Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though pandas ' ancestors were carnivores , they eat a high proportion of vegetable matter including bamboo and various roots , shoots , fruits and fungi ; and in the park they will sometimes be seen grazing grass . |
| 2 | Where the value of the investment falls below the completed cancellation notice is received , an amount equal to such fall in the purchase price will be deducted from the refund he would otherwise have received ; therefore he will not get a full refund of the money paid by him . |
| 3 | The result can be that all the experts who would otherwise be suitable are " conflicted out " , in today 's inelegant but pithy expression . |
| 4 | Other pieces showing the variety which could now be accommodated under the title ‘ canzon ’ are a ‘ capricio ’ in a number of short , sharply differentiated sections by Giovanni Battista Grillo and a composition for sixteen trombones by Tiburtio Massaino . |
| 5 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 6 | Seventy-one per cent of respondents wrote and said that the change they would most like to see was ‘ equality of opportunity ’ . |
| 7 | The attribution itself can either be total , e.g. , ‘ Claire is such a good girl ’ , or partial , e.g. , ‘ Henry has a vicious streak ’ . |
| 8 | This did n't stop the rock press from gnashing its teeth and a prize was certainly in the offing for the writer who could effectively belittle the Morrissey figure . |
| 9 | He wins universal applause from his followers and admiration from the reader , despite the fact that he is going to take away the paradise which may still have been ours . |
| 10 | The 13-goal marksman 's chances of being fit have improved since he started the treatment and his manager Ron Atkinson said : ‘ If he does make it and this machine has done the trick I 'll gladly pay out Pounds 25,000 myself to buy one . ’ |
| 11 | The sentencer regarded the case as an exceptional one The Court considered that it had many exceptional features which would allow a sentencer to reduce the sentence which would otherwise have been imposed , but it was seldom in such a case that a sentence of less than seven years would be appropriate . |
| 12 | It is not , indeed , ruled out by the logic of the naturalistic fallacy that degree of goodness and degree of pleasurableness might coincide , it is just that once one is free of the fallacy one will no longer see any reason to hold this . |
| 13 | Round about four o'clock in the afternoon he would sometimes forget Morris and sprawl back in his chair with his hands behind his head , yawning and looking at the ceiling , just as he had before Morris 's arrival . |
| 14 | Some have received large capital grants to improve their buildings , while others have been able to put to good use the money which would normally be spent on local authority overheads . |
| 15 | They had bought them in the local sex shop in the hope of saving the money they would normally spend on E. So what were they like ? |
| 16 | Got the money we might just as well |
| 17 | But the point that Anna failed to grasp was that without the money it would never have occurred to him to marry her . |
| 18 | Roma wanted to buy Rune a couple of years ago for about £5 mill — but he said no ( ! ) , i guess he have all the money he will ever need … ) |
| 19 | By a whiff of the smell you can plainly tell |
| 20 | A Government seeking to minimise awkward questions will try to railroad the the Bill through , hoping that by the time that Back Benchers have woken up to what is happening and their constituents have understood the dangers it will again be too late . |
| 21 | For the system to work you would need to ensure that your colleagues had a copy — and if that were the case they might even read the book . |
| 22 | If they lose the case they will also face substantial legal costs . |
| 23 | The case they should never have tried The Blue Arrow trial , the second longest in English criminal history , has been widely condemned as a travesty . |
| 24 | If this were the case one would also expect to find increased basal secretion in smokers — in our study this was not the case . |
| 25 | When this is not the case there will almost certainly , however , be periodic attempts to reconcile the two sets of accounts , by comparing the profit shown in the financial accounts with that revealed in the cost accounts . |
| 26 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 27 | and he says no I , I reckon I had a word with our Margaret she said no it do n't matter , but if that 's gon na be the case I 'd rather give it to him back , I mean I 've got it |
| 28 | ‘ If that were the case I 'd hardly have accepted your invitation , ’ she pointed out with some asperity . |
| 29 | Having stated the case you may legitimately put it into its historical setting in order to show what advance it made on the previous law ; and you may also indicate the trend of development that it started . |
| 30 | the risk is one against which , in all circumstances of the case he may reasonably be expected to offer the ( non-visitor ) some protection . |