Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sequent has cut a strategic relationship with Computer Associates that will put CA 's mainframe software on Symmetry 2000s . |
| 2 | When I first started to explore Scotland by train , there were long spacious carriages , first and second class , with a restaurant and buffet , a guard 's van where bikes could be carried free of charge , and a service that transported you to the Highlands through snow drifts that would bury a car . |
| 3 | ‘ Unlike most rock bands that will do practically anything to become controversial , ’ drawls the man himself before the show , ‘ our main focus is to keep controversy down . |
| 4 | Judith Gillespie , convener of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council , says : ‘ I think many people accept you can not put into practice measures that will prevent all accidents . |
| 5 | IN his Autumn Statement tomorrow the Chancellor is expected to give the go-ahead to several multi-million pound projects that would provide British industry with the boost it needs . |
| 6 | Kerlin is looking at other metals extraction projects that could use similar techniques . |
| 7 | It follows that the directors will best serve the interests of the shareholders where they adopt the policy , which may include undertaking investment projects that will produce a delayed return , that is most likely to maximise the firm 's present value . |
| 8 | It is best used on calcareous soils — chalks and limes — and light soils that can stand being made a little more heavy and sticky . |
| 9 | There are , too , a few ensemble lapses that should have been corrected . |
| 10 | Thus a great deal of psychometric expertise went into constructing questionnaires and interview schedules that would yield clear-cut dimensions along which parents could be ranged . |
| 11 | On the question of the transfer of surplus produce/value from peasant petty-commodity production to the state , Bukharin said : ‘ no one will try to deny that industry does and will receive into the fund for its accumulation surplus-value from the small producers . ’ |
| 12 | Eventually they must develop that plan , of course , but the path way is crisscrossed with distracting side trails that can lead the writer astray . |
| 13 | All lifts are fitted with Key Switches that can turn them off to prevent children playing with them . |
| 14 | Officialdom does care , and is having some success in ensuring that a better informed management cares and will shoulder its responsibilities in ways appropriate to the 21st century . |
| 15 | It aims to look at how the private sector has and can increase its involvement in local and urban regeneration . |
| 16 | If a constant rate of turn is now maintained , the sensation of turning lessens and may disappear altogether . |
| 17 | But if , say , a working semi-pro guitarist really wanted one of these machines he 'd justify the outlay ( about the same price as a PRS Custom ) with the many user benefits that would accrue from it . |
| 18 | Exhibitors at this year 's London International Book Fair ( to be held at Olympia 2 , 21st to 23rd March ) are invited to send in details of special promotions and offers , author visits and signings , and book or product launches that will take place at the fair for publication in a special LIBF preview issue of The Bookseller , ( ) , by 3rd February at the latest . |
| 19 | In such a contract there is no implied condition that the seller has or will have a right to sell the goods . |
| 20 | It would be difficult to make any long-term difference to the development of the Spinward Corporation , because this moment exists and must fit into Spinward 's development . |
| 21 | British Telecom is planning more job cuts that could lead to the loss of 80,000 staff over five years , unions fear . |
| 22 | We are not going to enquire into the details how such beams can be produced ( it belongs to the subject of physical electronics ) ; we shall accept the fact that the beam exists and will try to work out the forces on the outermost electrons . |
| 23 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 24 | Now the Beaconsfield trio finally release a follow-up on the Creation label — ‘ Philly ’ , which has a few string sounds that may have been influenced by ( or stolen from ) old Philadelphia International disco classics , but which otherwise is a solid gold indie dance tune . |
| 25 | With the lucrative business contracts that used to keep the generals happy being diverted to Mr Suharto 's children , his military power-base is developing cracks , although so far they are barely perceptible . |
| 26 | On existing membership figures that would give constituency parties 26 per cent of the vote , and the unions 74 per cent . |
| 27 | There is no reason to think that disturbance was any greater in glacial times , though there was a cooling and 10–20% less precipitation in the monsoon rains that could have allowed savannas to take over in what are today ecotonal areas . |
| 28 | When the alarm is given the group assembles and may mob collectively a potential predator . |
| 29 | If they fail , the temperature of the reactor core rises and the fuel melts and may breach the main containment above the reactor . |
| 30 | The time to do experiments is also cut ; the computer compresses into a matter of minutes reaction times that could take hours in animals . |