Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there will be statutory rights once the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill becomes law — it amends Reg 2(1) of the Regulations to expressly cover non-commercial ventures . |
| 2 | This means , among other things , that the electoral system should be one that does not effectively disenfranchise large sections of the citizenry , while at the same time it must produce a government that will be both effective and accountable . |
| 3 | Another factor was raised in a case in which the government did not properly consult local authorities ( as required by statute ) before making some regulations : by the time the application to revoke the regulations was heard , they had been in operation for some time and to revoke them would have caused considerable administrative inconvenience which could not be justified given that no real complaint was made about the substance of the regulations . |
| 4 | The decision was taken at a meeting of EC environment ministers on Dec. 21 , which also imposed new limits on exhaust emissions which will effectively make catalytic converters compulsory on all new vehicles by 1993 . |
| 5 | But if it is inconceivable that he could successfully shepherd nervous unionists through new talks with their nationalist counterparts and Dublin , equally his head can not be sacrificed in a Labour-Unionist deal to take Neil Kinnock to Downing Street . |
| 6 | Living abroad would naturally influence young scholars , as in the case of their nineteenth-century predecessors , causing further disillusionment with the political order back home . |
| 7 | Er er I do n't think after going through everything we 've said , I think we 've all got the sort of ideas that we could all make good criminals , |
| 8 | One tissue — the organizer — could so influence other tissues with which it was placed in contact that a whole new embryo could be formed . |
| 9 | Why do cats suddenly make mad dashes around the house ? |
| 10 | Since lexicographers can only proof single entries at a time it is not envisaged that providing this space will cause a problem . |
| 11 | For private medical insurance premiums for someone aged 60 or over to qualify for tax relief , the contract may only cover specific types of charge . |
| 12 | Japan was expected to announce some new wetlands sites for protection at the meeting , but there was speculation that these would only cover small parts of the areas in need of conservation . |
| 13 | On big issues , in politics as in physics , small bodies can only influence large ones , not rule them . |
| 14 | We can measure productivity but with motivation we can only make certain assumptions that improved motivation may lead to improved performance . |
| 15 | Before , he had always been rather frightening but now he looked pathetic with his tear-stained cheeks , grieving eyes and red gaping mouth which could only make gurgling sounds as Benjamin took him by the hand and tried to convey his condolences . |
| 16 | or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals |
| 17 | I 'm sorry , Nicky Scott Wilson , but if you want to see me you 'd better make proper arrangements . ’ |
| 18 | Brought to the home of a knight , this girl and boy wept a great deal , spoke in strange syllables and would only eat green beans which , according to Celtic superstition , are the food of the dead . |
| 19 | Revolutionary practice changes the condition within which reproductive practice must necessarily reproduce misleading appearances . |
| 20 | He wanted runners in his pack , so Neath — Waldron 's club , as his antagonists accusingly pointed out — came into vogue even though the evidence was swiftly adduced that outstanding club players do not necessarily make adequate internationals . |
| 21 | Different standards of significance will naturally yield different theories — sets of laws relating significant descriptions . |
| 22 | Unsure about what Kingman really advocated , Roger could only mutter polite words of assent . |
| 23 | The Puritans — who have sometimes been given the useful alternative title ‘ the hotter sort of Protestants ’ and are now increasingly referred to by historians as ‘ the godly ’ — did not necessarily uphold different beliefs from the moderates , but their religious activities generally occupied a far greater proportion of their time and energy . |
| 24 | With the high costs of training and tight profit margins , operators have had to work hard to win contracts against fierce competition , and it likely that they will only recruit type-rated crews . |
| 25 | Yel'tsin caused a great deal of concern in this connection by authorising a statement that Russia would not necessarily recognise existing boundaries with states that did not become members of the same political union ; this , at least implicitly , raised issues such as the status of the Crimea , transferred to the Ukraine by Khrushchev in 1954 as a political gesture . |
| 26 | DIRECTORS of public bodies like the Central Electricity Generating Board and the UK Atomic Energy Authority do not only arouse controversial views in the press it seems . |
| 27 | Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses , but I do prefer ones with a little ‘ common ’ blood , as I like a stronger build of horse . |
| 28 | Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses , but I do prefer ones with a little ‘ common ’ blood , as I like a stronger build of horse . |
| 29 | This was a peripatetic Diogenes of the masses though , and fined for obstruction he had to constantly seek new pitches : ‘ His barrel was sandwiched between a fasting girl and a flea circus . |
| 30 | The local organisation , ZEMELDICA , which Mrs Venizelos refers to , does not merely include local landowners — it is exclusively composed of them . |