Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that there can be no question of the ontological claims expressed in existential proposition being explicable in terms of attribution of certain properties to certain items which may or may not possess such properties . |
| 2 | He illustrated different ways in which reading , for example , could be taught , and how some children may not be ‘ mature ’ enough to cope with a ‘ look and say ’ approach , or may not develop that way . |
| 3 | He must or must not prosecute this man or that , nor can any police authority tell him so , the responsibility is on him , he is answerable to the law alone . |
| 4 | The " labouring poor " covers the majority who did work and who were less than comfortably off , but the truly poor were usually so because they could not work or could not get enough work , while many skilled journeymen earned more than small-holding freeholders . |
| 5 | Even those who could not , or would not derive any benefit from this advice , must be at least partly seduced by its clarity and persuasiveness . |
| 6 | In doing this it would have been helpful to include profitability or value added as the independent variable but in all countries there were many companies which did not know or would not release these figures in relation to individual products . |
| 7 | As to whether it will be a viable alternative to the likes of Hell , Scitex and Crosfield or will simply provide these companies with the base material in electronic form is an answer that is some years away yet . |
| 8 | The other is to go into coalition with some of the other regional parties that may also hold some seats in parliament . |
| 9 | These , it is important to stress , are generalizations — there are always individuals or subcultures that may not have such orientations . |
| 10 | It is rather Britain that has chosen the Italian road and opted for a one-party state that may soon have more difficulty in government than it imagines . |
| 11 | I have warrant from the king to deal-to keep open , if I can , a means of communication with Glendower , any honest way of continuing the debate that may yet stop this fighting , and let tradesmen and students and friars move freely about their business again . |
| 12 | But I mean a mother that could n't sleep all night , and get up the next day , having to cope with the family , erm you know , thing things like that , they 're very difficult . |
| 13 | Nature had simply seen fit to bestow on her a tall , long-legged and generously curvaceous frame , topping it off with a face that could easily grace any magazine cover , with its high cheekbones , slanting tawny-coloured eyes and full provocative mouth . |
| 14 | The return of Jim McInally in midfield — he also missed the cup-tie because of suspension — will also bolster Dundee United and increase the strain on Aberdeen not to make any false moves that could fatally injure such title aspirations they may harbour . |
| 15 | The " internal " limits on democracy in Britain are a rather different matter , however , and part and parcel of the Left description and critique of the established British constitution is the call for a new constitution for Britain that would somehow lift those limits . |
| 16 | The knowledge explosion means what it implies ; the task of producing a scheme that would really satisfy all needs , and avoid the criticisms which had very rightly been levied at all the previous schemes , was enormous . |
| 17 | What choice do you give the patients that ca n't use that ward that you 've closed down ? |
| 18 | Smaller companies that ca n't afford these luxuries can sometimes arrange to use spare capacity on the network of a nearby multinational . |
| 19 | The Matisse client software incorporates a micromodel for ease-of-use that will reportedly support any data model and includes an object-oriented template for integration with other applications . |
| 20 | The Dundee venue will house all the matches but the contest that will surely carry most interest will be that between Menzieshill and Indespension at 4pm . |
| 21 | Our mystics come to a similar conclusion and try to help their readers to develop a quiet confidence based on an imaginative vision of an over-arching but indescribable benevolence that will ultimately make all things well . |
| 22 | Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House will take every step to persuade the European Community not to introduce regulations that will ever allow such trade to be introduced . |
| 23 | The first aim of the research is to identify how managers and consumers represent knowledge about competitors in a given market , and to develop a methodology that will accurately map this process . |
| 24 | So if you were serious about promoting social housing over time what you would be working for is not a stop go economy in housing , not a stopped go regime in terms of halas housing finance , but a stable , a long term commitment towards er er a financial regime that will actually bring that housing through and that is something you have not done . |
| 25 | He — in his little bit , sitting on a different spindly chair — had the presence of mind to take the opportunity of delivering an onslaught on the Snow school of criticism , the stranglehold they have , their implication that there are worthwhile characters who ‘ matter ’ and others that can not have any importance . |
| 26 | ‘ That is the only possible explanation for the steady supply to newspapers and authors of this information that can only put more pressure on the prince and the Royal Family . |
| 27 | A company qualifies as a small company for the purposes of filing abbreviated accounts if , ( a ) following s 246(4) neither the company , nor any company in the group of which it is a member , is : a public company or a body corporate ( not being a company ) that has power under its constitution to offer its shares or debentures to the public and may lawfully exercise that power ; a bank ; an insurance company ; or an authorised person under the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 28 | This is reflected in the relative use made of the two methods ; though use of the Hague Evidence Convention is increasing and may ultimately change this pattern . |
| 29 | Some parents have inappropriate expectations for their child 's level of development and may just require some help in understanding and acknowledging what their child is able to do and how appropriate this is for their age . |
| 30 | Often , this is done almost in the form of a doodle ( technically a ‘ scamp ’ or rough ) which shows how the elements of the design of the ad will fit together , and may also give some idea of the character of the illustration . |