Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another says that if the diner happens to put an elbow out , it can be put back at once . |
| 2 | This shows that when a Maxwell element is held at a fixed shear strain , the shearing stress will relax exponentially with time . |
| 3 | This confirms that although the junctions a subject recalls are the ones at which they reported subjective risk , they are also the busy ones and the ones the subject regards as likely to be the most dangerous in other conditions ; this means that actual feelings of risk may not be solely responsible for the effect . |
| 4 | This requires that when a record is added to the file it is stored in its home bucket if any record that is a synonym is at present in the home bucket , and that if space becomes available in a bucket , any synonym that randomizes to the bucket in which space is now available is moved into the home bucket . |
| 5 | This implies that when the balance is temporarily favourable to the working class , the demands that it espouses , whether or not they are in the interests of the dominant class , may be translated into state policy — for example , on social welfare ( see Gough 1979 ; Esping-Andersen and Korpi 1984 ) , workers ' rights and so on . |
| 6 | This means that although the State is an external , exploitative body it is not seen as such by the people who , on the contrary , see it as a kind of beneficent organism which ‘ gives ’ them the land on which they depend . |
| 7 | This means that although the supplementary benefit regulations say that claimants are entitled to shelter and warmth , their benefits rarely measure up to it . |
| 8 | This means that while the mule and hinny both have 63 chromosomes ( 31 + 32 ) many pairs are unevenly matched . |
| 9 | This means that unless the im — of impertinent can be ‘ rescued ’ by any of the procedures detailed in the next section ( and , in fact , we shall find that it can not ) , it fails to satisfy the criteria for semantic constituency . |
| 10 | This means that as the volcano grows , it becomes elongated in the direction of the fissure zone . |
| 11 | This means that if a ruler 's commands did not deserve obedience , resistance to them might be justified . |
| 12 | This means that if a job problem arises they do not simply impose a favoured solution . |
| 13 | This means that if a man is truly brought to faith in Christ , he is not dependent on human teachers to lead him on , helpful though these may be . |
| 14 | This means that if a person is threatening another 's property in such a way that he is likely to cause another to act in self defence , he commits no offence . |
| 15 | This means that if a person intends to cause a policeman to react unlawfully , and uses threats , abuse or insults in an attempt to cause the policeman to overreact , he commits the offence if the other ingredients are proved to have occurred . |
| 16 | This means that if a reaction , in theory , can be divided up into a number of steps the enthalpy change for the overall reaction equals the sum of the enthalpy changes for each step ( see figure 5.9 ) |
| 17 | In practice this means that if an order is made transferring the home , the wife 's maintenance will be consequently reduced . |
| 18 | This means that if an individual is embedded in such a network , s/he is more liable than one whose network is relatively looseknit to be vulnerable to pressure exerted by everyday social contacts . |
| 19 | This means that if an individual provides an opportunity to his trust to make a gain and the trust makes a gain the individual can be taxed under s776 . |
| 20 | This means that if the UK is to stay self-sufficient , some 40 million tonnes of new production a year must be achieved by the year 2000 . |
| 21 | Basically , this means that if the account goes into the red , you are both liable for the whole amount . |
| 22 | This means that if the calculations you give exclude the tail , another 48″ of fish should be removed to bring the stocking level down to a manageable size . |
| 23 | This means that if the ice is not too steep then the first of the down points will come in contact as well as the front points , creating a more stable platform . |
| 24 | This means that if the cheque has been stolen or obtained by fraud , they will have to suffer the loss if they accept it . |
| 25 | Effectively , this means that if the file has been ‘ cut ’ into m sections , the effective packing density of the file — from the point of view of records colliding and causing synonyms — is : |
| 26 | This means that if the voluntary sector does not take action , virtually nothing gets done . |
| 27 | If we assume that the number of professional programmers , these are people who are competent to use and develop software , is roughly proportional to the number of commercial computers in operation , this means that if the trend continues , in ten years time , there will be a need for roughly a hundred times as many computer programmers than we 've got as present . |
| 28 | In practical terms , this means that when a yellow-hot lava is first emitted , it can flow at a rate of many kilometres an hour , but lower down on the flanks of the volcano , when it is cooler , it slows to the speed of a run , and then of a fast walk . |
| 29 | This means that when the jaws gape fully open , the sharp fangs are aimed directly forward . |
| 30 | This means that when the raw materials are reduced to fibre ready for re-spinning , they already have colour in them . |