Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 2 | Exhumed forms may be of any age , although Triassic forms have probably received more attention than any others in this country . |
| 3 | ( For a ‘ developed ’ country , this will probably concentrate on the questions asked in the census form ; for other parts of the world the method of conducting the census may be of more interest . ) |
| 4 | Political parties , for example , may not present such an ‘ open face ’ to women ; their agendas may be of less interest to women or women may face more difficulties in fitting in with their timetables and organisation . |
| 5 | If diarrhoea is the dominant symptom and the threat of incontinence an embarrassing social handicap , provided that the rectum is not impacted on examination , loperamide may be of some use . |
| 6 | For example , collocations extracted from the domain of Banking may be of little use when processing a medical report , since words like ’ charge ’ behave differently when used to describe a type of payment rather than a type of nurse . |
| 7 | MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them . |
| 8 | That sort of decision should be under some sort of democratic decision making ability . |
| 9 | I remember that my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian challenged the Prime Minister to comment on the increase , and he answered that the chairman must be worth that salary . |
| 10 | Obviously , in order that the trial should be of any value at all , both materials should be used in the way that will produce the best results . |
| 11 | N.B. Whilst our itineraries are presented for our main departures on Mondays and Fridays , travel by air , rail or car may be on any day of the week . |
| 12 | The ridden horse 's ears may be at half mast indicating that he is relaxed and listening to his rider . |
| 13 | Where the rocks exposed in the cliffs are incoherent , pressures produced by the waves may be of less importance and much of the erosion accomplished by the load flung against the cliffs and by the simple swilling action of the waves , which removes the finer matrix from gravel beds . |
| 14 | Despite the difficulty of imagining how a behaviour involving the three components outlined in the last paragraph could arise in the first place , I think it is quite possible that the explanation of stable age queues in animals may be of this kind . |
| 15 | Too close a contact with leading journalists could be of more benefit to the media than it is to you . |
| 16 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 17 | A marble and a stalls back seat could be worth several minutes of noisy bagatelle . |
| 18 | as if a homicidal maniac on cocaine could be of any help … |
| 19 | Where no form is prescribed for a transaction , or a prescribed form can not be conveniently adapted , r75 provides that the instrument shall be in such form as the registrar shall direct or allow but shall follow the approved forms as nearly as possible . |
| 20 | If the Mujahideen divide up the country among themselves it is likely that the big divide would be along these mountains , which would then become the new division between Central Asia and the Indian sub-continent . |
| 21 | In the case of the database project , it is doubtful that the machine-readable data would be of any use whatsoever . |
| 22 | I think that is an absolute fantasy and I think that it is er perhaps going too far in our denigration of members of local authorities to think their attitude towards their police force would be in any way changed , were some of the members to be appointed from a list which had been drawn up by the Home Secretary . |
| 23 | These include procedures designed to ensure that : ( 1 ) no alleged contemnor shall be in any doubt as to the charges which are made against him ; ( 2 ) he shall be given a proper opportunity of showing cause why he should not be held in contempt of court ; ( 3 ) if an order of committal is made , the accused ( a ) knows precisely in what respects he has been found to have offended and ( b ) is given a written record of those findings and of the sentence passed upon him . |
| 24 | Yes er , Richard will be on that board and er , and we also accept , expect erm , further outside appointments . |
| 25 | Roncraft are producing a range of clear and coloured versions , but I suspect that the clear gloss and satin finishes will be of most interest . |
| 26 | I said oh I said by the way Steven will be round this afternoon to video . |
| 27 | The best system for measuring patient workload will be of little value if the workforce is either not available at the time required or without the necessary skills . |
| 28 | André and I are both fluent , but I 've seen how disadvantaged an outsider can be without any knowledge of the language . ’ |
| 29 | The initial investment can be of any size . |
| 30 | Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen . |