Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And yet the same disjuncture between messages sent and opinions received must apply here as with the electronic media .
2 Moreover , the distance was exaggerated by the educational character of their proposal , which employers recognized would restrict their freedom to use juvenile labour at their own discretion ; and , given employers ' traditional suspicion of further education , they regarded the whole idea as unnecessary , potentially expensive and disruptive of production schedules .
3 If the learner can be guided through the programme , and can begin to delineate for herself what she needs to know , then the knowledge and skills developed should become more relevant and an inquiring attitude should be strengthened in the learner .
4 The objects given should cover the range of units of length from millimetres to kilometres .
5 The agreement to buy seventy-two new pubs from Inntreprenuer Estates Limited will bring the total number of Morland pubs to just under four hundred .
6 The agreement to buy seventy-two new pubs from Inntreprenuer Estates Limited will bring the total number of Morland pubs to just under four hundred .
7 We have come to expect that the programmes undertaken will fit the child , matching his or her age , aptitude and ability with a learning experience which will be challenging , satisfying , invigorating and self-rewarding .
8 After about five minutes stripping can begin .
9 In times of political crisis and upheaval , political and governmental practice ( what " really " happens ) and established constitutional theory ( what the authorities say should happen ) are likely to be out of step and there are severe limits as to what the constitutional theorists can do to shape behaviour .
10 Gershtein conjectured that there could be a ‘ resonance ’ — that is , if the energy released during muon capture coincided with an energy level in one of the complex molecular states , this molecule could store the energy and the overall chance of interactions occurring would shoot up dramatically .
11 Evans suggested that if the complete picture showed an attack on a city the houses depicted may have been part of an outer defence wall in which no ground-floor doors or windows would have been possible .
12 In my next two chapters I shall attempt to compare the official curriculum in African primary schools with actual curriculum practice , and thus to contrast what official plans say should happen in schools with the realities of what actual schools and real teachers plan and provide .
13 My right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) echoed Harold Macmillan 's theme when he spoke to the House on 28 October 1971 : ’ I can not over-emphasise the importance the scale and quality of the decision whether we are going to decide that Western Europe should now move along the path to real unity our decision tonight will vitally affect the sort of world in which we British people and many generations to come will live their lives ’ .
14 However , the Conservative Government , at the time of writing , are trying in the most unsubtle ways to destroy the rail network in Scotland , a crime that generations to come will curse them for if they succeed .
15 VIETNAM 'S National Assembly , despite the Socialist bloc move towards glasnost and multi-party government , has passed a press law that local journalists fear will bind newspapers more tightly to the dictates of the Communist Party .
16 The columns for support and supply had been alerted long ago , the clansmen waited only for the signal , and his great seal on the writs his messengers carried would bring them out to join him like bees from a hive disturbed .
17 Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately .
18 But , others have welcomed the unique cross-border service which supporters say would boost tourism .
19 Just how important efficiency considerations appear will depend on how far the reader accepts the basic theoretical framework .
20 From October 1990 all new cars manufactured will have to be able to run on unleaded petrol .
21 Many of the methods adopted will include testing , and relying on systems of internal control .
22 In February 1974 a mobile library service was inaugurated and at the end of its first ten years the number of books lent should have grown to nearly twenty times as many .
23 ‘ Soft eyes look 'd love to eyes which spake again . ’ ’
24 Pinkie sucked in his drink in a curious manner , very curious considering how many gins lie must have in the course of the week , as though his glass was a blowhole in Arctic ice and to drink was his only hope of survival .
25 The range of books used will increase over time , but introduction of these resources needs to be planned .
26 A properly-made U/V unit will clean green water in one to 14 days , and all of the units supplied should perform this task if matched to the right size of pond .
27 Anyone with ears to hear must have noted Hitler 's words , that ‘ we had no idea , how gigantic the preparations of this enemy were against Germany and Europe , and how immensely great the danger was , how narrowly we have avoided this time the destruction not only of Germany , but of the whole of Europe ’ .
28 Senders of the first 50 correct entries drawn will win .
29 Senders of the first 100 correct entries drawn will win the videos and CDs .
30 The methods used will involve a combination of questionnaires , interviews , and judgements about traffic situations presented via interactive video .
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