Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the recent arguments in favour of involving computers in the task of investigating crime are that links or patterns which would otherwise have been missed or overlooked may be cap-tured . |
| 2 | And er I 've already referred to a byproduct of over-provision that sites are then moved on to sh car showrooms and erm supermarkets which are needs which or demands which would probably not have justified the allocation of the land for industry in the first place but once the land is allocated to industry it seems to be thought that no harm would be done by allocating those to something else . |
| 3 | It would also deal with the danger posed by ardent nationalists or super-patriots who might willingly run the risk of themselves being prosecuted for war crimes if they thought their state would gain some permanent benefit from their actions . |
| 4 | The blisters will itch and then start to dry up forming crusts or scabs which will then disappear . |
| 5 | As social workers or therapists we must often accept the client 's definition but , too , we must often look behind the client 's eyes to find the problem 's underlying nature . |
| 6 | This position , actual or potential for all women , leads to a version of the self which is more likely to be defined in relationship and which therefore implies certain commitments or responsibilities which can hardly be denied . |
| 7 | Thus if there are problems or difficulties they can almost always be solved by discussion . |
| 8 | The buyer is in fact the only one in a position to begin right at the beginning , to make the preliminary inspections or surveys which should then culminate in the detailed survey at the end — the final chance to say ‘ yes ’ , ‘ no ’ or ‘ maybe ’ . |
| 9 | What it did was to compensate working citizens for the loss of wages or earnings they would otherwise have suffered . |
| 10 | However much ignorant opposition there may have been at first to women taking part in public life , there are comparatively few cooperative men or women who would now oppose women being poor law guardians or members of educational communities . |
| 11 | However , requests for ‘ ordinary ’ publications which could not be supplied , or whose delivery proved not to be straightforward , were included , since the submission of such a request is likely to be as time-consuming for book-fetchers — if not moreso — than requests which can easily be satisfied . |
| 12 | A party 's obligations may also be defined by a term providing that obligations which would otherwise fall on the contractor shall be borne by the other party to the contract . |
| 13 | The FAO said that the annual maize harvest in 11 countries was expected to be at least 25 per cent down and that countries which would normally export maize , notably South Africa and Zimbabwe , would themselves be seeking imports of the regional staple . |
| 14 | Some of these functions are best performed by University Institutes , some by a Curriculum Development Centre , some by a Curriculum Planning Unit and it is therefore possible that functions which may hitherto have been seen as either wholly performed by this body or that may increasingly be undertaken in partnership . |
| 15 | It could be argued that defendants who might otherwise have been acquitted could be persuaded to plead guilty to lesser offences . |
| 16 | But insurers have agreed to pay out if it is discovered in future that procedures which would now be classified as benign are found to cause environmental damage . |
| 17 | Lots of people like the poster too , so we 'll be sticking with it for now , and as for the scores … we 'll be done some more reader challenges soon , so liars who can hardly play a game they claim to have mastered will have me to deal with ! |
| 18 | In London , the Compact has been so successful that children who would previously have left as soon as they reached the school-leaving age of sixteen , are deciding to stay on at school to take further exams . |
| 19 | Thirdly , we 're trying to make sure that children who can best benefit by foster care , er do get foster parents , and we 've had a big er initiative this last twelve months , you probably know about , and that 's paying off , and we hope in the future only children going into residential homes who need residential care will get there . |
| 20 | Thus it is essential that we keep in mind that notions which may now seem ‘ normal ’ and ‘ natural ’ are in fact , as with most things , social and cultural constructs determined by a complex of reasons and situations . |
| 21 | ‘ The Last Meal in the Old Home ’ , like a Pre-Raphaelite painting , the three orphans and the grieving servant seated in melancholy around the old table , using the old knives and forks they would never use again . |
| 22 | This chapter gives you some ideas for informal things to do in the Home , organised outings and activities which may also have a special therapy value , like reminiscence . |
| 23 | This enables various devices to be used in order to discriminate against the much more abundant elements and molecules which would otherwise swamp the 14 C signal . |
| 24 | Black armoured shrimps nuzzling there were cruisers and troopships which might well dwarf the corvette that Lexandro and the other recruits were sailing in . |
| 25 | It is not just the Sunday League , but Boys ’ Brigade and Scouts who will also be affected . ’ |
| 26 | So far buildings have been acquired as the result of the Bradford efforts which are at present undergoing alterations and improvements which will eventually accommodate about 20 handicapped people plus staff . |
| 27 | The purpose of this approach is to give students the opportunity of developing a range of mathematical skills and strategies which can then be applied in the formal investigation . |
| 28 | Hundreds of T-shirts , jackets and trainers which would normally have been destroyed will now be put to good use in orphanages there . |
| 29 | The toddler age group is particularly prone to this type of behaviour problem and parents may seek help from GPs and paediatricians who may just say that the child will grow out of it ( Christopherson 1986 ) . |
| 30 | But as well as all the companies — and there is a host of Cambex Corps and IPL Systems Incs just under the tall poppies of the IBM marketplace , there are thousands and thousands of individuals who must now feel devalued in a deeply demoralising way , people that have made it their life 's work to understand everything there is to know and understand about IBM and its mainframe products , who now find that all that hard-won knowledge is a rapidly wasting asset — not just industry commentators and pundits who will soon find that the market ca n't bear any more ‘ Into the Big Blue Yonder : the Decline and Fall of an American Icon ’ books , but an unsung army of data processing managers who now feel they are too old to start again and learn something new and fundamentally different virtually from scratch , and will instead sink back into the anonymity of early retirement . |