Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed that it would be desirable for students to meet ECTF staff to establish contacts which might later prove mutually worthwhile . |
| 2 | It is best to provide toys which can also serve as chews when the puppy is teething |
| 3 | That 's er a little bit of fun in that , but er we might have a little bit of advice for you if you are preparing to receive guests you 'd rather not see over Christmas . |
| 4 | These two types of process , on the one hand serial and on the other parallel processing of memory , are of course extremes , and there are many intermediate possibilities ; it becomes quite hard to design experiments which will unequivocally distinguish between them . |
| 5 | In the meantime I enclose herewith a small supply of a leaflet prepared by the Finance Department which may enable you to answer questions which will inevitably arise at your surgeries . |
| 6 | In developing a curriculum , it is necessary to define topics which can then be put into more general categories . |
| 7 | It has been suggested that ‘ incipient ’ is an unfamiliar word , that associating the stall with a spin might get the student worried , and that to simplify things we should only talk about stalls and spins . |
| 8 | Of course , the fact that you discover that you have lived before at all is exciting in itself , particularly if you are able to remember details which can later be corroborated . |
| 9 | Oh , you get the few stalwarts who come year after year , but for the majority it 's their one and only chance to be pampered , to see places they might otherwise never see . ’ |
| 10 | The few Communists , Fascist and Stop-the War candidates who ignored the truce were badly defeated until towards the end of the war when the newly formed Commonwealth began to win seats which might otherwise have gone to the Labour Party . |
| 11 | Before the pupils were given the opportunity to interview each other about any subject , they were instructed to try to avoid questions which would only require monosyllabic responses , and , instead , think of questions that would encourage extended answers . |
| 12 | In theory , the scheme is meant to help pupils who would otherwise be unable to do so to benefit from education at an independent school , but Janet Finch argues that past experience of the direct grant system ‘ would lead one to suppose that many beneficiaries of such a scheme will be middle-class children ’ .24 In 1986–7 about 24,500 pupils attended independent schools under the Assisted Places Scheme in England alone , and this transferred £43 million of taxpayers ' money to independent schools . |
| 13 | Lear is now experiencing the truth of La Rochefoucauld 's maxim that ‘ So long as a man is still in a position to help others he will rarely encounter ingratitude . ’ |
| 14 | It involves identifying certain key individuals in a population , interviewing them , and then asking them to suggest others who might also be interviewed . |
| 15 | Sometimes the government has the opportunity to levy taxes which will actually improve efficiency and reduce waste . |
| 16 | Neither the court nor a Chief Constable could compel an officer to do acts which can only lawfully be done if the officer himself with reasonable cause suspects that a breach of the peace has occurred or is imminently likely to occur . |
| 17 | If we wish to attenuate dissonances we should therefore separate them adequately . |
| 18 | Suppose nevertheless that one party were so ill advised as to field candidates who would openly compete with each other in political terms . |
| 19 | Since sociolinguistics is full of incomplete theories and unanswered questions , it is often more important to find ways of thoroughly searching the data for different types of pattern than to generate hypotheses which might well be premature . |
| 20 | you can also eliminate the need for buttonholes in a woven fabric , since it takes kindly to crochet edges which can also include loop fastenings . |
| 21 | There are plans to enlist students who can already handle computers — about 50 per cent of California 's high schools and 20 per cent of its elementary schools already have computers . |
| 22 | In the case of both the ERM and the Single Currency , the weak country is at the mercy of the strong one and is forced to run policies which may well be diametrically against its own interests . |
| 23 | Leave plenty of breathing space between each section of speech so that your audience is not bombarded with too much information at a time , and do n't allow the commentary to describe things which can already be seen on the screen ; instead , use it to complement the pictures and provide additional ( but relevant ) information . |
| 24 | Teachers have long called for more opportunity to get on with what they regard as quintessentially " their " work ; they should normally welcome the opportunity to off-load tasks which can just as effectively be performed by other people . |
| 25 | They compelled officials to investigate matters they would much prefer to keep out of : all for the administration of a basically unworkable rule . |
| 26 | Being on good terms with dischargers is essential for the field man to do his job efficiently : it allows him access to property whenever necessary , enabling him to carry out inspections , and to raise matters which might otherwise be sensitive . |
| 27 | Thus , if the trustees of an interest in possession trust were actually to pay monies it will generally be the trustees who will be treated for the purpose of income tax as having made the payment and not the beneficiary ; if bare trustees , nominees or agents were to pay monies the beneficial owners or principals will generally be treated as having made the payments . |
| 28 | It will be emphasised to employers that the purpose of the exercise is to provide opportunities for young people to learn about and through work and not to perform tasks which would otherwise be done by paid workers . |
| 29 | By an extension of the argument , the duty is imposed in advance to deter acts which will potentially cause harm to the interests of others . |
| 30 | Netting should also help to deter herons which can completely wipe out your fish population especially during harsh weather when food is scarce ! |