Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Leicester may think it appropriate to keep Mr Rouncewell waiting , ‘ opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flight of ironmasters ’ , but it is his housekeeper 's son who now wields the moral authority , for he has come to remove his future daughter-in-law , the lady 's maid Rosa , from Lady Dedlock 's charge because he thinks that position is unsuitable . |
| 2 | We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes . |
| 3 | On the positive side , I would argue that these devices may make it easier to withstand setbacks , to hold on to a belief in ultimate victory when times are hard , because they all underline the continuities of racial oppression . |
| 4 | It was observed above that most serious woundings involve the use of a weapon , and that may make it easier to establish intention . |
| 5 | Likewise , changes in law may make it difficult to compare figures through time even within one country , e.g. introduction of the breathalyser in 1967 makes it very hard to relate road accident figures before and after this date . |
| 6 | The needs of service provision will often necessarily dictate when space is available for teaching , though negotiations and liaison with managers should make it possible to streamline provision . |
| 7 | In practice the librarian must eventually fix some parameters to each revision subject , but should keep them flexible to take account of this problem . |
| 8 | Obviously some people make better interviewers than others , but with training no normal person who is reasonably able to carry on a conversation should find it impossible to undertake interviews . |
| 9 | You should find it easy to consume 35g of fibre daily , and we suggest this as the lower limit in order to achieve the slimming benefits described in the previous chapters . |
| 10 | The ordinary householder might think it normal to estimate needs , list the various ways of filling them , then adopt the cheapest options . |
| 11 | A judge deciding McLoughlin might think it unjust to require compensation for any emotional injury . |
| 12 | It 'll do you good to do G. |
| 13 | Readers interested in the shellfish-collecting side of life at the site might find it helpful to read Elizabeth Voigt 's chapter alongside Betty Meehan 's fascinating Shell Bed to Shell Midden , a book newly published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra on the role of shellfish in the life of a group of Australian Aborigines who live in Arnheim Land in Northern Territory . |
| 14 | He will be less disturbed there and might find it easier to get prey . |
| 15 | The novice to word processing might find it easier to reformat text after typing it in than before . |
| 16 | You should be a T'ang , Ben Shepherd , for you 'll find it hard to pass muster as a simple man . |
| 17 | If it chooses war it may deem it necessary to attack Syria before the latter becomes more powerful , but in doing so it risks incurring unacceptably high casualties . |
| 18 | This could make it impossible to test QCD to better than 10 per cent , bringing the business of science to a halt . |
| 19 | The dedication contains the somewhat bitter generalization that ‘ the policie of times may hold it unfit to raise men humbled with adversities to titles of dearnesse ’ , which could apply to Cavendish 's own situation at the end of Elizabeth 's reign . |
| 20 | In short , it was thought by many that the nature of the children 's hearing system would make it unnecessary to enact rules for ‘ wiping the slate clean ’ . |
| 21 | The law would make it unlawful to deny people a job either because they were union members , or because they did not want to belong to a union . |
| 22 | They would make it impossible to fund clubs and societies and would inevitably suppress much of our vital welfare work . |
| 23 | To decry d decry Unemployment Action , claiming it to be work is , and at the same time supporting the Labour Party policy which would make it acceptable to receive benefit without training , but illegal to have a job without training , is a strange morality . |
| 24 | What it would mean is that we would consider it immoral to treat animals as if they had no intrinsic value , as if they were of instrumental value only , merely means to human ends . |
| 25 | Painful though it was , she declared that the time would soon come when she would feel it necessary to inspect America for herself . |
| 26 | Governments would find it easy to cut taxes and unbalance the budget when unemployment was rising , but there would be a lot of resistance to raising taxes to create a surplus of revenue when prosperous times returned . |
| 27 | If they are members they would find it difficult to refute charges of a breach of the Code of Conduct . |
| 28 | Because of the different nature of employment most of the part-time farmers would find it difficult to arrange days off to attend training courses , meetings , etc . |
| 29 | Mr MacKay told the conference , organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs , that parts of Gwynedd would find it difficult to attract investment even when the upgrading of the A55 had been completed . |
| 30 | However , the individual concerned would find it difficult to obtain credit in the future — a point often overlooked by those who advocated the system . |