Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [modal v] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The client can then assess the probable costs of abandoning the disposal at each stage of the process should a sale begin to look unlikely . |
| 2 | Each RS/6000 is active in mode 2 , running its own applications , but enabling one system to dump its load onto the other should a processor fail . |
| 3 | He gathered in the tarpaulin as a yachtsman might a spinnaker and dumped it behind him before peering into the semi-darkness . |
| 4 | The blue eyes studied her lazily in the mirror , and she had the strangest sensation he was toying with her as a cat would a mouse before a kill . |
| 5 | When the community care Support Force was inaugurated , many SSDs regarded it with the same amount of suspicion and distrust as a bird would a snake . |
| 6 | No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened . |
| 7 | The following features of a statutory redundancy payment emerged : ( 1 ) The obligation was imposed on the employer ; ( 2 ) It only arose on dismissal and might never arise if an employee worked until retirement , whether voluntary — early retirement — or at an agreed date , each of which was based on contract ; ( 3 ) It only arose if certain preconditions were proved ; ( 4 ) It applied to all employees who had worked for at least two years with an employer ; ( 5 ) Certain classes of employee were excluded , eg redundant employees refusing suitable alternative employment ; employees under a fixed-term contract of two years or more , who had renounced their redundancy rights in writing ; ( 6 ) A voluntary redundancy could be under a contractual statutory scheme , and under such a contractual scheme it was often the equivalent of early retirement by agreement ; ( 7 ) In no way could a redundancy payment be described as a deferred emolument or pay ; it was a monetary compensation for the disappearance of a job . |
| 8 | Mandeville pulled the corpse back , turning him gently in his arms like a mother would a child . |
| 9 | He regarded Lexandro musingly as a brother might a sister whose honour he must protect — a sentiment which Lexandro had purged from his own soul , though he recognized the symptoms . |
| 10 | The Club is committed to notifying a player should a bid of a certain amount be received , and I would stress that the final decision is always that of the player 's . |
| 11 | Consultations are by appointment , and only in the case of an emergency will a patient be seen without an appointment . |