Example sentences of "[conj] the [num] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people through that the four would join Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday and bow out at the top , having achieved the historic second Grand Slam . |
| 2 | Investigators , astounded that the four could survive such an ordeal in the southern hemisphere winter , are puzzled by a number of details . |
| 3 | We argued from the above that the two should correlate closely if the neutrophils are seeking a mucosal chemoattractant , less so if the chemoattractant is in the lumen , in which case the inflammation should be disproportionally greater than the blood loss . |
| 4 | Bishop 's Castle appeared in the name because it was planned that the two should connect , as we shall see . |
| 5 | Its conclusion is that we can only hope to show that we understand propositions about the mental states of others if we take there to be a non-contingent relation between mental states and behaviour , and thus remove the possibility that the two should come apart . |
| 6 | In the more general case , in which there is no direct estimate of the expected variable , one can not merely see the actual value of a variable as a measure of the rational expectation of that variable , despite the fact that the two should differ only by a random error . |
| 7 | Data General supplies AViiON servers and MV minis to Omron , and says it will be responsible for developing high-end 88110 workstations that the two will market . |
| 8 | When someone has been found , if they are strangers , it is sensible to invite them first to drop in for a cup of tea , to make sure that they can establish a good rapport with your parent , and that the two will get along well together . |
| 9 | In 1778 , while living with her recently widowed mother and two unmarried sisters at Gainsford Street , Southwark , she began a correspondence with John Eccles , and after much opposition from both families , it was agreed that the two could marry . |
| 10 | He intended to demonstrate that the two could coexist , and that from their coexistence could flow something unique and beautiful . |
| 11 | He was generally dismissive of the idea that the two could merge because , he said , they existed to serve the interests of two very different sets of shareholders . |
| 12 | Assisting with the creation of a viable payments union in the area that used to be described as the Soviet Union would be the single most important contribution that the Twelve could make to that unstable and dangerous part of the world . |
| 13 | The prospect of an EC including Scandinavia and even Eastern Europe , has persuaded countries like France , which once argued that the Twelve should advance in a straight line , to accept a new geometry . |
| 14 | It is only through the most tinted of retrospective spectacles that the 1960s can appear as a golden age , and least of all in the deprived areas to which the Report correctly gave so much attention : |
| 15 | It was in Bonn that the heads of government agreed to explore further de Gaulle 's proposal , which he had been propounding regularly since the previous year , that the Six should consider ways of reaching greater political cooperation . |
| 16 | CAP had many positive effects , not least in showing that the Six could work together on a very complicated issue . |
| 17 | Such success led to hopes that the Six could play a greater political role in the world , but this raised questions about how exactly to create a common political outlook . |
| 18 | Apart from preaching diversification , they proclaim that the 1990s will see a flight to quality , meaning ( often illogically ) the world 's biggest companies , wherever they may be . |
| 19 | If there was another thought about Barnes it was that he needed a strong-willed centre at his shoulder to offer the occasional reminder that the three-quarters could use some more work . |
| 20 | The DPP statement on June 14 said that the jury in the 1976 trial might not have realised from the scientific evidence provided that the seven could have been innocently contaminated with nitroglycerine , but that " in the light of current scientific knowledge this was a real possibility , however remote " . |
| 21 | ‘ It is already now clear that the 1980s will stand out as a decade of impressive improvement in economic performance , reversing a long-term trend of decline relative to other member countries . ’ |
| 22 | To pretend that the 12 can beat out a constructive , flexible , foreign policy based on majority voting seems wholly unrealistic . |
| 23 | No further word on pricing was available at press time except that the 10s will start between $20,000 and $30,000 . |
| 24 | The future operating system will be based upon Carnegie Mellon University 's Mach3 and although the two will use the same kernel , they will operate as separate operating systems , the primary difference being in their front-ends . |
| 25 | Univel Inc and Novell Inc say they are jointly developing connectivity extensions with for UnixWare and its rival , Microsoft Corp Windows NT , so the two can co-exist in NetWare environments . |
| 26 | Frances teaches keyboard and guitar at home , while Joanne does her homework upstairs , so the two can spend time together later on . |
| 27 | The lesson was learned , and in subsequent years a photocall has been organized for the first day , when the Prince and Princess pose sweetly for the cameras on the understanding that thereafter the media will go home so the two can holiday in peace . |
| 28 | X/Open , which has been in negotiations with OSF for over a year now , was supposed to have incorporated DCE into its Common Applications Environment some time ago : that announcement is also on ice until the two can work something out . |
| 29 | It will be interesting for me to compare the processes and to see if the two can benefit from each other 's experience . ’ |
| 30 | If I differentiated this I 'd get two X cos the two would disappear . |