Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun sg] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition half of Ingredient P would have to be purchased externally for [ f9,000/2 ] f4,500 . |
| 2 | Those found guilty of insider dealing would face a series of civil penalties including disqualification from the directorship or management of a company for up to five years . |
| 3 | Any creature that could eat hundreds of rugby balls could swallow us in one go . ’ |
| 4 | Hundreds of oil jobs will go at the UIE yard at Clydebank unless new orders are won quickly . |
| 5 | Hundreds of oil jobs will go at UIE in Clydebank unless new orders are won quickly . |
| 6 | Health watchdogs fear the Government 's NHS reforms could mean hundreds of hospital patients will have to travel long distances for treatment . |
| 7 | But when she had made her reckless decision to sail with him , it had never occurred to her that the smooth , sunny Mediterranean of holiday brochures might have a darker , more dangerous face . |
| 8 | Regulations 29 to 31 of Table A shall take effect subject to this paragraph . |
| 9 | Regulations 29 to 31 of Table A shall take effect subject to this paragraph . |
| 10 | Truman was reminded that it was an agreed military estimate that if Indo-China falls , ‘ very likely all of South-East Asia may come under communist domination ’ and , although it might not have seemed a very credible danger , it was pointed out that the Philippines were less than 800 miles from Indo-China . |
| 11 | Our first thought might be that an individual bank which was short of base money could raise the rate of interest it offered to depositors . |
| 12 | If more adequate services are to be made available for the expected increase in the numbers needing them , those of working age will have to pay more in central or local taxes . |
| 13 | In Britain for the foreseeable future the ultimate purchaser of 80% or more of health care will continue to be the Treasury . |
| 14 | As millions of rail travellers will testify , the ‘ service ’ is now no more than a sick joke . |
| 15 | Its people gripped by an apathy from which the snappiest of TV soundbites may draw no blood at all . |
| 16 | It has been estimated that up to one-third of hill land could grow timber and the aim is to increase the forestry acreage by 60 per cent by the end of the century . |
| 17 | Evans has drawn attention to the danger of discrimination by specialty in a cost-obsessed climate , so that ‘ a geriatrician may face the nightmare that the specialty dedicated to providing old people with the best of hospital care will become an impediment to their obtaining it ’ , even though an investment in optimum treatment often yields rich dividends through the avoidance of expensive long-term dependency . |
| 18 | THOUSANDS of rail commuters will get a discount on next year 's season tickets . |
| 19 | Nor do I accept that all the questions referred to a visitor involve such arcane learning that only those intimately aware of university affairs can begin to understand it , the judges of the land not being able to appreciate the issues . |
| 20 | New volunteers who may not be aware of hospital policy can make errors of judgment . |