Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 2 | No attempt at a comprehensive review of the rules is made ( for that solicitors will use the current edition of The Law Society 's Guide to Professional Conduct ) ; rather , those provisions which touch on matters affecting firms , either directly or through the consequence of their being liable for the acts of their individual partners , are considered . |
| 3 | He must now ask whether , given that drivers must insure anyway , it would be more or less expensive to force potential victims to insure against emotional injury in the very special circumstances of Mrs. McLoughlin 's case , and he might well decide that splitting the risk in this particular way would be so inefficient as to offset the gains from assigning this part of the risk to the victims . |
| 4 | There is no limitation on the size of a unit , other than that units must consist of at least five models unless otherwise stated . |
| 5 | that kids will know my headlines off by heart . |
| 6 | Some courts will made an order ex parte on production of a consent signed by the other parties . |
| 7 | Some estates may have received new owners with little change , or they could have been divided and redistributed ; others may have been enlarged with the addition of adjacent lands or groups of estates under a single owner . |
| 8 | Although much of the economy was still at subsistence level , especially in the west and north , the monetary system and the existence of markets in towns meant that some estates could develop a more commercial economy , perhaps specialising in cattle or arable production . |
| 9 | Even if it is , some estates could take years to rehabilitate . |
| 10 | Few experts can beat the market in the long run , so keeping up with it is a reasonable option . |
| 11 | Maximising present value ought , furthermore , at least in theory , to serve the interests of all shareholders , notwithstanding that some shareholders might have preferences for high dividend payouts rather than capital growth . |
| 12 | Not much would be served at this stage by ousting Sir Derek Alun-Jones as chairman , as some shareholders would like . |
| 13 | Fourth Division TOWCESTRIANS with an outstanding 1991/92 season in which they won the East Midlands Colts Cup and won 28 of 30 matches , are planning an even more successful campaign , but few clubs could have enjoyed a better pre-season build up than COLCHESTER . |
| 14 | But some creditors might prefer a bigger pay-out sooner to financing a risky and expensive test-case . |
| 15 | Some creditors will demand extra protection , such as restrictive covenants attached to their loans laying down what the firm must do if things go wrong . |
| 16 | Some creditors will try and confuse the issue by issuing writs . |
| 17 | Educational broadcasts are secondary sources ( though some programmes may contain extracts from archive film ) . |
| 18 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 19 | It appears that the precocious young of some invertebrates could reproduce without achieving adulthood . |
| 20 | Treatment is to isolate the fish , and ideally the lumps should be surgically removed — some vets will do this — if the fish is badly affected . |
| 21 | What some experts would like to see is a system of reciprocity whereby companies could make international equity offerings using their home market accounting standards without the need to reconcile their financial statements to the standards of each jurisdiction in which shares are offered . |
| 22 | Not really , they 've put in their treaty that er Berlin is the capital of the United Germany , but that the seat of government will be chosen by the newly elected all-German parliament , which has got to be chosen early in December , and they could still say ‘ well we have the capital in Berlin , but the seat of the government will remain in Bonn , and up in Berlin the president will have his office and some meetings will take place , but the ministries and foreign embassies and so on , and all the traffic jams that go with that , can jolly well stay in Bonn ’ . |
| 23 | It refers only to university graduates , whom some employers may assume ( partly on the basis of A level grades ) to be more ‘ able ’ than polytechnic or college ones , and for whom therefore the ‘ screening for ability ’ function of a degree for general graduate employment may be relatively more important ( Gordon 1983 ) . |
| 24 | While the Act was being debated there was apparently a thinning of numbers , and subsequently some employers may have offered only limited-period or part-time employment to prevent employees from achieving the crucial ‘ qualifying worker ’ status . |
| 25 | Some employers may encourage you to start with fewer hours than you think you can manage , with the intention of adding to these as you gain more confidence . |
| 26 | However , there is a more serious side : some finalists have been warned that some employers might refuse to recognise their degrees . |
| 27 | Some employers might choose to become involved through offering sponsorship to school leavers , or also to the schools themselves . |
| 28 | However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case . |
| 29 | Some employers will pay fares for you . |
| 30 | Conversely , it is thought that some employers will leap at the chance of employing enrolled nurses knowing or believing them to be a cheaper alternative in terms of pay . |