Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joking aside , these listings do illustrate the breadth of the Prestel service — though they do not hint at which are profitable or will prevail . |
| 2 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 3 | The term includes : ( i ) any income chargeable to income tax by deduction at source or otherwise ( first limb ) and any income which would have been chargeable to income tax if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( second limb ) ( s681(1) ( a ) ) ; [ ( ii ) where the amount of the income of any body corporate has been apportioned ( ie shortfalled ) under Schedule 16 to FA 1972 or could have been so apportioned if the body corporate were incorporated and resident in any part of the United Kingdom , so much of the income of the body corporate for that year or period as is equal to the amount which has been or could have been so apportioned to the trustees of or a beneficiary under the settlement ( s681(1) ( b ) ) [ abolished in relation to income of bodies corporate for accounting periods beginning after 31 March 1989 by FA 1989 , Sched 17 , Part V ] ] . |
| 4 | Customers can buy it pre-loaded or can buy the software modules separately . |
| 5 | They do not want commercialisation , if anything it is this that will drive them away . |
| 6 | A group like this that can offer parents the chance to pay according to what they earn is able to offer full day care for 45 pounds . |
| 7 | Any other people apart from people who are unemployed that can claim income support ? |
| 8 | In the face of criticism from the other judges of Angell and Pownall for overstepping their instructions , Burn thought that because ‘ of their experience and their minute examination of the plans , which was far more minute than could have been done by the judges ’ , it would be helpful to have their placings . |
| 9 | About ten minutes after taking a tab of E , the drug will produce a high that can last for hours . |
| 10 | There are many hundreds of sizes , shapes and shades of rose , some scented and others not , some that will flower all summer long , and others that will only bloom for two or three weeks during early summer . |
| 11 | -Oh yes , there are some that can finish and machine together . |
| 12 | I am afraid that will continue . |
| 13 | I am afraid that will kill me . ’ |
| 14 | believe that there is further that can go and that it should be exploited by Mr Major or Mr Reynolds , or by Mr Major ? |
| 15 | ‘ It was a direct result of seeing the need for something different that could allow people to go out to sea no matter what the weather was like outside , that I went to see the lifeboat just over a year ago . ’ |
| 16 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |
| 17 | … the city of Chichester doth so fast decay and run to ruine , and the multitude inhabiting there so fast growe too beggary that except for remedy thereof some speedy order bee taken it is very likely the multitude of poor in the liberty of that city increasing will cause the better sorte ( being few that can contribute towards the releefe of the poore ) by reason of charges to wex weery of inhabiting the city . |
| 18 | it 's only a chosen few that can understand him at that speed . |
| 19 | ‘ He said , ‘ John you need to do something to haul yourself out of your choral doldrums — something spice and interesting that 'll make a splash in New York . |
| 20 | It is not clear whether the transition from one quite understandable activity to another that would have made the old commercial librarians blush even to contemplate ( one thinks of Day 's library ticket with its ‘ Scarce books and books out of print carefully searched for ’ ) was simply a question of the slippery slope in a semi-literate world . |
| 21 | One further response , from a husband , is included without comment — ‘ wives are more open-minded and can concentrate harder ’ . |
| 22 | He 's in the top 30 and should win his class in his first ever RAC Rally . |
| 23 | He 's going to rent an appartement ( I 'm going all French and should have said , a flat ! ) where I can live and he can stay when he 's in England . |
| 24 | Carling , one of the highest profile players in the world , advised last night : ‘ Scrap this and let's get round the table . ’ |
| 25 | Owen did n't quite understand this and would have asked more but the two men ducked into the next house . |
| 26 | getting increasingly frustrated on the subject of other things , pelican crossings and that I 've been concerned to hear since I 've I 've been requested this question and er it was briefly reported in the Cambridge evening news last night that they they 've had almost continuous telephone calls today complaining erm which shows the public as I thought of my own experience er are very concerned about this and would like to erm first of all bring it to the council 's attention and do regard as serious and ask the chair if there is a proper investigation will be made into the way the council handles this subject . |
| 27 | The seasoned fighter would be well aware of this and would take precautionary counter-measures . |
| 28 | I and my colleagues understand the anxiety caused by uncertainties like this and will clarify the position as early as possible . |
| 29 | ( Any African understands this and will do it without question . ) |
| 30 | Children are very quick to spot this and will take advantage of the situation — and once they know they can get away with anything , you will lose their respect . |