Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Even with the stethoscope in my ears I could still hear Beamish 's voice .
2 Anyone associated with the game of rugby quite right abhors tactics which can easily cause injury .
3 The Association found that for the first time the municipal government was taking its demands seriously and was prepared to make concessions which would effectively improve working conditions .
4 Sometimes the government has the opportunity to levy taxes which will actually improve efficiency and reduce waste .
5 As the author is a dealer , he appears to be in touch with objects which might otherwise escape attention , and this spices up what could be a tired subject .
6 Fourth , Hargreaves recommends that there are general school policies which can effectively improve performance .
7 But he also emphasised the need for greater spending on transport and communications , science and research and development — programmes which could yet take priority over health spending under a Labour government .
8 These include proposals to codify in detail the criteria for applying the rule of reason , to reduce antitrust penalties for ventures that include cooperating in the production and marketing of the fruits of R&D , to establish a ‘ safe harbour ’ for collaborating firms that lack market power , and to establish an administrative review process that would clear proposals which might otherwise risk antitrust penalties ( for further details , see Brodley , 1990 ; Shapiro and Willig , 1990 ; Jorde and Teece , 1990 ; and others ) .
9 However , the authors of WFP have not thought the matter through and have come up with a set of proposals which will simply divert attention away from the real agenda which does exist for NHS capital accounting .
10 By an extension of the argument , the duty is imposed in advance to deter acts which will potentially cause harm to the interests of others .
11 Weber gives as reasons for this power position of the bureaucratic and political elites their possession of the means of administration and the fact that they are small groups which can easily reach agreement upon any action necessary to maintain their power .
12 For motivation to be sustained there must be PERCEIVED EQUITABLE REWARDS which will then engender SATISFACTION .
13 We 've argued that that would stimulate migration as opposed simply to accommodate past trends , so we 've argued that , but the the problem for West Yorkshire well for Leeds in particular is that the brown field sites we have , the regeneration that we need is not of sites which would readily accommodate housing , they 're not sites which lend themselves as nice places to live .
14 Many of the mystics of the fourteenth century came from countries which would later become Protestant .
15 The FAO said that the annual maize harvest in 11 countries was expected to be at least 25 per cent down and that countries which would normally export maize , notably South Africa and Zimbabwe , would themselves be seeking imports of the regional staple .
16 It is intended to formulate and test models of the British economy , incorporating rational expectations as well as alternative expectations schemes in models which will also specify innovation and choice at the micro level and integrate micro-economic behaviour with macroeconomic variables .
17 In the first category we work to prevent effects which might otherwise take place , not necessarily working directly with the child .
18 English teachers need to be ready to give careful introductions and support when using texts which might otherwise cause offence to some groups ; for example , if a character with racist attitudes is portrayed , even though the author may not be supporting such attitudes .
19 If owing to pressure of other work in the office the ideal team is not available , senior management will need to pay greater attention to the job since either the line of delegation will be sparse at the top end , or well qualified and experienced surveyors will be forced to do mundane duties which could both lower morale and prove financially inefficient .
20 Why am I served by incompetents who can only advise surrender ? ’
21 In extreme cases you could even face prosecution .
22 It will , sadly , be too late for many young people , whose lives have already been ruined ; but it could set the agenda for future generations who might even get society better organised than we did .
23 Surgical drains are placed by the surgeon into the wound and provide a route for the exit of blood or body fluids which would otherwise prevent healing .
24 Francis of Assisi maintains an astonishingly high position of regard in the hearts of many Christians who would comfortably condemn Rose of Lima , despite the fact that as well as chatting to wolves and birds , his own asceticism , and that laid on his followers , was ferocious and absolute .
25 The more so this month , which by tradition brings exceptional offers for buyers who would rather save money by relieving dealers of unsold ‘ H ’ models than covert the snob value of driving the same model with a ‘ J ’ plate .
26 She marvelled even more though when Cara 's basic efficiency surfaced as she declared , ‘ By my calculations you 'll still have time to get down to Dover after you 've dropped me off at the airport . ’
27 Local education authorities will contribute through staffing and clerical costs they may also provide office space and equipment , etc .
28 Government sources said , however , that in the end it was the conditions which would eventually determine timing of British participation .
29 The importance of Leigh is that the court was prepared to treat the " open justice " principle as a rule of law which could be asserted by a journalist against a discretionary policy , rather than as a desirable state of affairs which could nonetheless give way to judicial convenience .
30 Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant .
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