Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because N may be either headlights or darkness they could also produce the sentence The darkness penetrated the headlights . |
| 2 | Transfer category should be either ASSESSMENTS or NOASSESSMENTS . |
| 3 | The MEC says the secret is in the drying : hair should be thoroughly towel dried , so the rinse can saturate the hair without being diluted . |
| 4 | This points up the possibility that the organizational differences built into the preliminary study may be only surface ones , masking ‘ deeper ’ structures of thinking about the nature of social work . |
| 5 | I also feel , Brian , we may be avoiding the question that or the part of this question which some of our listeners may be particularly interest in , and Bob did touch upon it , which is have things changed much in democracy in the classroom , is there a change ? |
| 6 | It may also be challenged on the ground that £6,000 per annum was excessive and the rent should be only £4,000 . |
| 7 | Ideally this card should be about 60mm × 13mm if the viewing distance is 1 metre , and scaled for other distances . |
| 8 | Since 1980 , the UK staff have shared a massive £250m in profit sharing hand-outs and this year the figure should be around £50m . |
| 9 | PLO chairman Yasser Arafat said today that his mainstream Fatah faction approved a self-rule deal with Israel and mutual recognition could be only days away . |
| 10 | The only other clear winners from a protracted contest would be both firms ' lawyers . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ That could be serviced for around £100 a month when the rent would be about £25 a week anyway . ’ |
| 12 | Total investment would be about £45 billion . |
| 13 | My friend Kevin , muscleman and minicab driver , says the lads would be out rioting for Willy now if it was n't tipping down with rain the whole time . |
| 14 | The outlay would be well worth while in terms of the publicity featuring all the hotel 's celebrity guests . |
| 15 | The maximum cash payment by Anglo-Welsh under the Cash Alternative would be approximately £45.5m . |
| 16 | In a typical medium-sized room , the gap would be about ⅜″ . |
| 17 | A flying role for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force would be exceedingly cost effective , particularly as air crews are being made redundant under ’ Options for Change ’ . |
| 18 | One pond will be approximately 8′ × 6′ × 3′ deep and the other 10′ × 8′ × 3′ deep . |
| 19 | It is estimated that the cost of completing the excavation and related research will be about £40,000 . |
| 20 | Saturday will be exclusively diesel , while on Sunday ex GWR Heavy Freight locomotive No. 2857 ( on loan from the Severn Valley Railway ) will also be hauling trains . |
| 21 | In the former , the DoI budgeted to spend £24 million in 1982–83 but the true figure will be about £ 14 million , an underspend of 40 per cent . |
| 22 | The marathon will be over 6km ( 4km for under 18s ) and the slalom course will be wide but interesting . |
| 23 | Even at Main-Professional-Grade level , the difference in costs between obtaining an experienced teacher of proven worth or a probationer straight out of college can be over £6000 . |
| 24 | Consequential loss can be where delay or loss of a letter or package could involve you in additional expense over and above its actual value . |
| 25 | That cheery , indefatigable demeanour may be only skin deep , but a firm grasp of reality bodes well for his capacity to withstand the slings and arrows . |
| 26 | Spacing should be about 23cm ( 9in ) , and it needs plenty of sun and well-drained but fertile soil . |
| 27 | Cutting should be about 9in long , cut just below a leaf joint at the bottom , and just above a leaf joint at the top . |
| 28 | ‘ I think the director and some of the cast of Fly-Buttons should be out front tonight . ’ |
| 29 | Crucially he arranged these zones every 15° longitude apart : with 360° around the globe , and 24 hours to deal with , simple arithmetic indicated that each zone should be roughly 15° wide . |
| 30 | If the contras could be neither saints nor crack troops , their appeal had to lie in romantic desperation : the ‘ fact ’ that they had been forced into exile , like the ‘ little old lady ’ with her hair in a bun and her dress ‘ held together by safety pins and string ’ whom Owen had met in a camp in Honduras ; the ‘ fact ’ that the soldiers were without food or uniforms , their hospitals nothing but hen-coops , lacking even mosquito netting ; the fact that there was never enough money for anything . |