Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arabic and/or French capability would be advantageous . |
| 2 | I believe that the victims of sexual assault , of child abuse and/or sexual abuse should be treated in a decent , compassionate and sympathetic manner during the criminal investigation of such allegations . |
| 3 | Arbitration is also the better method where points of law may arise or where extensive discovery might be needed . |
| 4 | That structure of international regulation broke down in the 1970s and has been followed by a period of instability where it is uncertain whether US hegemony can be re-established or whether a different mode of regulation under Japanese or European domination will be constructed . |
| 5 | Transitions or changes which have a notably high or low probability can be identified , as reasons for their prominence sought . |
| 6 | The aim is to provide a general framework in which existing experimental results can be interpreted and new experiments formulated , but which will also explain the wealth of informal , intuitive observations that any reader or conversational participant can provide . |
| 7 | But in some cases a person of the age of 16 can make what is in effect equivalent to a disposition by will : a member of a Trade Union or Friendly Society may , for instance , at that age nominate in writing a person to receive moneys payable on his death by the Union or Society . |
| 8 | Reckless confidence , for a single traitor or allied spy could have meant ruin for the whole scheme ; yet none in the Grand Army thought such a thing even a possibility . |
| 9 | Most products simply called gin or dry gin will have been produced by the third cheaper method . |
| 10 | While this is a benefit , it is difficult to establish the cost of securing it , and it is not obvious what the appropriate tax base for each public-good or quasi-public-good gain should be . |
| 11 | Only some large religious or political issue would induce people to take the very considerable step involved in emigration if they had any established position to keep them in England — younger sons , the poor , and those with nothing to lose might easily be more ready to travel , if they could get the financial backing needed , or were willing to go as indentured labourers . |
| 12 | The one thing its citizens have in common is that God has come into the life of each one and given a love for him and for each other which no human or political institution can ever produce . |
| 13 | National or political fervour can alternatively be the motor force of remarkable artistic achievements . |
| 14 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 15 | The starting point for organising the programme content of education or political action must be the present existential concrete situation reflecting the aspirations of the people . |
| 16 | First he wants to wind down Russia 's huge military spending in favour of diverting resources to create a competitive domestic economy where private enterprise will compete with state industries . |
| 17 | Low pick up rates , the inability to make confident diagnoses with current technology , and the potential problems of managing those with equivocal or definite disease may render larger scale surveys unnecessary , excessively problematic , or not cost effective . |
| 18 | Any kind of sharp practice or dishonest dealing will infallibly ruin his career . |
| 19 | ( 3 ) Subject to subsections ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) below , a determination of the adjudicator under a recognised scheme , which is , by virtue of the complainant 's acceptance of it , binding on the building society or associated body shall be final and conclusive and shall not be questioned in any court of law . |
| 20 | UITF Consensus No 3 states in para 7 that ‘ the amount included in the consolidated profit and loss account in respect of the profit or loss on disposal of a previously acquired business , subsidiary or associated undertaking should be determined by including , if material , the attributable amount of purchased goodwill where it has previously been eliminated against reserves as a matter of accounting policy and has not previously been charged in the profit and loss account ’ . |
| 21 | The yield in younger patients is likely to be very low and the development of alternative strategies to select those in whom a barium enema or total colonoscopy should be performed would be helpful . |
| 22 | Knowledge Linked to the power acquired through the control of information is that acquired through the possession of some specialised knowledge or skill , particularly where that knowledge can not be easily substituted . |
| 23 | In this passage , Paul reminds his readers not only that that they should be at peace , but also where that peace will have its origin . |
| 24 | So there can be no question where that story should start . |
| 25 | ‘ I wonder , ’ Vi frowned , ‘ where that lot 'll end up , poor sods . ’ |
| 26 | We can improve on our previous gloss for now , by offering " the pragmatically given span including CT " , where that span may be the instant associated with the production of the morpheme itself , as in the gestural use in ( 53 ) , or the perhaps interminable period indicated in ( 53 ) Pull the trigger now ! ( 54 ) I 'm now working on a PhD Now contrasts with then , and indeed then can be glossed as " not now " to allow for its use in both past and future . |
| 27 | " Regulated business " is defined by the COB Rules to mean either of the following : ( 1 ) Investment business carried on from a UK office ( of the firm or of an appointed representative ) ; this is the case even if the customer is a non-UK client and even if an account officer goes overseas to meet him ; or ( 2 ) Investment business carried on from a non-UK office with or for customers in the UK , except where that business would not be treated as carried on in the UK ( and so would not require FSA authorisation ) if the non-UK office had been a separate person ; this exception , in effect , provides the " foreign business carve-out " from the COB Rules for business with UK customers ( see page 40 below ) ; certain marketing rules are , however , brought back in ( see page 42 below ) . |
| 28 | The addition of organic detritus or liquid fertilizer will induce it to flower in the tank . |
| 29 | The judicial or administrative authority may also refuse to order the return of the child if it finds that the child objects to being returned and has attained the age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of its views . |
| 30 | One hole can often look much like the next , and a newly dug or outlying sett can be mistaken for a fox 's earth . |