Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is not possible to discuss all of the possible specially-tailored clauses that may be needed in standard terms and conditions , but these can cover such issues as special acceptance tests , compliance with particular quality standards , or special methods of manufacture or delivery . |
| 32 | For example , knowing how may people aged between fifty and sixty are alive today , together with knowledge about the death-rate of this age group and their state of health , enables the state to plan the number of places that may be needed in residential homes for the elderly in twenty years ' time , as well as the level of home help provision that will be necessary . |
| 33 | Many retailers also use ACORN to evaluate the product ranges that should be stocked at different stores . |
| 34 | This seems to indicate that , despite his reference to sex as a fine and noble thing , he still regards it with a certain amount of misgiving , and as something that should be kept under strict control . |
| 35 | For counsellors to know the limits of their competence is clearly important , and calling in specialist help is always something that should be done in good time . |
| 36 | There is also the recurrent debate over the degree of specialization that should be incorporated in social work education . |
| 37 | Erm I think we feel quite strongly that that erm er the the emphasis that should be placed on environmental considerations is is considerable . |
| 38 | A suitable yardstick of good practice has been provided by the OECD , which in its contribution to Road Safety Year in the European Community in 1986 produced a synthesis of road safety research , with aims that included ‘ identifying those safety measures that should be reconsidered in national and international road safety policy formulation . ’ |
| 39 | The UITF concluded that such benefits are liabilities that should be recognised in financial statements in accordance with the accruals and prudence concepts of SSAP 2 , Disclosure of Accounting Policies , and the Companies Act . |
| 40 | Between 1945 and 1983 , all children ascertained as ‘ handicapped ’ were classified into ten statutory categories of handicap.7 By the 1970s there was widespread dissatisfaction with this system as a means to guide the form of education that should be provided for categorised children . |
| 41 | The second initiative that should be taken by central government is to shape its purchasing policy so that government contracts are increasingly placed in areas of high unemployment . |
| 42 | In particular , the International Organisation of Securities Commissions ( IOSCO ) has concluded that LIFO is one of the accounting alternatives that should be retained in revised IASs . |
| 43 | It needs skill and experience to use this comparison table , and the advice of a specialist teacher for visually handicapped pupils should be sought if there are problems in deciding the size of print that should be used in individual cases . |
| 44 | In so far as the levels of government expenditure are fixed by general political considerations , if one group is expressly given favourable tax treatment the value of tax revenue lost is a cost that must be financed by other tax payers . |
| 45 | The achievement of a highly reliable level of software management is currently the most important step that must be taken towards overall control of software production , configuration and issue . |
| 46 | This is an additional reason for management to create an even more elaborate division of labour than might be warranted from mere technical considerations of the tasks to be done . |
| 47 | I found parental " insignificance " a family situation which figured a good deal more often than might be expected from mere chance in the history of dependent individuals . |
| 48 | Stool volume and frequency ( Table VI ) increased after all doses of cholera toxin to a higher degree than might be expectred after intestinal perfusion studies using balanced electrolyte solutions . |
| 49 | A cursory glance at some laws that might be regarded as typical components of scientific theories indicates that they satisfy the falsifiability criterion . |
| 50 | Behaviour that might be tolerated at New Year 's Eve celebrations or at a football match could be regarded as disorderly at a solemn thanksgiving ceremony . |
| 51 | From the safety of space , it would prove an interesting experiment , one that might be duplicated on other worlds , far away , should it succeed . |
| 52 | Very often the appeal to the appellate tribunal can cover matters that might be raised on judicial review . |
| 53 | ( S. ) 71 , this called for a delicate balancing exercise between the possibility that the offender might commit further crimes in this country and the harm that might be done to innocent people if he were deported . |
| 54 | The Minister will know that we appreciate and share his concern about the handicap that might be placed on British industry by the European social charter . |
| 55 | Any residues not digested in the stomach must therefore be ejected back through the oesophagus , and to prevent damage that might be caused by sharp ends of bones the process of pellet formation is such as to enclose the bones in the undigested skin and hair from the prey animals . |
| 56 | The discussion above by no means exhausts the observations that might be made about postnominal attributives . |
| 57 | Subdivisions that might be applied to certain types of headings ( such as places , literatures , and so on ) are shown under key headings in the main list . |
| 58 | According to Mr Ryder , the nuclear inspectors decided to get together to swap information and to identify ‘ good practice ’ that might be codified into formal guidance notes . |
| 59 | There are several techniques that might be used in international marketing research that would not normally be used for research into ‘ domestic ’ markets . |
| 60 | But Mr Sibsey told T V programme planners to think carefully before showing scenes that might be watched by impressionable young children . |