Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the real problem , we are in the midst of discussions with the Building Societies Association and others and in due course we shall make an announcement that will build on the assistance that we have already provided . |
| 2 | In due course we shall see that people 's standard of living hinged broadly on their position in the landholding hierarchy , and it will be necessary to examine this after reviewing the material conditions it enabled them to enjoy . |
| 3 | We hope that our continuing work will shed light on these different concepts , and in due course we shall publish our results in medical journals . |
| 4 | In due course we might look closer at that episode with the Gilberd : she admits after much blushing and prevarication that he accused her in the High Street delicatessen of baby-snatching — did it openly , in a loud voice . |
| 5 | In due course we will witness similar , half a world away on the Mile End Road . ’ |
| 6 | In due course we will add rights and freedoms not currently included in the Convention , extending into a full UK Bill of Rights . |
| 7 | I 'm erm I 've been working in low cost housing , housing charities , for a very long time , with Shelter and various other charities like that , and I never cease to be amazed that the Conservative Group , here or nationally , are hostile to subsidies for council housing , because the subsidy which goes to owner-occupiers , through mortgage tax relief , is very much greater than the subsidy that goes to council housing and there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this , but I do hope that in due course we will get a fair system of subsidising houses for everybody , so that wealthy people on high incomes who are getting a big subsidy on their housing through their tax relief , erm are not getting more than people on low incomes living in council houses . |
| 8 | to some degree but not all and you know in in due course we will provide you with a full breakdown of this , exactly what is in and what is n't in . |
| 9 | Clearly there is some chicanery going on and perhaps in due course we will find out the truth . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've always known what we did n't want our music to sound like , but we never realised that out of all that chaos we 'd sound so laid back . ’ |
| 11 | As an example of the geographical comparison of normal patterns we can compare the relative incidence of coins of the first two centuries AD in two different areas such as Britain and Italy . |
| 12 | Well we 've got the eight contestants we 'll play the game , it 's Guess the Voice and there 's some super videos on offer and er it 's Guess The Voice of the funny man , good videos on offer , Grenville Granville of Mansfield Woodhouse . |
| 13 | Clovis 's reign , Gregory claims , lasted thirty years ; with a little difficulty we can compute the dates of his accession as 481 , the defeat of Syagrius as 486 , the victory over the Alamans as 496 and the king 's death as 511 . |
| 14 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 15 | In each case we may trace from them important effects on learning in schools today on the curriculum plans , on policy and programmes for teacher training and , most significant , on the attitudes of teachers themselves and of those who train them . |
| 16 | In each case we can choose a scale above which the material may be considered homogeneous , but below which the structure needs to be considered . |
| 17 | In the light of the judgment in that case we would uphold the applicant 's objection to the proposed interview on the third rather than the first of the grounds put before us . |
| 18 | ‘ We hope Mr Stein will be working for us long into the future and obviously in that case we would need to apply for another permit for him . |
| 19 | Before we graduated from a wheelbarrow to a muckspreader , every year we would ring the contractor for a quote and say ‘ in that case we 'll spread our own . ’ |
| 20 | Unless we 're well enough to , unless Dave 's well enough to go swimming , in that case we 'll swim . |
| 21 | Well , in that case we 'll forget it . |
| 22 | If there is a coastal plain you 're to find it , and in that case we 'll meet near that southern coastal city — ’ Burun gestured , searching his memory for the name , ‘ — Ruysdal . ’ |
| 23 | I said in that case we will make you a concert in mid January and I think he said are coming with them . |
| 24 | In that case we will attempt to do this now and we 'll talk about interval naming afterwards those of you who can please attempt it there will be questions here that some of us ca n't . |
| 25 | Surely , one could argue , it can only be recognized by knowledge of some convention that U means z ; but in that case we can do away with talk of complex intentions and construct an account of communication based directly on the notion of conventional signal . |
| 26 | And the provision for the county is well over the allocations in the structure plan already , but the County Council , sent observations to the District Council to say , We 're not going to object to this particular er windfall site coming forward for a hundred and sixty houses , because it 's recycling existing urban land , and in that case we can set the policy to one side . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , in that case we can open the presents and put them round the tree . |
| 28 | " In that case we must ask St Anthony to get it back for us . |
| 29 | Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was . |
| 30 | The greatest present we could wish for would be to see him safe and sound . |