Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the C&G plan could well show that such mergers are possible . ’ |
| 2 | There seems no good reason for the husband to be able to claim that he should not convey as " beneficial owner " and the wife 's solicitors should therefore insist that he so conveys ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 3 | So long as he remembered the frailty of Dad 's grip on life , Dad 's fingers would never loosen and let go . |
| 4 | As in the case of personal representatives , the company 's articles will probably provide that any restrictions on transferability apply on any application to be registered and to any transfer by him and these restrictions may handicap the trustee in obtaining the best price on a sale of the shares , particularly if the articles confer pre-emption rights . |
| 5 | The drafters of Labour 's manifesto must surely sense that their party 's embracing of the feminist cause , as defined by a tiny , vociferous group of feminist leaders , is in direct contradiction to their stated belief in individual liberty , not to mention the beliefs of ordinary women . |
| 6 | Prints are then made from the subsequent negatives , and in the case of the B&W I may either tint or tone the final print . ’ |
| 7 | John Paul 's pontificate may then appear as , in part , aberration , while a pluralist Catholic Christianity will be revealed as not only heir to the central religious tradition of the West , but as able to respond without losing its core identity to the needs both of a truly world Church and of the ongoing transformation of human consciousness and intellectual understanding . |
| 8 | Any fair-minded critic of The Pilgrim 's Regress must also admit that some of its conceits are unfortunate . |
| 9 | In the years that followed , his mother 's friends would often comment that he had an old head on young shoulders . |
| 10 | For the second consecutive year , Winemark have entered a selection of wines in the International Wine Challenge 1993 and , with more than 130 medal winners , this year 's success can only confirm that the quality of their wine is of the highest standard . |
| 11 | But this is easily understood , as in cramped conditions the fish 's territories would drastically overlap and one fish would n't be able to move without encroaching upon another 's territory . |
| 12 | A reasonable interpretation of the religious history of Clovis 's reign could thus run as follows : from the moment of his father 's death , Clovis had to deal with the catholic hierarchy ; nevertheless he remained a pagan , even after his marriage to a catholic wife . |
| 13 | Now inspection of a series of men 's hands will quickly demonstrate that not all of their fingernails are 100% clean . |
| 14 | A petitioner 's solicitor must now certify that he has discussed the question of reconciliation with his client , and suggested the names of suitably qualified people to help . |
| 15 | We saw in Chapter 3 how a number of major morphological features , notably orogenic mountain belts and island arcs , coincide with convergent plate boundaries ; a superficial glance at the Earth 's morphology might even suggest that all significant sub-aerial topographic features are confined to such boundaries . |
| 16 | Dagenham 's employees can only hope that Ford does not resurrect the phrase in the 1990s . |
| 17 | All knowledge of life and lives , and indeed of history , is a good in itself , and seems likely to inform literary intelligence ; and in addition Amis 's novels would rather confuse if thought to be the work of an early Tudor writer . |
| 18 | erm Listeners will probably know that there has been for many years what 's called the Schools Council , which has looked at erm curriculum matters and examination matters , and a year or so ago it was decided to discontinue the Schools Council , and to replace it by two successor committees , one the School Curriculum Development Committee , which you 've already mentioned and which I chair , and a parallel committee concerned with examinations , the School Examination , sorry the Secondary Examination Council , which is chaired by a mathematician , Sir Wilfred Cockroft . |
| 19 | Horses ' emotions can rapidly escalate or change from one to another . |
| 20 | Those who champion smokers ' rights should surely recognize that non-smokers , including babies and children , may be harmfully affected by other people being free to smoke in public places . |
| 21 | On the other hand , pursuers ' agents will doubtless maintain that any pursuer who faces the prospect of osteo-arthritis in an injured joint , or degeneration in a back complaint faces serious deterioration and is entitled to take advantage of the provisional damages scheme . |
| 22 | Thus the missiles ' controllers can immediately stop if they receive the emergency action message ( EAM ) before reaching the planned launch site — normally a wooded area , well away from built-up areas , to hide the weapon from prying eyes . |
| 23 | The members of an organisation acting qua members can unanimously amend or even terminate an international organisation , either in accordance with an amendment clause or through the formal or informal conclusion of a subsequent international agreement . |