Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recognition that a text may set up its own secondary norms leads to a further conclusion , that features of language within that text may depart from the norms of the text itself : that is , they may " stand out " against the background of what the text has led us to expect . |
| 2 | As it is , he slyly suggests that minor artists may look down their noses at major ones and that ‘ important ’ work may be left to persons of an inferior kennel , like the Russians , the Germans , the Americans , who , poor dears , know no better . |
| 3 | His reference to faith may explain how it is that he is able to conceive of the notion of absolute Truth which he calls God . |
| 4 | Naturally a candidate 's response may alter once our client 's identity is revealed . |
| 5 | As insurance companies realise that unlimited liability may mean just what it says , they will become deeply unhappy about insuring for it . |
| 6 | Anaphors are common in both spoken and written language and a theory of text comprehension must explain how they are understood . |
| 7 | It proposes simply that Parliament should decide exactly what it intends and explain it clearly . |
| 8 | After this dance , Lalage must give up her predatory conquest . |
| 9 | On 1 January 1559 , the ‘ Beggars ' Summons ’ was nailed to the doors of the Scottish friaries , demanding in the name of the ‘ Blind , Crooked , Bedridden , Widows , Orphans and all other poor , so visited by the hand of God as may not work ’ , that the friars should give up their patrimony by Whitsun . |
| 10 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 11 | Very small fry may suffer so it best to time your breeding efforts to avoid the holiday period . |
| 12 | A comparison with pictures may explain why it could be more effective to modify exact sound-symbol relationships with rule-based conventions in spelling . |
| 13 | Several papillae may lie above it . |
| 14 | Additionally , he abhors the misuse of punishment , and emphasises that the punishment must be just , and the horse must understand why it is being punished . |
| 15 | Whatever the circumstances the lawyer should resist either his own temptation or the client 's instructions to prepare a contract at this early stage . |
| 16 | MOST ANIMALS must live out their lives with an ever-present threat of attack from predators . |
| 17 | DRIVERS should switch off their car telephones at petrol stations because of the risk of explosions . |
| 18 | Every erm pitchfork must come out one You ca n't start fighting and and pulling it against the grain otherwise you you would be in trouble . |
| 19 | The labels should say exactly what a product contains . |
| 20 | In these circumstances it was only appropriate that in 1174 , while his father occupied Poitiers , Richard should set up his headquarters in Saintes and turn the cathedral into an arms depot . |
| 21 | When she allowed him to ‘ catch ’ her , the two of them rolled about on a pile of hessian rope , screeching and laughing , until David reminded Cissie that she was ‘ a young lady of certain years ’ and that Richard should remember how he had only been allowed to come to the docks on the understanding that he be on his ‘ best behaviour ’ . |
| 22 | Readers should ascertain how their own central bank defines money supply . |
| 23 | McLauchlane , however , had one significant qualification : he had married a granddaughter of the elder Smollett , and the town of Dumbarton 's vote might hang on his success . |
| 24 | When Dick 's lads are down to seven and a half hours which they are in the erm summertime , I mean we s the lads 'll come in I mean we ca n't pull them off now , but those lads 'll come in and clean up . |
| 25 | Guy had a theory that the mineral baths might speed up my convalescence . |
| 26 | However — particularly in this chapter — I have also referred freely to the research strategies adopted in specific projects , so that readers might assess how they have been implemented in the field . |
| 27 | ‘ Your readers might wonder how he could win at Ripon after finishing down the field when Lester Piggott rode him at York , but there was nothing sinister about it . |
| 28 | Maybe one day , she was thinking , her head and her hormones might agree over something ; and on that day the sun would rise and shine all morning , and fish would leap in the river , and all of her bills would turn out to be rebates . |
| 29 | I wondered if the athletics department might explain why we had n't a 1500 metres runner in the final for the first time since 1960 ? |
| 30 | ‘ I knew John Schlesinger very well and he told me Dustin could play almost anything . ’ |