Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , dubious studies achieve publicity or may be attractive for other , perhaps political or novelty , reasons . |
| 2 | As the Law Commission recommended in 1976 , the test should be whether the granting of relief to an applicant who has delayed would cause substantial prejudice or hardship to any person or would be detrimental to good administration . |
| 3 | At the same time we expose local people to new developments that may be beneficial to cultural activities . |
| 4 | Some manufacturers now make thicker condoms that may be better for anal sex , but the very thick varieties are ‘ too thick ’ to pass the British Standard and are therefore not Kitemarked . |
| 5 | As part of a cost-cutting exercise in the year when their franchises are up for grabs , the ITV companies have singled out eight popular shows that may be available to commercial sponsors in the future . |
| 6 | Agencies other than the state produce statistics that may be useful for sociological research . |
| 7 | It forces the researcher to take seriously questions that may be relevant to other fields of enquiry , but which are not always so sharply focused . |
| 8 | ME sources , however , also contain variation that may be relevant to non-standard varieties and casual styles of speech ; hence , there may be considerable time-depth to these variables also . |
| 9 | Reference can be made to the CFM for guidance on the terms of engagement that may be appropriate to particular types of engagement in the context of the reports involved . |
| 10 | All these characters are used in the identification of fossil species , but of course the colour patterns that may be characteristic of living species are not available in the great majority of fossils . |
| 11 | Similarly , a very restricted comparison — perhaps of only two or three cases — permits a more intensive analysis than may be possible with multi-country studies and if the cases are dealt with in a consistent and systematic way minimises ‘ the danger of lapsing into either vacuous description or superficial comparison ’ ( Shalev , 1980a , p. 40 ) . |
| 12 | As we saw , this is the result of the fact that in human beings clearly-focused , specific sexual instincts have undergone a process of diffusion , displacement and generalization and have become associated rather more widely with the body and mind than may be true of other animals in whom these instincts still maintain a narrow and specialized role solely adapted to reproduction . |
| 13 | Whereas not all clinics necessarily do a full general examination , it is vital to the doctor to be able to examine the genitalia both externally and internally , because , for reasons that should be clear from preceding chapters , it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis without such examination . |
| 14 | The ‘ User 's Guide to LIFESPAN ABLE ’ provides guidance on how to run ABLE and the conditions that must be satisfied before ABLE will allow modules to be entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 15 | In particular , given the importance attached by Williamson to efficiency , there is no clear treatment of the tradeoffs that might be necessary between short-term and long-term efficiency . |
| 16 | This in turn has led clinicians to try to identify the factors that might be responsible for poor clinical results . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't say it was a particularly pleasant experience — it 's a bit hairy wandering through waist high vines that could be full of black and brown snakes ! ’ |
| 18 | For example , roboticists relying on sequential processing were unable to write programs capable of computing the subtly balanced flexions of shoulder , elbow , and wrist that would be necessary for smooth movement of the robot-arm . |
| 19 | That it would be out of place to use scientific discoveries in the course of the investigation ought to be clear : if science is optional , it would be improper to use results deriving from that science in justifying it ; and , if scientific results are held , tentatively , at arm 's length anyway , they are not certain beliefs that would be appropriate for philosophical argument . |
| 20 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 21 | After all , a plant that was doing badly in the Amazon may well do well elsewhere , or at least contain genes that would be useful in other environments . |
| 22 | We are equipped to make mental calculations of risk and odds , within the range of improbabilities that would be useful in human life . |
| 23 | This mixture allowed ultraviolet rays from the sun to bathe the earth 's surface with an intensity that would be lethal to modern animal life . |
| 24 | In many far off lands the Commission 's gardeners have no knowledge of the English language , while their supervisors are not fluent in the native tongue ; the result has been , so the Commission reports , that a form of hybrid speech has developed in certain countries that would be incomprehensible to other natives of the country and to ordinary English-speakers , but which is ‘ very eloquent ’ on matters relating to cemetery maintenance ! |
| 25 | The chute is a perfect dish hovering a metre or so above the snow and hauling me downwind at a speed that would be unthinkable on Nordic skis . |
| 26 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 27 | Firstly , a small saver is able to minimise risk by investing quite cheaply in a much wider range of assets than would be possible by direct investment . |
| 28 | Then the head is distorted in a sweeping spiral movement so that the spectator is obliged to move completely around it and thus gathers a very complete idea about it ; and , owing to the element of distortion , from several positions one sees more of the head than would be possible in ordinary vision . |
| 29 | Women appear to find it difficult , at times , to control their moods and may be subject to emotional outbursts or lose their tempers more frequently . ’ |
| 30 | These values may not be agreed between the political parties and may be subject to emotional fluctuations among the general public . |