Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [conj] the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 2 | You say , ‘ we will naturally assume that the party is travelling together ’ . |
| 3 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |
| 4 | A swing can only occur if the tail is sliding sideways over the ground . |
| 5 | Security means defence against all comers and contingencies ; as such , it can only materialise when the world is purged of uncertainty . |
| 6 | Here again the highlighted nouns are not marked for number in any way and the Japanese reader can only guess whether the writer is talking about one or several fingers and tattoos . |
| 7 | But in fact we know of existing animals with a whole range of light-sensitive organs , from those which can merely detect whether the animal is in the light or the dark , through organs capable of detecting the direction of the incident light , up to proper image-forming eyes . |
| 8 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 9 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , keep in mind that results derived for stationary or uniformly moving bodies will not necessarily apply when the body is accelerated . |
| 11 | Any time that a wing begins to drop at a stall it is the beginning of a possible spin , but the spin can only develop if the wing is kept stalled and the glider is allowed to continue to yaw . |
| 12 | Refusal does not necessarily indicate that the individual is incapable of doing so . |
| 13 | This does not necessarily mean that the cholesterol is the cause , or certainly not the sole cause , of heart attacks . |
| 14 | This does not necessarily mean that the customer is always right , but it does mean that the customer forms the starting point for the organization 's corporate strategy . |
| 15 | Although we have identified a recognition sequence for the DNA-PK , this does not necessarily mean that the kinase is unable to recognise other types of sequence . |
| 16 | The question does not arise if the decision is forced by circumstances . |
| 17 | These problems do not arise if the referee is an expert . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not think that the situation is slipping out of control . |
| 19 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 20 | [ New ] Wolverton has now been modernised and , apart from a pleasant public library and some flower beds in the narrow residential streets , I do not think that the result is a great amelioration . |
| 21 | We are co-operating with three European business schools ( ESC Lyons , Henley Management College and ESADE , Barcelona ) to develop the International Management Institute of St Petersburg , and do not consider that the Community is ‘ making a hash ’ of technical assistance to the ex-Soviet Union . |
| 22 | Unlike the familiar blood alcohol tests in motoring cases , urinalysis does not demonstrate that the employee is impaired by drugs . |
| 23 | John Major told the Confederation of British Industry that interest rates will soon fall because the government is winning the battle against inflation . |
| 24 | So you will normally know whether the station is to your left or right and whether it is ahead of astern . |
| 25 | We need not doubt that the epithet is justified and I think we are on the right track in attributing its powers to nerve cells with their trigger features and projective zones , but the connecting links are missing . |
| 26 | If Labour can not win when the country is in the deepest recession since the war and the Tories have ditched their greatest electoral asset , can it have any hope of ever again forming a government ? |
| 27 | We do not know whether the lake is safe for our customers to fall into . ’ |
| 28 | The accused need not know that the act is unlawful : Newbury , DPP v Daley [ 1980 ] AC 237 ( PC ) . |
| 29 | This applies only where the person dealing with the company does not know that the action is beyond the powers of the company 's directors under its constitution ( s. 35A(1) — ( 3 ) CA ) . |
| 30 | I do not know if the gesture is valid , but I enjoy the ritual ; it makes me feel better . |