Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be [adv] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a Contracting State is entitled to declare that an application must be filed within a stated period from the date of entry of the judgment , a period which must not be less than one year . |
| 2 | To this end : In the Government 's view , the total increase [ in pay ] for any group compared with the previous year … should not be more than 5 per cent . |
| 3 | To avoid this , windows should not be more than 94 6-pixel characters from the edge of the applications window ( 104 6-pixel characters from the leftmost edge of the screen ) . |
| 4 | The four key criteria on economic convergence were ( i ) that inflation should be no more than 1.5 per cent above the average of the three best-performing member countries ; ( ii ) that the government deficit should not exceed 3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and the public debt should not exceed 60 per cent of GDP ; ( iii ) that the currency should have remained within the 2.25 per cent fluctuation margins in the European Monetary System for at least two years ; and ( iv ) that interest rates should not be more than 2 percentage points above the three best-performing states over the previous 12 months . |
| 5 | They should not be less than one metre deep and all peat , silt and made-up ground should be avoided . |
| 6 | One to house four ferrets should not be less than 3 feet ( 1 metre ) tall at the front and have a sloping roof . |
| 7 | This period of initial intervention should not be less than 3 weeks . |
| 8 | They should still be there if some animal has n't carried them off , ’ Travis answered , and went out of the door . |
| 9 | In mode 3 , however any delay to end users should always be less than one minute says IBM ; since both processors are already processing the same shared data . |
| 10 | the trombone and they think the trombone should n't be there and this man says , look , picks up the trombone and puts it outside the train . |
| 11 | You should never be more than two horse-lengths away from your man at any time . |
| 12 | There should never be more than two or three essential points , for you will never get enough time to make any more . |
| 13 | The Olympic contenders may not be here but that has , 't stopped it being a record entry for the regatta with 498 entries . |
| 14 | Brokers need to satisfy the Authority in a similar fashion except that their issued capital may not be less than 5 million forints in case of a Kft and 10 million forints in the case of a joint-stock company . |
| 15 | This is 1 million Hungarian forints ( roughly equal to £8,000 ) , and although the contribution of members may differ it may not be less than 100,000 forints each and the amount must be divisible by 10,000 forints . |
| 16 | GUIL : ( The nursemaid ) There ! … and we 'll soon be home and dry … and high and dry … |
| 17 | GUIL : We 'll soon be home and high — dry and home — I 'll |
| 18 | It could not be otherwise if literary intelligence was to make itself available in drawing-rooms to administrative and political decision making . |
| 19 | It will fire if the input from this little square could not be inside or outside or part of an edge or corner of any rectangle . |
| 20 | I would say from the point where I was told on the radio that the officers were entering the premises to the point where I was told everybody was secured , could not be more than four five minutes . |
| 21 | As I passed the boy , who could not be more than 10 years of age , he said : |
| 22 | She did n't know Geoffrey 's exact age , but the gap could n't be less than five or six years . |
| 23 | But this girl who could n't be more than twenty-two or twenty-three was going to do it , not he . |
| 24 | He was , perhaps , slightly thinner than she remembered , and , although he could n't be more than thirty-five , there were now some faint silver threads among the dark hair at his temples . |
| 25 | If they were n't there and if they were n't being used , then there may well be more and more p pressure on the city centre of York , so they do discharge I think er a positive function . |
| 26 | This amount would just be more than one year group at St Aidans . |
| 27 | I can see that the third party would have a cogent argument that even if he were liable to compensate the plaintiffs in respect of these matters it would not be just and equitable to require him to make a contribution to the third defendant 's liability . |
| 28 | There was no real evidence before the Standing Committee that such material was currently being produced or in circulation , but the fear was expressed that , if the ‘ private member 's club ’ defence were to be removed from the most common form in which such material was currently produced , namely books , magazines and pamphlets , it would not be long before such clubs began to produce their propaganda in new media . |
| 29 | Yet the first indications that London was soon to show explosive growth were already present , and it did not need much foresight to see that it would not be long before any green-field site chosen near London for the location of the College would soon be engulfed in bricks and mortar , which would sweep away hay- and grazing-fields , market gardens and brickfields alike . |
| 30 | It would not be long before some driver would chance on the scene and phone the local police . |