Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is to help doctors and nurses who may otherwise have difficulty in conferring because of geography or timing , to review and analyse non-emergency patient cases . |
| 2 | But all is not yet lost for Michael McGimpsey , a 44-year-old building contractor , who may now seek nomination in another ward . |
| 3 | Between 1970 and 1981 , the agricultural population of Latin America increased by 8 million persons , of whom 4 million are described as producers , 5 million as peasant farmers and 1 million as landless workers , who must therefore seek work in wage-earning occupations ( ECLAC/FAO 1985 ) . |
| 4 | To these things , we might also add the inappropriateness of , and deterioration of standards in , school buildings — the inconvenience of stairs and galleries for those wishing to use overhead projectors and other cumbersome audio-visual aids ; the unsuitability of compartmentalized classrooms for team-teaching , resource-based learning etc. ; and the general discouragement that dilapidated walls and leaking roofs present to those who might otherwise take pride in improving the display and all-round aesthetic environment of their classrooms . |
| 5 | Young men who could easily find work in the East Anglian villages during the peak periods of the farming year — haysel and corn harvest — were dismissed by farmers after the harvest , and often spent the whole winter hanging about without work and without any form of subsistence except the parish or the charity of their family . |
| 6 | Private and local jurisdiction was also shrunk by the reorganization of the royal courts to provide a more convenient service to litigants and prosecutors , who would rather get justice in the king 's court than risk appeal from lesser courts . |
| 7 | Families who would otherwise spend Christmas in bed-and-breakfast accommodation would then have a house to live in . |
| 8 | Few as they were , they might be sufficient , for the men in them would be seasoned seamen and raiders who would brawl for the love of it , on shipboard anywhere ; who would defend their own northern lands to the death , on land or on sea ; but who would never march south in cold blood to throw away life defending a foreigner 's ground . |
| 9 | These days she is one of the few top Tories who can still command respect in this country and has tremendous status abroad . |
| 10 | There is the last and as far as Kylie is concerned most convincing theory , that the stories are the product of small minded , talentless types who can never achieve fame in their own right . |