Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Technical Division confirmed that their view was that such income ceased to be relevant income .
3 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 .
4 The bike has to be roadworthy and under 20 years old .
5 The text has to be short , not more than two thousand words .
6 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 .
7 I feel the short story has to be cohesive ; in a novel , there 's more room , the tone can change .
8 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 .
9 Heredia wants to be poetic and hard ; the hardness appears to him as a virtue in the poetic .
10 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 .
11 The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes .
12 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 .
13 Just as change has to be acceptable if there is to be success in implementing it , so training for management has to be acceptable .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 ( 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 .
17 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 .
18 If the male wants to be potent in these activities , he must avoid the menstruating woman .
19 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 .
20 Being designed by a small three-man team , financial and organizational support needs to be forthcoming if BSO is to have an assured future .
21 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 .
22 The kitchen has to be ready for anything . ’
23 Only in the region of full employment would such a pattern of response cease to be operative .
24 Faith has to be persistent .
25 For the best results , the framework has to be strong enough to support itself and two thicknesses of 12mm plasterboard .
26 The central vision area of the retina needs to be intact for it to be possible to discriminate sharp , fine images .
27 LIFESPAN will automatically mail a user deemed to be responsible for the SPR from the following list ( in the order specified ) : —
28 The limit in respect of advice in relation to undefended divorce proceedings had been raised to £45 in April 1977 when legal aid ceased to be available for such proceedings and that figure was subsequently raised to £55 in 1979 , £75 in 1981 and £90 in 1985 .
29 But they need to be reassured that in all countries results from research tend to be indirect and to take time before they come to fruition .
30 With few notable exceptions , legal department tend to be small to medium in size and it is not uncommon to find that solicitors work along .
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