Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [be] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exhumed forms may be of any age , although Triassic forms have probably received more attention than any others in this country . |
| 2 | Part-timers may be on lower pay rates than full-time workers . |
| 3 | Staff groups may be for one school only , or , as in the example above , meet across feeder schools ( whose staffs may otherwise still work in splendid isolation from each other ) to great mutual benefit . |
| 4 | Political parties , for example , may not present such an ‘ open face ’ to women ; their agendas may be of less interest to women or women may face more difficulties in fitting in with their timetables and organisation . |
| 5 | The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives . |
| 6 | It was natural that their products should be in great demand . |
| 7 | MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them . |
| 8 | Since the keywords must be in upper case , you may wish to use the |
| 9 | Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos . |
| 10 | Similar relationships may be of equal importance in the diabetic subject . |
| 11 | Secondly , in family abuse , the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse . |
| 12 | The ridden horse 's ears may be at half mast indicating that he is relaxed and listening to his rider . |
| 13 | Where the rocks exposed in the cliffs are incoherent , pressures produced by the waves may be of less importance and much of the erosion accomplished by the load flung against the cliffs and by the simple swilling action of the waves , which removes the finer matrix from gravel beds . |
| 14 | Despite the difficulty of imagining how a behaviour involving the three components outlined in the last paragraph could arise in the first place , I think it is quite possible that the explanation of stable age queues in animals may be of this kind . |
| 15 | By end of this period around half of all small shops and restaurants should be in private ownership , and the number of joint-stock companies formed out of large state enterprises should reach 1,000-1,500 . |
| 16 | Ah well I 've got a little note that questionnaires should be in green folder . |
| 17 | But in advising that the switched cable links into homes should be of narrow band width coaxial cable rather than optical fibre , the information-technology panel was being short sighted , according to some observers . |
| 18 | Too close a contact with leading journalists could be of more benefit to the media than it is to you . |
| 19 | It was decided that their successors would be of similar size and anew steel cutter was designed by Technical Branch with a length of 80 feet , a beam of 16 feet and a draft of 6 feet . |
| 20 | Roncraft are producing a range of clear and coloured versions , but I suspect that the clear gloss and satin finishes will be of most interest . |
| 21 | The enthusiasm for partnership by individual secondary schools can be of great advantage to primary schools and their pupils . |
| 22 | In injuries and accidents , the injury remedies can be of great value , and even when surgery is indicated they can be helpful in shortening the post-operative period and in speeding up the recovery process . |
| 23 | When considering the effect of outside influences , two aspects can be of crucial importance . |
| 24 | Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen . |
| 25 | Control formats based on escape sequences can be of indefinite length , and page description languages can be extremely powerful . |
| 26 | Antibodies of IgA class directed against Saccharomyces cerviciae are common in Crohn 's disease but not in ulcerative colitis , and determination of such antibodies may be of diagnostic help . |
| 27 | it has the potential to clean the subsurface more thoroughly than other schemes , because the microorganisms may be in intimate contact with all parts of the aquifer , both solid and liquid . |
| 28 | Elemental , annotated or operational bills may be of greater value but the most reliable system is to take off the quantities from the drawings . |
| 29 | It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 30 | Firstly whether these subscriptions should be for one year only or whether it should be fixed for three years to tie in with the tri-annual general meeting . |