Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To extend an analogy offered by Jenkins ( 1987 ) , the snapshot/'stills ' outside the cinema may not offer a very good guide to the nature of the whole movie . |
| 2 | A half-point increase in West German interest rates is already more than discounted ; a one-point rise may still force a base rate increase on a reluctant Chancellor . |
| 3 | As well as being able to make chargeable transfers and exempt transfers , under IHTA 1984 , s3(3A) a taxpayer may also make a potentially exempt transfer which is broadly a transfer which is assumed to be exempt from inheritance tax at the time of the gift but which may ultimately end up being a chargeable transfer because the donor does not survive the making of the gift by seven years . |
| 4 | The driver may also arrange a mirror additional to the driving mirror so that the speechreading passenger sitting next to him sees his face . |
| 5 | The choice of contract may also have a significant effect on the ability of the client to control costs. , If there is a firm , fixed design which is let on a fixed price basis , the primary responsibility for control of construction costs is given to the contractor . |
| 6 | I applaud the impartial stance of the General Medical Council , mirrored in the ‘ Alaska law , ’ which states : ‘ the Board may not base a finding of professional incompetence solely on the basis that a licensee 's practice is unconventional or experimental , in the absence of demonstrable physical harm to the patient . ’ |
| 7 | For those churches not vested in the Redundant Churches Fund or retained by the Board of Finance of the diocese , two categories can be perceived : a ) those that will be demolished ( although the Advisory Board may initially withhold a demolition certificate ) and b ) those that can be adapted to a range of alternative uses . |
| 8 | Intra-abdominal pressure upon the abdominal portion of the oesophagus also minimises reflux after meals and with changes in posture , and the diaphragm may also contribute a little to oesophageal continence . |
| 9 | Availability of non-thoracotomy ICD systems will make the prophylactic use of the ICD more attractive and the technique may ultimately find a wider application in the management of high-risk patients after myocardial infarction . |
| 10 | The computer may well use a list of terms deemed to be useful in indexing ( that is , a type of thesaurus ) to identify appropriate terms . |
| 11 | Intellectual honesty may well require a better explanation as to why an act is unreasonable than that which has been provided by the courts using traditional techniques of review . |
| 12 | However , drawing a line so roughly has its limitations : the eye can deceive and the heart may secretly desire a particular outcome . |
| 13 | This description may also contain a coding/classification , with the goal of being able to locate similar parts within the company data base . |
| 14 | Secondary education should not be the preserve of men , and the curriculum should not have a gender specific bias based on expected household duties . |
| 15 | Those waiting to see whether Edwards or Tony Myler gets the stand-off shirt must likewise wait a little longer , and Reilly has also prevaricated over the choice between Alan Tait and Steve Hampson at full-back , though neither player is injured . |
| 16 | The increasing adoption of less intensive agriculture should further encourage a hare recovery . |
| 17 | The user should not assess a piece of software solely on technical merits . |
| 18 | These costs will include direct costs in terms of additional auditor input as envisaged by the requirement of the proposed new standards that the auditor should actively investigate a client company 's going concern status . |
| 19 | The key-words you adopt for your pattern-note must easily recall a specific meaning for you . |
| 20 | Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens , who wants to review the system , said : ‘ Parliament should not fund a millionaire lifestyle . ’ |
| 21 | In the meantime , to avoid cases like Berry arising , counsel should explicitly request a decision on all points of appeal raised before the Court of Appeal whenever there is a realistic prospect of a prosecution appeal to the House of Lords on any issue . |
| 22 | Anyone under that age caught at the wheel of any vehicle over 1.3 litres without a very good excuse should then face a life driving ban . |
| 23 | They imposed a two-fold test that the decision must both affect a person 's legal rights and also be taken by a court-like body . |
| 24 | Where , in complying with s 51(8) , the responsible person reduces the amount which would otherwise be awarded to the person in question , the amount of that reduction must not exceed a prescribed percentage ( for the time being 25 per cent ) and on any taxation of the costs payable by that person to his legal representative , regard must be had to the amount of the reduction ( s 51(9) ) . |
| 25 | When a package module is created , the user must also supply a file name , so that the skeleton package can be created properly , with the correct file name for the package . |
| 26 | The user must then generate a steering file specifying the list of module names . |
| 27 | As already noted , the drafter should not copy a competitor 's terms . |
| 28 | The drafter should therefore consider a wide range of precedents , to consider the different matters that may need to be dealt with , and the different ways in which individual problems can be overcome . |
| 29 | I have recently addressed the disciplinary committee on these issues and I am confident it is aware of their importance , although what decisions are taken in an individual case must always remain a matter exclusively for those who hear the case . |
| 30 | Such a description must certainly play a role in any general theory of linguistics . |