Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was right to take account of the lawyers argument that premature publication of reports impedes the police and reduces the possibility of successful criminal prosecution where that might be appropriate . |
| 2 | The court will read the words of a contract by understanding the words used in their ordinary meaning , except where that would be absurd in the context . |
| 3 | ‘ I need to be alone for a while , and there 's nowhere here on Belial or Moloch where that can be true for any length of time . |
| 4 | One can appreciate why there may be a deliberate decision to restrict their circulation : these are sensitive matters and whatever policy applies , one group or another will be dissatisfied , perhaps to the extent of taking action against the library ; moreover any decision-making that is laid bare almost always invites debate and dispute . |
| 5 | Unlike a share sale , where this would be financial assistance ( CA 1985 , s151 ) there are no company law objections to such security . |
| 6 | If an order is made , a person is not to be compelled to give evidence where this would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; here again , a certificate of the Secretary of State is conclusive |
| 7 | A witness summons should not be issued to compel the attendance of a child witness where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party to the proceedings ( R v Birmingham CC , ex pP [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 221 ) . |
| 8 | The court will not however compel his attendance by issue of a witness summons where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party ( Butler-Sloss LJ in R v Birmingham CC , ex pP , cited above ) . |
| 9 | If the single market is to be effective , companies must be able to provide goods or services across state lines without setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries where this would be superfluous , and without being subjected to more burdensome rules in the host state than are absolutely necessary . |
| 10 | The scale of fee should be commensurate with the risk undertaken , except where this could be detrimental to the establishment of a long term recurring client relationship , in so far as such opportunity presents itself when acting for a vendor client . |
| 11 | Machines with 2,000 processors or less will be air-cooled , larger configurations liquid-cooled . |
| 12 | Really detailed molecular records at a spacing of a hundred years or less will be necessary to predict the climate change in the future and we 'll really need that information if we 're going to live safely on this planet . |
| 13 | Employers with a payroll of £45,000 or less will be exempt from the levy . |
| 14 | Requests for copy which would occupy ten columns or less should be satisfied within four hours . |
| 15 | Many of us who take 7 hours or more may be able to cope with less sleep without feeling sleepy , given training , but only those of us who were sleeping more than we really " needed " to . |
| 16 | In the long vacation , a graduate wishing to stay a week or more may be able to take a room in the Margery Fry and Elizabeth Nuffield House and cater for herself . |
| 17 | Moreover , it suggested that foster parents who had had the care of a child for five years or more should be able to apply for an adoption order without risk of removal by parents before a hearing . |
| 18 | A bidder who acquires 75 per cent or more will be able to pass a special resolution and initiate more fundamental changes , such as alterations to the company 's memorandum and articles of association , a change of name , a reduction of share capital and a liquidation . |
| 19 | Under the Committee 's proposals , a father who commits buggery with his daughter who is 16 years old or more will be liable only if proof of her non-consent can be established . |
| 20 | Either the dominance or the recession or both may be addictive in their repetitive pattern . |
| 21 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 22 | Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment . |
| 23 | Mr referred earlier to the views of the Association for the Disabled on proposals and that is very very important and I think increasingly it will be the committee 's concern to if you like have very s acute listening ears to , to what is needed and what is , what is wanted in the community and organizations like this can be very important in not just lobbying in the crude sense but providing a real medium of communication and I think that that would be helpful . |
| 24 | I still remain of the view that that would be undesirable . |
| 25 | I believe that that would be useful , because some aspects of the proposals that have been put forward , not least on the Scottish convention , bear a great deal of scrutiny and the real choices have not been put forward . |
| 26 | I accept , Dave Girt , Leeds City Council , yes I accept that that would be consistent with the government 's advice in those particular P P Gs . |
| 27 | Erm er and if you had done some researches into the job opportunities and you you could decide that then that that would be good . |
| 28 | If that were to happen , let it be clear that that would be typical of the cynical manipulation by Labour councils of the most vulnerable in our society , and nothing to do with the new council tax . |
| 29 | Will he confirm that that would be possible ? |
| 30 | Is it true that Le Pen is to meet a number of Tory Members and , if so , will the Home Secretary make it clear that that would be wrong ? |