Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning now to our basic theory , we see that the extension of Freud 's monotraumatic theory of human social evolution to a polytraumatic one allows us to discern in human cultural evolution a pattern which , if it should prove to be real , may perhaps represent for the human sciences something like the revolution introduced into the physical sciences by Copernicus , Kepler and Galileo . |
| 2 | Thomas believes that only four teams should automatically qualify for the next World Cup — the host nation ( probably South Africa ) , the two finalists ( Australia and England ) and the winner of the third-place play-off ( New Zealand ) . |
| 3 | But you should really go for the ultimate : a royal Flush . |
| 4 | The local historian must therefore search for the peculiar identity of his own town by getting to know the place thoroughly on the ground and from maps , old photographs and prints , together with newspapers , directories , census returns and whatever other documents come to light during the course of his enquiries . |
| 5 | Of course the possibility remains that the sites HS5A and 5B do fulfill an as yet unclear function and that the other hypersensitive sites still present in this construct may functionally substitute for the deleted sites , reflecting a level of redundancy in the NF-L regulatory sequences . |
| 6 | If a creditor is owed a debt not payable at the date of the bankruptcy order , he may nonetheless prove for the same ( r 6.114 ) but subject to an adjustment of his dividend where payment of dividend is made before the time when the debt would have become payable . |
| 7 | Mr Clarke halted trials of the American-style side handled baton saying : ‘ It could fundamentally alter for the worse the style of policing in this country . |
| 8 | But it was probably too late to persuade Bigwig to be gentle : he could only hope for the best . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the LEF-1 binding site could functionally substitute for the bacterial DNA-bending protein integration host factor ( IHF ) , suggesting that the HMG box moiety could act to create higher order nucleoprotein structures by bringing together widely spaced binding sites . |
| 10 | But if the scout car is n't quite the run around for you , you could always go for the little car with big ideas . |
| 11 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 12 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 13 | A hgh hepatitis C virus circulation ( in Italy the prevalence of blood donors positive for anti-hepatitis C virus ranges from 0.68 to 1.38% ) could well account for the high prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus in our series of chronic liver disease with unknown aetiology ( 66 of 100 ) : of the 66 anti-hepatitis C virus positive cases , however , only 21 were positive for the autoantibodies currently considered as reliable markers of autoimmune hepatitis . |
| 14 | The path comes straight down too ; my legs went wobbly long before reaching the bottom , by evening they had stiffened up , and I could barely walk for the next three days ( the boys were alright ! ) . |
| 15 | But , for her part , Shiona could barely wait for the iniquitous ordeal to come to an end . |
| 16 | As she lay between the sheets , Hari felt a great restlessness grip her , she thought of Craig 's face so close to hers and she could barely breathe for the confused emotions that raced through her . |
| 17 | With Drummond Matthews , his supervisor , he showed that sea-floor spreading combined with periodic reversals in the direction of the Earth 's magnetic field could neatly account for the striking pattern of magnetism on the flanks of mid-ocean ridges . |
| 18 | Incomplete recording may partly account for the low rates of sickness absence among those in the highest grades , but it is unlikely to explain the large differences between other grades . |
| 19 | Unlike the ECSC , the whole concept had been modelled as a body in which Britain might participate : this may partly account for the diluted supranational element . |
| 20 | This quantitative difference may also account for the beneficial effects seen after surgical interruption of the left stellate ganglion . |
| 21 | This factor may also account for the repetitive waves in the transposed colon . |
| 22 | This may also account for the small size of halls at West Stow , the uncompacted sand subsoil being incapable of taking the strain of a large building with earth-fast timbers . |
| 23 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 24 | Next time we may well vote for the Scottish National Party , no more NUNGE . |
| 25 | On the one hand , the growing cult of the fact may well account for the modern American cultivation of its opposite , the surreal fiction of Heller , Pynchon and Doctorow ; if realism is captured by sociology , some novelists may take refuge in surrealism . |
| 26 | She would gladly pay for the additional units but these would cost only to be made available . |
| 27 | As Brailsford had noted some years earlier : ‘ The decline of our trade with Germany , Russia and Austria would alone account for the whole volume of our present unemployment . ’ |
| 28 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |
| 29 | Most developers would probably opt for the open site policy on the bas open site erm area on the basis this would better meet their functional needs . |
| 30 | Some people , upon seeing a title like that , would automatically opt for the pre-shaping method since maths is quite often a dirty word . |