diderot . |
| 15 | The irony is that you can create the same look for a tenner down the market . |
| 16 | One additional benefit of adjustable string tension is that it can allow tightening to compensate for natural string slackening . |
| 17 | Although one object of having such ministries is that they can deal with problems in a manner specially suited to conditions in Scotland and Wales , the fact that the ministers belong to the UK Cabinet and are responsible to the UK Parliament means that there is considerable pressure for uniformity . |
| 18 | In my view , the value of research is that it can help teachers to define more clearly the problems that they themselves must solve . |
| 19 | A further element of contrast built into the research is that it will explore how inter-agency policies are negotiated and enacted at a local level , in a small number of tightly defined neighbourhoods which will be chosen in such a way as to reflect demographic variations , differences in housing stock and employment , varying local crime rates , ethnic diversity , and other relevant factors . |
| 20 | ‘ The great thing about this boat is that we can take it out in all kinds of weather throughout the year , and everyone will be perfectly safe on board . |
| 21 | ‘ The great thing about this boat is that we can take it out in all kinds of weather throughout the year , and everyone will be perfectly safe on board . |
| 22 | A central argument of this chapter is that we can gain much by rereading and reinterpreting old , now relatively unfashionable , forms of sociology . |
| 23 | Another aspect of the applied philosophy of the polytechnics is that they should maintain close contacts with industry and business . |
| 24 | One of the main arguments for giving GPs and hospitals freer rein is that they will pioneer the innovations that lead to swifter change . |
| 25 | As far as the marine conservation society is concerned , the tragedy is that it may have taken an ecological disaster to finally make people listen . |
| 26 | Part of the beauty of scientific study is that it can take you in a number of different directions , expected and unexpected . |
| 27 | God 's intention is that everyone should enjoy the birthright of assurance . |
| 28 | And second , the attitudes and temperament of any family with whom the child is already living and where either the parents have already become the psychological parents or else the intention is that they should become so . |
| 29 | As a basic point , you should enquire whether the scheme is contracted in or out of SERPS and whether the intention is that it should remain so in the future . |
| 30 | My intention is that I should leave at the end of the year . |