Example sentences of "of [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , a new breakfast food marketed under the brand name of SLUB would stand little chance of success ; on the other hand , a flashing beacon called a GLEEPER ( on the analogy of bleeper ) might have some chance of succeeding . |
| 2 | A distillery that wanted to launch a new brand of whisky would face this situation . |
| 3 | And a shot of whisky would cost between 74p and £1.25 in the North , 80p to £1.20 in Yorkshire and 90p to £1.26 in London . |
| 4 | She was going very slowly and breathing heavily in her resolve that not a drop of whisky should be spilled . |
| 5 | Baldersdale was far too remote for any of the gentry to be interested in building a country residence there All the more accessible dales had their halls , manors and castles , but the high moors sweeping up to 1,500 feet above the valley of Baldersdale was the habitat of a creature which every aristocrat , and many wealthy merchants and other nouveau riche with aristocratic pretensions pursued , then and now , with fanatical zeal — Lagopus scoticus , feathered-footed member of the Tetraonidae family , otherwise known as the red grouse For the locals it meant an extra cash crop during the days following the Glorious Twelfth — the shillings and sovereigns tossed , somewhat disdainfully , at them for providing a back-up service , such as beating the heather to alarm the birds into the air and towards the buckshot , or placing their horses and wagons at the disposal of their lordships so that ammunition , lunch and the essential bottles of whisky could be transported to the guns and the day 's bag of slain birds brought safely to the all-important count . |
| 6 | These Year 8 pupils from Lakers School in the Forest of Dean will be studying the play next year . |
| 7 | If all representations of lesbianism are negative ( in line with society 's presentation of heterosexuality as the only positive sexuality ) , then conceivably a positive image of lesbianism could have a promotional effect . |
| 8 | The greater part of the property of Britain used to be surrounded by a kind of magic circle within which the law of honesty could not penetrate . |
| 9 | The most important mechanism whereby horizontal and upward movements of moisture can occur is the capillary suction which affects the water films attached to soil and rock particles . |
| 10 | The bulk of moisture should be underneath , which is why you filled the planting hold beforehand , so that root action is encouraged to work down to seek it and in so doing become established . |
| 11 | TRACKING down the stray dogs of Inverness may soon be easier thanks to the ubiquitous micro-chip . |
| 12 | Certainly the tabular method of presenting results does not show them in the best light and the use of graphs would have made them much more accessible . |
| 13 | The drawing of graphs should wherever possible be based on information collected as a result of practical activities , |
| 14 | Then he said , the Bishop of Bangor will have to sue you . |
| 15 | The scheme , planned for land at Parc Menai on the outskirts of Bangor will cover almost 40,000sq ft , including parking and other facilities . |
| 16 | The Bishop of Bangor will also ordain Robert William Townsend and Eric Roberts , both of St Michael 's College , Llandaff , as deacons to serve as assistant curates Mr Townsend at Dolgellau and Mr Roberts at Bangor . |
| 17 | However , since all readers of Update might reasonably be expected to have a keen interest in training issues , the Training and Development Lead Body ( TDLB ) has been chosen to illustrate how at least one such organisation has taken up the challenge to develop qualifications for its sector . |
| 18 | This edition of Update will be the last devoted exclusively to the Advanced Courses Development Programme . |
| 19 | In the future , attempts to achieve a modicum of unity would go ahead regardless of the British position . |
| 20 | The charismatic movement did in places cause division and provoke suspicion , especially in its early days , but it is my settled conviction , and my experience , that this need not be so , and that the Spirit of unity would have it otherwise . |
| 21 | Protagonists of unity may have been despondent about the loss of the EDC and the European Political Community , but were not routed . |
| 22 | Keeping an appearance of unity will not be helped by the fact that the two party leaders , Mr Chirac and Mr Giscard d'Estaing , are bitter rivals in the presidential stakes . |
| 23 | ( The late-twentieth-century history of " Germany " shows that collective memories of unity can outlast a generation of partition . ) |
| 24 | Little of that spirit of unity could , however , be attributed to the activities of the Communist party . |
| 25 | It is likely that some degree of unity could have been achieved between them had not Mrs Webb become convinced that the division was irreconcilable and determined to make every effort to bring her proposals to fruition . |
| 26 | The cost of unity could be done through a gradual restructuring of the Ulster economy to make it similar to the Irish Republic . |
| 27 | If , if your , if your total turnover was sixteen thousand , then the inspector of taxes would want from you an account which shows how your fifteen thou sixteen thousand has been arrived at , who 's paid you this money because he looks at those and he checks their accounts to see they 've received it obviously , that 's what it is , and wh how is your five thousand pounds made up . |
| 28 | Excess mortgage allowance schemes which have the approval of the Inspector of Taxes may provide tax-free payments to employees under the Inland Revenue 's Statement of Practice ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 29 | Now , there is a basic constitutional principle , embodied in the Bill of Rights of 1688/9 , that the levying of taxes must be authorized by statute , and so there is an argument for saying that non-statutory rules made by the Revenue which effectively determine a taxpayer 's liability to tax are ‘ unconstitutional ’ . |
| 30 | Occasionally , inhibitions released by drink or instant rebellion against the ritual of subservience would flare into sudden challenge to the constable 's authority . |