Example sentences of "[art] [det] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be treading a tightrope — or at the least could be accused of insensitivity — were I to speak more of this particular sister-in-law . |
| 2 | And that was the that would be a year . |
| 3 | If there is easy access to the loft the this can be a relatively simple job . |
| 4 | The Report failed to specify the conditions under which the past experience of the few might be safe ground on which to shape the future experience of every child and teacher in the country . |
| 5 | Ireland provides distinct evidence that civilisation in the hands of the few must be maintained by exclusivity ( Irenius insists that any social contact between English and Irish be suppressed and expressly advocates forbidding the English the opportunity of learning Gaelic ) . |
| 6 | She 'd told Dot there 'd got to be the ordinary people too so that the few could be visibly valiant . |
| 7 | The more you can develop these faculties , the fewer will be your blunders and the better your economy . |
| 8 | Conversely the fewer the candidates , the fewer will be the eliminations and the transfers , and the stronger the probability that such votes as are transferred will stay with the party , which will thus come closer to deriving the maximum benefit from its potential support . |
| 9 | The latter would be called a subjective budget and would list items in headings such as buildings , staff , rent , rates , capitation , in terms of the total spent in each category , rather than show how part of each category related to a particular programme . |
| 10 | The former system could still be used by a smallholder on suitable land , the latter would be disastrous . |
| 11 | In 1626 Charles I signed an agreement with Vermuyden for the drainage of Hatfield Chase , for which the latter would be awarded one-third of the land drained . |
| 12 | But if you are to leave your audience not merely entertained but also convinced , each word picture must have a purpose and be built into the logical framework so that the latter would be noticeably weaker without it . |
| 13 | The main difference between the ‘ Oracles ’ and the Created God is that the former were believed to be of ‘ divine ’ origin , whereas the latter would be of mankind 's own creation , and therefore under human control . |
| 14 | ( At that time even the most optimistic in the UUUC camp assumed that some of the latter would be returned . ) |
| 15 | Even in this excruciating extremity a part of Lexandro acknowledged that the former would be folly , the latter would be futile . |
| 16 | ( It is harder to see why γ should help α to resist a challenge by Β ) If the alternative strategies are ‘ resist only challenges to oneself , and ‘ resist any challenge ’ , the latter would be favoured by selection provided that it was usually advantageous . |
| 17 | An interesting example of the latter would be vandalism — often picked on as being a particularly ‘ inexplicable ’ activity in conventional motivational terms ; yet in the early years of the film industry the destruction of property ( especially the most prized objects such as cars ) constituted the most popular film content , and still draws large audiences today . |
| 18 | The latter would be more feasible and less expensive than large-scale ground operations . |
| 19 | Although the latter would be prejudicial to a Christian monotheism , the former would not . |
| 20 | The latter would be about three of four inches away from the outer , transparent skin and its surface would be mirrored or coated in some reflective material . |
| 21 | The latter would be the work of so many interchangeable ‘ hands ’ executing and making possible the designs of superordinate others . |
| 22 | The latter would be subject to less extensive review than would tribunals and other administrative institutions . |
| 23 | More important , the CGLI argued that the latest proposal from the DES would break undertakings given to it in 1973 , when it agreed to provide the administrative services for TEC , that the latter would be confined to technician occupations and would not be used as an instrument of government policy . |
| 24 | An example of the latter would be if a voiced sound that you want to practise becomes voiceless adjacent to a voiceless sound forming part of the frame . |
| 25 | Eliot reiterated his view that , as between a Communist world and a world dominated by the Nazis ( which would mean a world dominated by Germany in the West and Japan in the East ) , the latter would be the more horrible immediately to contemplate . |
| 26 | Your talk would be part of a morning session which would also include a presentation about bus stops and shelters and one about bus stations and termini ; the latter would be followed by a visit to Glenrothes Bus Station . |
| 27 | Within this , the Soviet of the Union ( elected by the whole population from constituencies of equal population size ) would be subordinate to the Soviet of the Republics : the latter would be elected from the republican parliaments retaining the same number of seats as in the current Soviet of Nationalities but with a single block vote for each republic . |
| 28 | It concentrated upon Clinton 's advocacy of a " new covenant " between the government and the governed whereby the former would provide greater resources while the latter would be expected to shoulder greater responsibilities . |
| 29 | Contemporaries were well aware of this : " Were an inventory to be taken of household goods and furniture of a peasant or mechanic in France and of a peasant or mechanic in England , the latter would be found on average to exceed the former in value by at least three to one . " |
| 30 | The latter would be reported as normal by most clinical pathologists . |