Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Some of the recent arguments in favour of involving computers in the task of investigating crime are that links or patterns which would otherwise have been missed or overlooked may be cap-tured .
2 And er I 've already referred to a byproduct of over-provision that sites are then moved on to sh car showrooms and erm supermarkets which are needs which or demands which would probably not have justified the allocation of the land for industry in the first place but once the land is allocated to industry it seems to be thought that no harm would be done by allocating those to something else .
3 It would also deal with the danger posed by ardent nationalists or super-patriots who might willingly run the risk of themselves being prosecuted for war crimes if they thought their state would gain some permanent benefit from their actions .
4 The blisters will itch and then start to dry up forming crusts or scabs which will then disappear .
5 As social workers or therapists we must often accept the client 's definition but , too , we must often look behind the client 's eyes to find the problem 's underlying nature .
6 This position , actual or potential for all women , leads to a version of the self which is more likely to be defined in relationship and which therefore implies certain commitments or responsibilities which can hardly be denied .
7 Thus if there are problems or difficulties they can almost always be solved by discussion .
8 The buyer is in fact the only one in a position to begin right at the beginning , to make the preliminary inspections or surveys which should then culminate in the detailed survey at the end — the final chance to say ‘ yes ’ , ‘ no ’ or ‘ maybe ’ .
9 What it did was to compensate working citizens for the loss of wages or earnings they would otherwise have suffered .
10 However much ignorant opposition there may have been at first to women taking part in public life , there are comparatively few cooperative men or women who would now oppose women being poor law guardians or members of educational communities .
11 ‘ The Last Meal in the Old Home ’ , like a Pre-Raphaelite painting , the three orphans and the grieving servant seated in melancholy around the old table , using the old knives and forks they would never use again .
12 This chapter gives you some ideas for informal things to do in the Home , organised outings and activities which may also have a special therapy value , like reminiscence .
13 This enables various devices to be used in order to discriminate against the much more abundant elements and molecules which would otherwise swamp the 14 C signal .
14 Black armoured shrimps nuzzling there were cruisers and troopships which might well dwarf the corvette that Lexandro and the other recruits were sailing in .
15 It is not just the Sunday League , but Boys ’ Brigade and Scouts who will also be affected . ’
16 So far buildings have been acquired as the result of the Bradford efforts which are at present undergoing alterations and improvements which will eventually accommodate about 20 handicapped people plus staff .
17 The purpose of this approach is to give students the opportunity of developing a range of mathematical skills and strategies which can then be applied in the formal investigation .
18 Hundreds of T-shirts , jackets and trainers which would normally have been destroyed will now be put to good use in orphanages there .
19 The toddler age group is particularly prone to this type of behaviour problem and parents may seek help from GPs and paediatricians who may just say that the child will grow out of it ( Christopherson 1986 ) .
20 But as well as all the companies — and there is a host of Cambex Corps and IPL Systems Incs just under the tall poppies of the IBM marketplace , there are thousands and thousands of individuals who must now feel devalued in a deeply demoralising way , people that have made it their life 's work to understand everything there is to know and understand about IBM and its mainframe products , who now find that all that hard-won knowledge is a rapidly wasting asset — not just industry commentators and pundits who will soon find that the market ca n't bear any more ‘ Into the Big Blue Yonder : the Decline and Fall of an American Icon ’ books , but an unsung army of data processing managers who now feel they are too old to start again and learn something new and fundamentally different virtually from scratch , and will instead sink back into the anonymity of early retirement .
21 The other objection , which I personally would see as more formidable , lies in the complications of development in sexuality and relationships which must usually arise in the child partner .
22 The two appear to be working through a shopping list of NT 's ingredients , ticking off those features and functions which can already be found in their own , or equivalent open systems products on , or coming to market .
23 Joseph Glanvil , for example , believed that if people gave up belief in ghosts and witches they would soon also give up God , and he investigated some supposedly haunted houses .
24 And I was delighted to have the neighbourhood laid out for me in the way a child sees its domain , and to earn a little money and receive from Mme Bluot the excellent unsold cakes and breads she would otherwise have had Didier feed to the ducks .
25 But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights .
26 It told me things about life in the mills and factories I 'd never have found out for myself in a thousand years .
27 Capital is devoted to the creation of desires and needs which can only be fulfilled by the latest developments of the market .
28 Those of us who wish to push forward must acknowledge the pain it may cause and help those affected to grieve , and then to let go of values and ideas which may no longer be relevant .
29 People seemed to separate into camps , or to be misrepresented under labels — ‘ deconstructionists ’ , ‘ essentialist ’ , etc — and the crossover of information and ideas which could possibly have been so fruitful seemed instead a potentially explosive exchange .
30 Nothing traumatic happened ; there were just the ordinary ups and downs which would naturally have occurred in the life of a humble family striving to make a reasonable living in a somewhat precarious way .
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