Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No large-scale drilling would be allowed without on-site inspections ; any large commercial explosions would have to be notified and inspected ; a highly sensitive seismic and radiation-detector network would pick up seismic activity all over the world ( useful for earthquake prediction too ) and satellites would keep a close check on suspect areas . |
| 2 | Manager/proprietors enjoy considerable advantages from limited liability status : it is not unreasonable that , in return , lenders and creditors should receive a minimum level of protection through an audit . |
| 3 | This collaboration between DEC and ACRI will play a key role in building a competitive high performance computing infrastructure in Europe as reflected in the European Commission 's recent Rubbia Report ’ — the European Commission asked Professor Carlo Rubbia to chair a committee of experts from industry and public research laboratories to assess Europe 's standing with respect to high performance computing and networking . |
| 4 | As local Sports Development Groups and Plans can represent a significant source of support for sport I do hope that your organisation will be represented at this meeting . |
| 5 | Furthermore a student who had a fragile grasp of particular concepts and skills would have a reduced chance of getting much further in a graduated test scheme . |
| 6 | Last year , a Corrective Action Team was set up in Chlor-Chemicals to find ways in which the existing stock of drums and cylinders could support a required 25% increase in chlorine business while avoiding major capital expenditure on new packaging . |
| 7 | A good amp and speakers can make a cheap bass sound really good , as we 've heard , but even the best bass will never make crap amplification sound decent . ’ |
| 8 | A good amp and speakers can make a cheap bass sound really good , as we 've heard , but even the best bass will never make crap amplification sound decen |
| 9 | A further strike could be a different situation because it will be a normal weekday and drivers might get a false sense of security . |
| 10 | Combined with human activity — including unintentional harassment by motor vessels and even underwater explosions — magnetic disturbances , storms and tides could precipitate a mass stranding . |
| 11 | Sometimes an expedition under orders from the Sibirskii prikaz ( Siberian Department ) in Moscow would be the first to penetrate into a region ; at other times hunters and traders would investigate a new river system on their own , later reporting their success to the local military governor ( voevoda ) , who would then penetrate the region asserting government control over the inhabitants . |
| 12 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen may see a great variety of his performances at this school , which he 'll regularly attend from 2–4 and 6–8 in order to teach . ’ |
| 13 | Theatre , film , television and books can play a vital part in the process , providing a psychological service within our cultural heritage . |
| 14 | Parents who fork out one a year for expensive games would not have to see them abandoned in the cupboard and teenagers could have a dozen games a year at pocket money prices . |
| 15 | Although we believe that all birds and bats must have a common ancestor if we trace their lineages back far enough , that common ancestor was also the common ancestor of all mammals ( including ourselves ) and all birds . |
| 16 | Since vehicles have been banned for most of the waking day local shoppers and visitors can enjoy a pleasant lead-free atmosphere without fear of being pinned to a wall . |
| 17 | Some regions and countries would have a comparative advantage , either because they were sparsely populated or because they cared less about the smell of a rubbish dump than their more pernickety neighbours did . |
| 18 | However , he went on to warn against complacency , as although most large companies are conscious of their health and safety responsibilities , an increase in the number of small companies and contractors may cause a corresponding increase in accident figures . |
| 19 | Most governments , international agencies , investors and lenders will require a detailed feasibility study before deciding to participate . |
| 20 | Curtains and blinds can form a focal point in a room , and should not only harmonize with the overall interior decor but also enhance it . |
| 21 | They believed that high levels of government spending were pre-empting resources that could have been used more productively in the private sector , that high taxes were stifling private enterprise , and that the abolition of the complex system of government regulations , interventions , and subsidies would unleash a new wave of private initiative and energy . |
| 22 | While changing agricultural prices and subsidies will have a marked effect on which options look most economic , as ENDS remarked , ‘ controls based on a combination of land use and water measures ’ are probably the best option . |
| 23 | Collectors , bibliophiles and browsers will find a warm welcome from the many dealers when the fair opens at 10.00 am precisely . |
| 24 | Transport cost so much that it was virtually impossible to make a profit by importing anything that could be produced locally ; although salt cod was brought across the Atlantic , in general nothing but luxury goods like gold , silver , furs , and spices would yield a reasonable return after paying for a costly ocean voyage . |
| 25 | ‘ It is essential that all decisions are made with the child 's best interests at heart and agencies must perform a careful balancing act , weighing up the known disadvantages of a smoking environment with the positive qualities a particular family has to offer , ’ said Marion Miles , chairwoman of BAAF 's medical group . |
| 26 | The Germans have not yet created what Americans and Britons would call a real think-tank . |
| 27 | If suitable genes for gluten production could be added to British varieties , or if the genes in British wheat were made to produce more or better gluten , imports would be saved and farmers would get a higher price for a better quality wheat . |
| 28 | The participants will provide advanced adaptive lighting of complex interiors with support for dynamic lighting and environmental modelling , so that designers and customers can enter a realistic virtual building where they can change the placement and intensity of light fittings and even modify the environment . |
| 29 | In the long term , all West Germany 's Western neighbours and partners would feel a great deal more relaxed about a coming-together of the two Germanies if her immediate neighbours to the East were capitalist democracies , themselves gradually integrating into a larger Western European community . |
| 30 | For the term obtained from equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , in the real image term of equation ( 6 ) , if r is not equal to a substrate atom position β i in a transform , the summations give rise to a small value because the scattering factors and the exponents are oscillating complex functions in the transform ; when r is equal to tend to cancel out the scattering path length contributions and the scattering factors to unity , and summations should produce a large value . |