Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rate of capillary movement in very fine pores is , however , so slow that the theoretical equilibrium height over which capillary rise should occur is rarely attained in such cases . |
| 2 | ‘ Because one of the most important qualities a driver must have is concentration . |
| 3 | The point that the basic rate taxpayer must note is that once all the charges — in particular the annual management fee — are taken into account , then the net benefit of being in the PEP could be seriously eroded or even disappear altogether . |
| 4 | What the Test & County Cricket Board must decide is whether they want the Minors in or not . |
| 5 | The actual form that hospital provision should take is very much a controversial issue . |
| 6 | One of the things Namibia 's new president must accept is that he lacked the two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly he would have needed to push through plans supported only by his party , SWAPO . |
| 7 | The only history that the critic must master is the history of words ; he must grasp the full historical meaning of the language used in the text , including all its associations , and of the names to which reference may be made , but only to the extent that their meaning is a matter of public record about the culture in which the text was produced . |
| 8 | What this , this union must do and what Labour must do is campaign for the earliest possible opt-in to the Social Chapter . |
| 9 | What the outsider might say is this . |
| 10 | Just what form such guidance might take is a question I shall return to in Chapter 4 . |
| 11 | One step Labour could take is to adopt the final part of the SDP/SLD agenda it has not yet embraced — electoral and constitutional reform . |
| 12 | The only time this fabric would offend is if you want some guts from your environment . |
| 13 | All Pitcher will say is ‘ the shareholders are very supportive ’ . ) |
| 14 | The Terrence Higgins Trust/King 's College LIVING WILL form is accompanied by detailed instructions to help you complete it , and will enable you to : |
| 15 | Mr Redwood said : ‘ I will not listen if all the Opposition can do is bellow out megaphone caricature . |
| 16 | Mankind 's failure to recognise with conviction that this basic source of ‘ goodness ’ represents the first premise from which to define God , would mean that the only way in which civilisation can prosper is barred , for there is no other identifiable source available . |
| 17 | The question mark at the end of line 4 refers back to ‘ with whom ? ’ 'No vicissitude can find' is therefore a statement of fact , implying a pagan , not a Christian attitude . |
| 18 | What neither the historian nor archaeologist can reconstruct is the time taken for the two cultures to mingle , with intermarriage and innovations in the languages . |
| 19 | A covered area complete with bedding where the guinea pig can shelter is essential . |
| 20 | The best that a practitioner can do is to have regard to the sort of multiplier which has in the past been adopted by judges in similar circumstances to those with which he is concerned . |
| 21 | All that the judge may order is a postponement until the risk to the administration of justice has passed . |
| 22 | However , a further requirement which the alleged dispossessor claiming the benefit of the 1980 Act must satisfy is to show that his possession has been adverse within the meaning of the Act … |
| 23 | The right hon. Gentleman follows such matters closely and he will be aware that the typical price of the major works that the national gallery must buy is several millions . |
| 24 | The only fire-fighting equipment that every home should have is a fire blanket , which should be kept ion the kitchen close to , but not above , the cooker . |
| 25 | I 'm at the moment chairing a university working party on sexual harassment erm and what this working party erm intends to do is to try to survey experience gathered from the operation of codes and the appointment of people in college with a special responsibility for this sort of thing over the past few years , to see what we can learn from experience , so I 'd want to reserve judgement at the moment on what this committee might recommend is the best way forwards . |
| 26 | It is a so it 's a complex set of interrelationships we 're looking at er on a sub-regional basis , I do believe that there is capacity , some capacity around the inner area of York , and to what extent the greenbelt enquiry er inspector will retain what I and others and certainly York City Council would believe is sufficient capacity remains to be seen , and though similar pleas were made at that enquiry I think they have to be restated here . |
| 27 | Course we do … that 's just the sort of thing that the scum would think is n't it . |
| 28 | In general , the approach is to leave a project to the first in the field without adequate consideration whether the type of instrument which that body 's work will produce is necessarily the most appropriate . |
| 29 | And he reckons that the little costume in which he sings Any Dream Will Do is pretty amazing , too . |
| 30 | What the Act will do is to ensure that the child offender who is dealt with by a children 's hearing may not be asked , and if asked need not answer , questions about ‘ spent ’ offences in , for example , applications for employment . |