Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [be] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although adopting an integrated problem based course may be one way of achieving elaboration , Dr Coles believes that such radical approaches are not essential . |
| 2 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 3 | His critical approach to ill-conceived treatment and ill-considered research may be one side of a coin . |
| 4 | Thus yellow and roundness might be intrinsic properties of a yellow ball as being among the properties in virtue of the possession of which another ball might be exactly like it . |
| 5 | In such cases melatonin might be some sort of ‘ darkness indicator ’ and some have even called it an ‘ internal time-cue ’ . |
| 6 | If they make too long a line in one direction , it will be corrected by a shorter line somewhere else , and the result will be some modification of the normal vision , which is a natural error in the vision of the artist , and which constitutes his style . ’ |
| 7 | The there 's a widespread idea that if you let people have guns the result will be more crimes of violence and more murders , and therefore , people conclude , er at least they do in this country , that only the state should have a monopoly of firearms , so only the police and the army should be allowed to have firearms . |
| 8 | Targeted revenues could top four billion pounds a year and provide a war chest for good causes such as sport and arts , the treasury 's cut will be twelve percent of proceeds , leaving a honey pot of six hundred million pounds of turnover a year for the operator . |
| 9 | If approval for septic tanks can not be obtained , the only alternative will be sealed cesspools of a capacity not less than 4000 gallons . |
| 10 | Freezing and canning can be reliable methods of preserving foods but the cook-chill method is inadequately regulated . |
| 11 | Heavy drinking may be 2½ pints of beer , or five glasses of wine or measures of spirits per day . |
| 12 | In an attempt to prevent any repetition of the scandal , the board decided that all senior management should be full members of staff . |
| 13 | An additional benefit would be close scrutiny of the DISTRICT , costing process which is urgently needed to identify and justify considerable variations across the country . |
| 14 | And wielding the axe on the prison plan would be one way of saving money which would not provoke a public out-cry unlike some of his other targets in the health and social security budgets . |
| 15 | The fireman will be another casualty of the modern steam age : his place in the cab will be taken by a computer which will monitor the coal feed closely , to keep smoke down to an absolute minimum . |
| 16 | The way in which the teams organise their work will be one focus of analysis : another will be the teams ' differing locations ( in observatories or universities ) , and the extenbhich their designs are influenced , not only by ‘ scientific goals ’ , but also by their perceptions of other important ‘ reference groups ’ ( eg other users , or committees considering the design of later facilities ) . |
| 17 | The motivation behind this research , carried out by H. Greenfield , J. Maples and R. B. H. Wills , of the School of Food Technology , University of New South Wales , is the recent concern in the medical profession that too much salt in the diet may be one cause of the high incidence of hypertension among people in the developed countries . |
| 18 | The laws of war may be one means of bringing about harmonisation : the very first multilateral laws-of-war convention of the modern type , namely the 1856 Paris Declaration on Maritime Warfare , was concluded because there had been divergent practices among the allies involved in the Crimean War . |
| 19 | What about like contraception should be integral part of it , and abortion and the options open to you , but I think it 's very important that we are taught it , we 're taught it in a heterosexual basis , and that 's just not the case , and that just alienates people any more , really more from a very early age . |
| 20 | Thus the conclusion must be that profitability of British industry declined , though not on the pattern suggested by Bacon and Eltis . |
| 21 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 22 | We could not include such a group because of practical difficulties and limited medical manpower ; also there would be inevitable concern that individuals agreeing to be part of such a control group would be self-selecting members of a group with additional risk factors . |
| 23 | Under the string will be four layers of sacking and this provides cushion enough for the stem to grow and swell without restriction until you remake the tie — in a year 's time , at the most . |
| 24 | Besides , as pecuniary punishments may increase the number of robbers , by increasing the number of poor , and may deprive an innocent family of subsistence , the most proper punishment will be that kind of slavery , which alone can be called just ; that is , which makes society , for a time , absolute master of the person , and labour of the criminal , in order to oblige him to repair , by this dependence , the unjust despotism he usurped over the property of another , and his violation of the social compact . |
| 25 | c ) If such notice is given or the employment is so terminated after 15 months and within 2 years , the repayment will be one quarter of the amount . |
| 26 | In all these measures the public would be informed and consulted , so that meetings and publicity would be vital parts of the projects . |
| 27 | Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same , notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped , unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not been in fact laden on board : Provided , that the master or other person … may exonerate himself … by showing that it was caused without any default on his part , and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or the holder , or some person under whom the holder claims . |
| 28 | When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board . |
| 29 | An example might be another aspect of the dispute between the parties to the Pacific Security Treaty . |
| 30 | If , as we have suggested , the working woman 's goal was one of maintaining and protecting her family , abortion could be one means of attaining that end . |