Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [Wh det] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power . |
| 2 | Better driving will mean less wear and tear on vehicles and a reduction in accidental damage which will bring down our costs . ’ |
| 3 | The four-stage plan envisaged ( i ) concluding a co-operation treaty including economic , currency and transport union and legal alignment ; ( ii ) forming a confederation of East Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany or FRG ) with joint bodies and institutions ; ( iii ) transferring sovereignty to the confederation ; and ( iv ) creating a German Federation or Alliance after elections to a unified parliament which would decide on a constitution and government with its seat in Berlin . |
| 4 | One of the issues that has to be addressed in the assessment is what balance is appropriate between the freedom of the sufferer to pursue his or her own life in his or her own way , and the possible result of that freedom which may lead to damage to themselves or others . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it was impossible to ignore the fact that the overall percentage of registered electors voting in favour , at 64.51 per cent in Latvia and 64.49 per cent in Estonia , fell short of the two-thirds majority which would have meant victory if the referendums had been held according to the April 1990 USSR legislation on the secession of a republic [ see pp. 37361-62 ] . |
| 6 | It had to be lifted off the track each night to prevent possible vandalism which could have seen it trundling down to Staveley on the falling grade ! |
| 7 | The prospect of the political chaos which would have followed had Mr Amato lost was certain to have been uppermost in MPs ' minds . |
| 8 | Despite the sentencing it is not entirely clear whether the accusation of ‘ bad restoration ’ relates to the possible damage which may have been inflicted on the original paving of the Piazza or to the outcome of the entire campaign . |
| 9 | There is virtual unanimity of preference for oral teaching which might seem to overbear the possibility of opposition . |
| 10 | We have included tritones as mild dissonances deliberately , to illustrate certain factors : We will now introduce a lower part which will disperse the dissonances in the upper parts and produce relatively smooth , relaxed harmony . |
| 11 | We will now add a lower part which will turn the consonant effect into one of uniformly relaxed mild dissonance . |
| 12 | Whether your home is traditional or modern in style , the Cottage suite will create a striking look which will bring out the best in any bathroom . |
| 13 | If you have been ‘ holding off ’ while making your mind up , the blade speed may have decayed to a very low level which will make things even worse . |
| 14 | Jean had straight brown hair with a few layers cut into the top ; stylist Patrick Cameron , Artistic Director for the Alan Paul group of salons , suggested a tousled look which would suit her heart-shaped face . |
| 15 | Yanto had hardly bothered to reduce speed as he had turned sharp left by Stone school into the narrow lane which would take them back to Berkeley . |
| 16 | A seventeenth-century painted chest which would have cost $1m if it had been American seemed a bargain at one tenth that price . |
| 17 | Just as we could , perhaps , calculate the weight of the largest insect which could walk on a given liquid , so we can use these concepts to calculate how strong we ought to expect materials to be . |
| 18 | Within seconds , the vet announced that the lump was a large umbilical hernia which would need to be operated on , and that he should be castrated as these hernias are hereditary . |
| 19 | It may , and does , tolerate considerable neglect of those symbols and stated beliefs , but those people who find the Free Presbyterian/DUP element petty in their refusal to help restore a Church of Ireland church or attend Remembrance Day services can not promote a coherent ideology which would justify their criticisms . |
| 20 | SOURCE a broad category which may refer to , for example , program code , command files , text describing software design , or even source text for word processing . |
| 21 | Investment was planned to rise by 10.3 per cent a year during the five years , with an increasing role for private investment which would account for 60 per cent of the total by 1993 . |
| 22 | But the push of teachers is an intervening force which may take the black youth from the realms of inflated ambitions and outlandish dreams of becoming a world champion , winning an Olympic medal or holding aloft the FA Cup to the sometimes arduous and frequently unrewarding world of practical ambition , gritty perseverance and strengthening resolve . |
| 23 | A consistent theme within English studies since the 1970s has been the call for a " methodology " capable of describing and analysing the " nature of the knowledge specific to English as a discourse " , or at least offer a " fully articulated and logically coherent appraisal which could count as indubitable knowledge about a given literary work " . |
| 24 | Alternatively , in a more traditional diplomatic style , a country could be neutralised , preferably with its own consent ( if a viable political force which can speak on behalf of the nation or territory concerned can be identified ) through arrangements arrived at by the superpowers , perhaps at summit discussions , with or without the involvement of other Great Powers or regionally influential states . |
| 25 | But in the early years of his editorship he had also wanted to achieve something quite different from other contemporary periodicals — he was trying to express , if not create , a genuinely European consciousness which would subvert the characteristically insular nature of English cultural life . |
| 26 | And there is a point of view from which Ronald Fraser might be seen as a man of Marxist leanings who paid a professional adviser what may have been a fair whack of a working man 's wages to enquire with him into the deficiencies of his affective life . |
| 27 | The aim was to create a stable coalition which would represent the majority of the people of Israel , he said . |
| 28 | Some officials recognized that the new system was alien , but expected that the judicial system would act as a progressive force which would promote the adoption of British norms about justice . |
| 29 | Miss Logan halted , initially in surprise , for it appeared that Miss Fergusson had lost her footing on a little stretch of solid rock which should have afforded no peril . |
| 30 | In February an Empire Crusade candidate beat the official Conservative into third place at East Islington , and left Labour holding what ought to have been a very vulnerable seat for the Government . |