Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lower end of the stent must be level with the papilla to avoid the presence of metallic mesh within the duodenum and must extend over the entire stricture . |
| 2 | Hearing dogs for the deaf can be invaluable to people with a profound hearing loss . |
| 3 | As we do ‘ give thanks with a grateful heart ’ we remember that the weak can be strong again and this can cause us to ‘ extol ’ God , which means to praise enthusiastically ( from the Latin tollo meaning ‘ praise ’ ) . |
| 4 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 5 | Unless action is taken only the rich will be able to contemplate being solicitors and only those firms doing commercial work are going to offer traineeships . |
| 6 | Not even the unemployed would be exempt . |
| 7 | Consideration of the duration of unemployment leads us to the possibility that a significant proportion of the unemployed could be short-term — perhaps less than four weeks in duration . |
| 8 | We exemplify these procedures using the matrix unc This matrix , in fact , has the determinant 100 ; since its elements are integers , the elements of the reciprocal will be terminating decimals . |
| 9 | One might suppose , for example , that the British would be likely to emerge from the war rejoicing in a warm nostalgic glow as the gallant kid brothers of the American heroes ; that the British ( and the Americans ) would be profoundly alienated from the stay-at-home Germans ; and that the French would be left uneasily high and dry in the middle . |
| 10 | Some people felt that choosing as Queen Anne 's successor in 1714 a ruler from Germany , who might neglect British interests for the sake of his Electorate of Hanover , was already a warning that the British should be careful about any overseas entanglements . |
| 11 | The initial results are summarised in a series of chapters and conference papers available authors , and a book Representation in Britain : Class , Race and Gender in the British will be forthcoming in 1994 . |
| 12 | The French would be content so long as the arrangement was for them to sell abroad ; there can , however , be no question of France permitting her massive investment in nuclear power to be undermined by making it possible for French consumers to buy in from abroad . |
| 13 | The South Africans are scheduled to play nine matches , including two Tests , in France next month before coming to England and if that leg of the tour is also chopped the French would be obvious candidates to fill Twickenham in their place . |
| 14 | The General and his supporters retorted that " for France to be strong , the French must be prosperous " . |
| 15 | ’ It is most important that the French should be aware of the united action of England with the other powers , the knowledge of it will have a most wholesome influence on the French government . ’ |
| 16 | Dobry 's proposal , in essence , was that the simple should be distinguished and treated expeditiously , though with the opportunity for some participation and with a safety channel to allow them to be transferred to the major category if this should prove appropriate . |
| 17 | the Japanese may be light years ahead on race technology but can they put up a tent … |
| 18 | Then the Japanese will be able to soak their troubles away in true English style . |
| 19 | The accused may be guilty even though he does not in ordinary language obtain a service . |
| 20 | However , the accused would be guilty if he became aware of the condition during the robbery . |
| 21 | On the facts of Martin , above , the accused would be guilty of the more serious offence , s.18 , but not guilty of the less serious offence , s.20 . |
| 22 | Besides the mental element required for theft , it is probable that the force must be applied intentionally or at least recklessly and that the accused must be aware that the force is being used on a person . |
| 23 | Since s.4(2) is not incorporated into s.15 , the accused will be guilty if he deceives his neighbour into moving the boundary fence in his favour in order to gain the land , but he would not be guilty of theft by moving the fence . |
| 24 | As appropriates involves assuming the rights of an owner the interview between the police officer in the case and the accused can be important . |
| 25 | A computer simulation based upon the hydrological should be able to allow many aspects of river basin behaviour to be considered simultaneously and also enable the simulation of the hydrological response of different basins . |
| 26 | Some of the following may be repetitive to some extent , and the reader is asked to excuse this as the writer finds it difficult to avoid repeating some of his thoughts in a subject so fraught with difficulties of explanation , and covering such a wide field . |
| 27 | For example the following may be useful if the target is a state — machine like program . |
| 28 | Capital instruments may have a combination of features and accordingly more than one section of the following may be relevant to a single capital instrument . |
| 29 | In such situations the following may be helpful : |
| 30 | The following can be normal signs of growing up , but if combined with the above may mean there 's a problem : |