Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These contested cases where there is considerable media coverage tend to be those where the defendant(s) can attempt a claim that the victim consented to intercourse . |
| 2 | And the most general principle is : nominals occurring before the main verb of a sentence tend to be definite while those occurring after the main verb can be either definite or indefinite . |
| 3 | Technical Division confirmed that their view was that such income ceased to be relevant income . |
| 4 | Of course , if the linker needle is bent the same applies , but machine needles get bent more frequently than the linker needle , the weighting needs to be correct . |
| 5 | The bike has to be roadworthy and under 20 years old . |
| 6 | The text has to be short , not more than two thousand words . |
| 7 | The retailer needs to be able to plan how she uses her money , to work out how much profit she needs to make to stay in business — and to grow . |
| 8 | I feel the short story has to be cohesive ; in a novel , there 's more room , the tone can change . |
| 9 | This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative . |
| 10 | Heredia wants to be poetic and hard ; the hardness appears to him as a virtue in the poetic . |
| 11 | Such a framework needs to be flexible enough to move with the times , keep abreast of public sympathy , but ensure that their control over our lives remains essentially untouched . |
| 12 | The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes . |
| 13 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
| 14 | It is also consistent with the data on transits of Mercury that Parkinson 's team used as evidence for the constancy of the solar radius ; according to their data any change has to be smaller than 0.15 seconds of arc per century . |
| 15 | Just as change has to be acceptable if there is to be success in implementing it , so training for management has to be acceptable . |
| 16 | But after a while straight pieces of knitting cease to be satisfying and we progress to shaping , which speeds up the making-up process and also saves on materials . |
| 17 | At the initial design stage , and during the implementation of the program , the programmer needs to be aware of and act upon a number of factors . |
| 18 | ( b ) On termination by the Buyer in accordance with clause ( a ) the following provisions shall have effect : ( i ) all sums payable by the Buyer under the contract cease to be payable ; ( ii ) the Seller must repay to the Buyer all sums paid by the Buyer prior to termination ; and ( iii ) the Buyer is entitled to recover damages from the Seller in respect of any losses caused to the Buyer as a result of the Seller 's failure to make delivery or as a result of the termination of the contract . |
| 19 | The whole problem was compounded by the fact that the first successful desktop publishing system was based on the Macintosh ; a computer designed to be easy to use and , therefore , give the feeling of rapid achievement . |
| 20 | If the male wants to be potent in these activities , he must avoid the menstruating woman . |
| 21 | The programmer has to be aware right from the initial design stage of the implications of the program design in terms of memory and speed requirements , and must be aware of techniques for optimizing any combination of these factors that is required . |
| 22 | Being designed by a small three-man team , financial and organizational support needs to be forthcoming if BSO is to have an assured future . |
| 23 | Power is lacking , and the user has to be patient to get results , but it is difficult to complain for the average selling price of just over £60 . |
| 24 | The kitchen has to be ready for anything . ’ |
| 25 | The Central South favourite has to be this chap , Zeta 's Lad . |
| 26 | Only in the region of full employment would such a pattern of response cease to be operative . |
| 27 | communication between school and University needs to be clearer to eliminate problems in timetabling of examinations , school and University holiday schedules , etc . |
| 28 | The firms ' budget looks like being 12 or 13 times bigger than that of its European imitators . |
| 29 | Faith has to be persistent . |
| 30 | For the best results , the framework has to be strong enough to support itself and two thicknesses of 12mm plasterboard . |