Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good photography or colour reproductions can enhance the quality of a book , but are rarely a crucial factor outside the obvious field of the visual arts . |
| 2 | Underlining the absurdity of Ireland 's proportional representation system — and make no mistake about it , if we had a proportional system in Britain , it would n't be that nice Paddy Ashdown holding the balance of power , it would more likely be the Reverend Ian Paisley and a couple of Welsh Nationalists — the issue of whether or not Cable & Wireless Plc can buy a stake in Telecom Eireann could bring the coalition government down : Fianna Fail realises that in order to bring in outside investment into the debt-strapped state phone company and increase the lamentable penetration of just 31 phone lines per 100 people , there is little alternative to privatising the company outright or at least bringing an outside investor , but Dick Spring , deputy prime minister and leader of the Labour Party , minority partner in the coalition , issued a statement saying that any privatisation ‘ would represent a breach of the programme of government . ’ |
| 3 | Whatever the sufferer or family member may say at times of anger or despair , nobody causes addictive disease or can control it or cure it . |
| 4 | Your doctor , midwife or health visitor will tell you about these . |
| 5 | Your doctor , midwife or health visitor will tell you about these . |
| 6 | Your GP or health visitor will make the necessary arrangements at the correct time . |
| 7 | Your GP or health visitor will make the necessary arrangements at the correct time . |
| 8 | a ) decision process speed : the speed at which the individual ( or group of individuals in the case of multi-individual buying situations ) moves through the decision process will depend on a number of factors , including : * whether the decision involves a simple or routine purchased in which case routine response or impulse behaviour will occur . |
| 9 | Often the construction of a simple flowchart or systems diagram can help in this phase of comprehension . |
| 10 | For some postgraduates , their chosen course or research specialism may form a natural stepping-stone into a subsequent career . |
| 11 | Physical skills such as slow breathing or chewing gum can reduce the heart rate and thereby lessen the automatic appraisal of the stressor as threatening . |
| 12 | Field or core studies can give information on some of these features and thin section petrography can aid further evaluation , but care must be taken to avoid diagenetic fabrics in any such analysis . |
| 13 | University or polytechnic students should apply to their Careers Service for a list of possible employers while school leavers may be advised by the school or college careers adviser or the local authority careers adviser . |
| 14 | For more complex or specialised enquiries , your local branch or Business Centre will put you in touch with specialists including those in the column on the right . |
| 15 | Africa proved to be a paradise where Mr Sandy could pursue his favourite hobby of birdwatching : ‘ It was a most enjoyable tour from the birdwatching point of view because you can see more species in one day in Africa than you can in a year in Scotland . ’ |
| 16 | A yacht or fishing vessel would find it quite easy to evade our controls and could carry large amounts of contraband . |
| 17 | Drugs that inhibit tubular reabsorption of calcium or PTHrP secretion may help in patients who do not respond to pamidronate . |
| 18 | In order to make the text more readable ( always a GOOD THING ) the function or procedure name may start with an underline . |
| 19 | d ) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded ; and on a Motion so made for a new Clause or a new Schedule , the Chairman or Mr. Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill . |
| 20 | He says if it 's not cut down it literally chokes the jungle and so every four or five years the mangrove is cut and then it grows again like a blackthorn or hawthorn hedge would grow . |
| 21 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 22 | We also know that people who have lost a limb , or had a stroke or heart disease can get back their mobility and their health in a way that would have seemed quite impossible only twenty years ago . |
| 23 | Computer misuse or security breaches can take many forms , but these all fall into two broad categories : physical and logical . |
| 24 | People with AIDS or HIV infection can expect progress in therapy against HIV and the conditions found in AIDS — anti-viral drugs like Zidovudine are in use . |
| 25 | Your travel agent or insurance broker can advise you further on this . |
| 26 | The local authority social services department or health authority could provide this . |
| 27 | Your history department or geography department may say well if we had a micro we 'd be able to do such and such and they 'll think about that in competition with other needs — textbooks or whatever _ so you 'll see departments using them , as I say , in the same way that we 'd use other sophisticated aids . |
| 28 | On the other hand , a picture destined for a drawing or sitting room might look better with a gold frame or a wooden one that complements the room . |
| 29 | Lining the tails with fabric of a contrasting colour will show on the graduated ends , and edging the whole creation with a braid or fringe trimming will add a splendid finish . |
| 30 | Once investors are convinced that the interest-rate consequences of an exchange-rate commitment have become politically insupportable , no amount of talk or foreign-exchange intervention can defeat them . |