Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so preoccupied that she merely nodded , but she looked up sharply when he added , ‘ Dawn has offered to help with any difficult operations where you might need assistance . ’ |
| 2 | The integration of these systems followed gradually , and much later , when man learned to grow and store crops for his now domesticated animals that they might survive winter or drought at home . |
| 3 | It is considered that in the last resort it is to civil remedies that she should have recourse . |
| 4 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 5 | He faced growing opposition , even among those who had been his closest supporters , particularly when he failed to honour an undertaking made in 1979 to his party supporters that he would relinquish office in 1990 after the first 10 years of independence . |
| 6 | The reference may be invalid because there has been no agreement between the parties that it should take place . |
| 7 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 8 | Hitler did n't like Jews and it could make trouble for me . |
| 9 | ‘ Burrows will be out for at least three months with detached , possibly torn knee ligaments and he may have cartilige damage as well . |
| 10 | The UK 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) has insisted on additional environmental safeguards before it will give approval to a controversial plan to burn orimulsion at two power stations in Wales and Lancashire . |
| 11 | We have looked at abilities , experience and goals as they might influence behaviour at work . |
| 12 | I think one of the difficulties of science — you talked at the beginning of switching people off science — is there are some golden opportunities when you can argue science , you can argue politics , you can argue English Literature with your teacher — it 's very hard to argue mathematics with your teacher . |
| 13 | Pilkinsulation takes care of the u values so you can take care of the design |
| 14 | Benjamin 's ‘ party of knaves ’ had re-established themselves in the Tower waiting for spring to dry out the roads so they could travel north . |
| 15 | The sudden , sharp increase in cross-Atlantic skiing traffic owes much to the claims of some American resorts that they can guarantee snow cover , even if as much as 75 per cent of it may be man-made . |
| 16 | It is in virtue of such rules that we can make sense of the idea that we are objectively correct to call the new sensation a pain . |
| 17 | For a better understanding and greater co-operation between people of different religions that we may build trust and friendship among our neighbours of other faiths to promote true peace … |
| 18 | ‘ It has also enabled both of us to measure performance and to identify areas where we can save money , ’ added Anthony . |
| 19 | Their parents must lead them away from the nest site to other areas where they can collect food and find hiding places . |
| 20 | ‘ These are areas where you could say farming was marginal . |
| 21 | Some set up agricultural communities where they could take refuge from public contempt for ‘ conchies ’ and convince themselves that their experiments in communal living would , once ‘ the grim period of war is over … be remembered as the forerunner of the new society . ’ |
| 22 | You do have some control over the costs in the form of wage bills so you may require information about that area , and your daily cash takings and some idea of stock turnover to control for pilferage of goods or cash . |
| 23 | Sadly — we are not doing very well in any of these areas and we must take heed of the suggestions put forward by the N.D.O. and Trainers and any other good ideas proposed . |
| 24 | I propose that we adopt a unified approach along these lines and I would appreciate Council members ' views on the subject . |
| 25 | And they 're all starch , they 're all potatoes and I 'll have egg and chips and bread and more bread . |
| 26 | The truth , of course , is not hard to fathom : everyone 's heard of them and no-one 's heard of us ; therefore they 'll sell thousands of guitars for these companies while we 'd sell zilch . |
| 27 | Operational matters are for the Governor , but I think it is important to bear in mind that although we know that violence was used in the early stages we have no evidence that anyone now still in the prison is in danger and you 've got to ask yourself in those circumstances whether you should risk injury or even death in storming the prison when as far as we know nobody remaining inside is now in danger . |
| 28 | The Minister knows my views on such matters when they might affect service personnel and families . |
| 29 | One might also predict that context would be of most use to individuals who have acquired rapid word-recognition skills and who can integrate word meanings rapidly . |
| 30 | Anyone any ideas where you can buy pinball/arcade machines ? ? |