Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [vb mod] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victories would put the Irish on 17 points , Denmark on 16 with Spain still on 13 although the Spanish would have a game in hand . |
| 2 | The transaction 's commercial object was that the Prudential would acquire a development being carried out by the developers with funds provided by the Prudential . |
| 3 | and the rich will buy a house in this area , like you have Embassy people |
| 4 | He was enthralled by the entire proceeding and remarked that only the English could make a contest between two crews which would not rank in the World 's top 10 into a bigger spectacle than the Olympic final . |
| 5 | The policies pursued were not always pleasing to Washington , and showed that the British could have a mind of their own . |
| 6 | ‘ If they 're using a phone-booth-to-phone-booth system , there 's no way the British can get a tap on it . |
| 7 | The six will publish a specification for a common desktop environment by the end of June , and it will save everyone 's face by incorporating elements of HP 's Visual User Environment and Encapsulator , IBM 's Common User Access Workplace Shell , SunSoft 's Open Look , DeskSet and ToolTalk interapplication communication system and USL 's Unix SVR4.2 desktop manager alongside the Open Software Foundation 's Motif toolkit and window manager . |
| 8 | Although the new Broadcasting Bill stipulates that these stations will provide a varied diet of programmes , the best bet is that one will feature primarily classical music , the second will have a pop/rock music base , while the third is likely to be an American-style ‘ talk ’ station . |
| 9 | In it the poor would have a voice and a share , but would not be able to outweigh or vote away the interests of the propertied and the wealthy . |
| 10 | Ultimately the latter would choose a head of state and a government would be formed , which would be admitted to the UN . |
| 11 | Management in the latter would appropriate a surplus created by the innovation to a far greater extent than in the integrated firm , assuming that the innovation is asset-specific . |
| 12 | There is some question whether these conditions would result from economic and social factors , except in so far as the latter might have a bearing upon the extent and quality of prenatal care . |
| 13 | In our example , if the manufacturer was careless in the manufacture of his product and this had injured the consumer , the latter will have a claim ( in the law of tort ) in negligence against the manufacturer even though he did not buy the goods from him . |
| 14 | The latter will get a stock exchange quote after it is spun off and this could trigger further price rises similar to those seen in electricity , gas and water . |
| 15 | Insufficient knowledge of the latter can waste a lot of money . |
| 16 | The latter can become a point of pride and end in denying what it set out to affirm . |
| 17 | But in the same way that real poverty has always given birth to real revolution , this feigned poverty of the adventurous would breed a false-bottomed , jerry-built revolution in which the adventurers would continue their make-believe and be followed by the rock-concert lumpen , tired of their own voyeurism . ’ |
| 18 | Thus the MMC could produce a monopoly report . |
| 19 | Overflow records other than the first will cause a time lapse of at least ( n — 1 ) R ( see page 254 for details ) . |
| 20 | The 1990s could become a decade of " drawing the USA and the Soviet Union together on the basis of universal human values and the balance of interests , … ridding the world of superfluous unnecessary weapons , outdated political concepts and military doctrines , and artificial barriers between peoples and states " . |
| 21 | Apart from preaching diversification , they proclaim that the 1990s will see a flight to quality , meaning ( often illogically ) the world 's biggest companies , wherever they may be . |
| 22 | The former may need a word or two said about it . |
| 23 | For the first time the fair will include a loan exhibition , drawing on the outstanding print collection donated to Plymouth City Art Gallery in the nineteenth-century . |
| 24 | EVERY Thursday , The Northern will publish a list of supply contracts on offer via the Darlington Business Link , a free service from Darlington Business Venture aimed at matching customers ' needs with suppliers in the area . |
| 25 | Small amounts of 40 K in rocks decay to 40 Ar and the ratio of the two can give a measure of age of rock . |
| 26 | Hewlett-Packard Co last week announced an agreement with Intel Corp under which the two will develop a chip set designed specifically for the HP 700/RX family of Intel 80960 RISC processor-based X-Window System stations . |
| 27 | So even the employed would have a need , but it might not be so urgent , but it might not be so urgent as the self-employed guy , whose gon na need money after how long ? |
| 28 | really , the next will have a pint that 's two , I 'll have a pint that 's three , you , four |
| 29 | Yeah , we 've got a wrong driver and I did n't have one in my things so I might have to regroup with a proper let's have a look in DOS and see what mouse drivers it 's got . |
| 30 | A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate . |