Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , someone who is primarily in a bulimic phase of the disease may binge on lettuce or on other foodstuffs that have particularly low calorie value and weight-producing potential or may even control body weight by dramatically reducing fluid intake . |
| 2 | Depending on the length of course you choose , content may be essentially to do with financial planning or may also include health and leisure plus the social and emotional adjustments to retirement . |
| 3 | Now how many of the sectors as again as defined ones which we 've agreed we will examine , er would fit or would be con would be consistent with regional , sub-regional policies or would possibly cause conflict with those if er they were the receiving the receiving area for a new settlement ? |
| 4 | It is the experience of other sociologists on similar missions that their findings are frequently cast in a negative role — that certain conservation measures will not succeed or will actually do harm — and also that they are frequently overridden or relegated to writing a disparate chapter in a project document or report entitled ‘ Social constraints to soil and water conservation ’ . |
| 5 | allow 1 link for each user image that may concurrently access LIFESPAN from either the host or remote nodes ( probably the same as MAXCONCURRENTUSERS in the LIFESPAN configuration file ) |
| 6 | allow 1 link for every user image that may concurrently access LIFESPAN from the remote node |
| 7 | But I think it tends to save any type of … any misunderstandings that may later take place as a result of it being a one-on-one deal . |
| 8 | He dissociated the Church totally with any boundary walking that may still take place . |
| 9 | It is also influenced by the fact that the company is incorporated in the US and has dual US and UK residence for tax purposes , a refinement that may actually preclude investment by some UK funds ; more generally , complications of this nature are a deterrent to investors . |
| 10 | Officials say that this is a sensible sort of calculation and exercise that should properly take place at this stage in the fiscal year . |
| 11 | Although famed for rattling off statistics on the recession , rather than the ‘ vision thing ’ , his Sovereignty Lecture for Charter 88 at the start of the election campaign set out some useful parameters for the debate that must now take place : on citizenship and community , ‘ not just tidying up our constitution but transforming it ’ . |
| 12 | It only remained for us to forgive one another , and for my part I gladly forgave him for anything that might still need forgiveness . |
| 13 | Nor could much video information be stored on the disc . |
| 14 | Peter Brown , chairman of the Thomas Coram foundation , said : ‘ Unless the human imperative of individual dereliction is addressed alongside the more visual investment in environmental dereliction , and however well we spend it this means more money , the country will find itself in a downward spiral of inner-city social decay that could well substitute Drug Alley for the Gin Lane of Coram 's and Hogarth 's day . ’ |
| 15 | Whether there was any political party that could comfortably find room for him was a difficult question . |
| 16 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 17 | The five vessels that would soon make history — the Vittoria ( now generally known as the Victoria ) , the Trinidada ( the Trinidad ) , the San Antonio , the Concepción and the Santiago — were small and , until Magellan set to work on them , hopelessly unseaworthy . |
| 18 | There were fundamental disagreements — both medical and moral — about basic procedures and operations , about the institutional settings that would best serve gynaecology and about the kinds of practitioners who should be involved . |
| 19 | Ukraine has refused to recognise Russia as the successor in international accords to the Soviet Union , and is seeking a modification that would effectively turn START into a multilateral treaty . |
| 20 | However the legislation specifically forbad the use of vegetation or planters in the roadway that would either obstruct vision or be high enough to hide children from the view of approaching drivers . |
| 21 | ‘ If we can increase our market share through pulling cattle that would normally go deadweight we can offer the farmer who sells deadweight the service where he can have his cattle sold by auction . ’ |
| 22 | The thing that would most improve communication here is … |
| 23 | The thing that would most improve communication here is |
| 24 | Being realistic about it , a bar code system that would directly provide text string is not a very practical proposition . |
| 25 | It was a name that would swiftly give way to his , once his heroism and navigational skill were recognized back home . |
| 26 | Robbins summarized the intentions of his Committee in this regard as being to encourage a ‘ more or less continuous spectrum in the developing system of higher education ’ , and within that spectrum to have institutions that would gradually acquire university status : ‘ our recommendation of the creation of the National Council for Academic Awards was designed to be part of such a continuous system ‘ . |
| 27 | A dull , fey whine that would never see release unless the singer had a track record . ’ |
| 28 | Police sources said the shooting had the hallmarks of a ‘ professional execution ’ : a light handgun was used that would only ensure death if used at point-blank range . |
| 29 | Everyone that would beautifully imitate nature should well consider the diversity of trees , the size and shape of leaves and the many shades of green . |
| 30 | In Dublin today Charlton will send out the Republic against Northern Ireland in an attempt to take the points that would virtually ensure participation in the World Cup finals next summer in Italy , a feat guaranteed to consolidate his status as a modern Irish hero . |