Example sentences of "[subord] [vb mod] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wives coping in these conditions were more likely to patronise fried fish and ready-cooked meat shops than would housewives with ranges or gas stoves . |
| 2 | The latter would be subject to less extensive review than would tribunals and other administrative institutions . |
| 3 | Recognition of the way in which this rhetoric drew upon previous discourses and defined the nature of authority relationships provides a more secure interpretation of the chronology of chartism 's rise and subsequent demise than can accounts describing it as merely an expression of acute social and economic deprivation . |
| 4 | Descriptions of ‘ free ’ learning sequences can not automatically determine the structure of contrived instruction any more than can descriptions of attested language use . |
| 5 | Political parties can no more escape from their pasts than can individuals . |
| 6 | We now give a variant of the method of 2.9.3 ; we do so partly because the variant can save computer time , especially if may iterations are required , but also because it enables us simply to bring out certain features of the method , which lead to possible modifications . |
| 7 | It is common ground between the parties , and , on the basis of earlier cases , rightly so , that the visitor to a university may be given an exclusive jurisdiction , e.g. , to decide disputes arising under the statutes of the university , as may visitors to such eleemosynary foundations as schools , colleges and dioceses . |
| 8 | If allies were able to provide the necessities of life , primitive valuables could have acted as a medium of exchange ; primitive valuables may also have been used as a means of contracting alliances as may marriages between members of different political groups . |
| 9 | In addition , other road users may benefit from the measures as may children on ‘ non-school ’ days . |
| 10 | But they should only be eaten in small quantities , as should potatoes . |
| 11 | The proposals for the Council of Ministers , the Commission and the Parliament should be part of the negotiating brief for United Kingdom Ministers at Maastricht , as should proposals on economic and monetary union , to which my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) hopes to refer later in the debate . |
| 12 | The current status of tax computations should also be explained , as should details of PAYE and VAT audits . |
| 13 | Arranging for the employees to eat in the staff restaurant ( if any ) at the client 's premises might work , as might arrangements to supply lunches to staff all , however , somewhat cumbersome and complicated . |
| 14 | For , as Giles Playfair rightly pointed out , when children under 16 are thought to be the victim of indecent assault , they would not , as could homosexuals under these proposals , be also treated as the culprits . |
| 15 | He would have a mandate for five years , renewable once , as would members of the National Assembly . |
| 16 | If the privatisation programme were to cease , it would have a damaging effect on the inflow of funds , as would proposals to renationalise parts of industry which is what the Labour party proposes . |
| 17 | In the case of a two-tier board structure , the Proposal allows for the supervisory directors to be appointed by the supervisory board itself rather than shareholders or employees ; in this case , employees would have a right of veto , as would shareholders . |
| 18 | Details announced on March 15 made clear that lowest-paid workers would be exempt from such salary cuts , as would teachers and employees of parastatals , whereas senior civil servants would be worst affected . |
| 19 | Whether from shame or fear of the all-pervasive Mukhabarat security police , people are reluctant to talk of the four civilians in Maan who were killed - they do not use the word ‘ martyred ’ as would Palestinians on the West Bank of the river — during the ‘ sorrowful events ’ as they are known in official parlance . |
| 20 | The number of synthetic chemicals that get into our bodies through the skin is relatively small , but solvents such as white spirit can enter in this way , as can oils and solvents used in cosmetics . |
| 21 | Other structural changes , such as association or hydrogen bonding , are reflected in vibrational spectra , and can be followed by vibrational spectroscopy , as can processes of solvation . |
| 22 | Amazon soils can not provide nutrients from the parent material as can soils in temperate regions because the Basin has a Tertiary deposit of kaolinite derived from the sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands , but in some areas are patches of black soil , developed by the Indians for intensive cultivation by addition of organic matter . |
| 23 | Treatment of parental mental illnesses may also be seen as potential preventive approaches for childhood disturbance , as can efforts to help disadvantaged families find ways of resolving their multiple problems , and strategies to reduce overt marital discord . |
| 24 | Those with assets exceeding £500,000 can also apply , as can businessmen willing to invest over £150,000 and create new employment . |
| 25 | Certainly the attitudinist can allow deductive reasoning full sway in ethics , since attitudes can be logically inconsistent one with another just as much as can beliefs . |
| 26 | Animals can also transmit infection on their bodies , as can insects ( e.g. flies becoming contaminated with faeces ) and many widespread epidemic infections are transmitted by blood-sucking insects such as the mosquito which causes malaria . |
| 27 | The laboratory method appeals to those who believe that , in the last analysis , human behaviour can be studied and explained in the same way as can events in the world of nature . |
| 28 | In fact , owners of land or factories can do things non-owners can not , as can men with weapons compared to those without , or even men as compared to women . |
| 29 | Vegetarian meals can be arranged on request , as can children 's meals . |