Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the truth , it is to be allowed that in speaking of them as effects in the ordinary way , to the extent we do , we may make use of a conception other than the one we have been examining . |
| 2 | Fourteen miles away you can visit Grey Mare 's Tail , a great waterfall , and here you may catch sight of a herd of wild goats which live in the area . |
| 3 | To explain this type of unemployment more fully , we must make use of a model of the economy within which the level of DD unemployment is determined . |
| 4 | An employer from a partnership company should consider membership of a course committee as a right rather than a favour , and the college should see the invitation as an obligation not a dispensation . |
| 5 | The trustee must give notice of a dividend to all creditors who have proved their debts ( r 11.6(1) ) . |
| 6 | A program object which must precede declaration of a user defined function ( FN ) or procedure ( PROC ) . |
| 7 | If universal education is a genuine ideal ; if , unlike the Greeks , we may claim to believe in such a thing as a democratic intellect , then we must stop thinking of a kind of people , a ‘ work-force ’ who will obediently slot into the place society has for them , trained as a kind of technological army . |
| 8 | Both techniques can be used to probe molecular motions in liquid or solid polymers , but when dielectric spectroscopy is used the relaxation or transition must involve movement of a dipole or a charge displacement if it is to be detected . |
| 9 | This chapter is about how and why you might make use of a camera as part of a language programme . |
| 10 | If you look out to sea it 's fairly easy to spot seals basking in the water or if you 're lucky , you might catch sight of a school of porpoise , a dolphin , or even a turtle . |
| 11 | You 'll become part of a team . |
| 12 | effect of a Wurli I mean , that 's the beauty about it you , you 'll never get hold of a Harley Davidson , but you might get hold of a petrol cap . |
| 13 | Oh he 'll get hold of a hedgehog and shake it and with that he 'll come out with prickles all on the end |
| 14 | Of course , like the sentences about the knight , the dragon , and the pineapple , they might form part of a discourse , and if we stretch our imaginations we could come up with a situation in which they do ; but this will not be by virtue of the words so and she , but because of some other information about the context . |
| 15 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 16 | This change might cause synthesis of a protein with normal CFTR function , together with a non-functioning protein . |
| 17 | They thought they could make fun of a country girl , but my answer took them by surprise . |
| 18 | So , for example , a single engineering project could provide evidence of a candidate 's achievement in outcomes of specialist engineering and maths and problem solving and communication . |
| 19 | Rocks stained a particular colour , sudden changes in vegetation , material thrown up by borrowing animals — all these could provide evidence of a mineral deposit . |
| 20 | The effect resulted mainly from the fact that larger coalitions could maintain tenure of a pride for longer . |
| 21 | Its funny ( sort of ) , Iwas contemplating sending a begging letter to Mr Humphries to see if he could get hold of a shirt for me … |
| 22 | I 've heard it 's out for the Commie ( well , has been for years ) , and was wondering where I could get hold of a copy . |
| 23 | If you ca n't wait for next month then you could get hold of a copy of my book ‘ QBasic:The Language of MS-DOS ’ . |
| 24 | The only way it would matter is that somebody breathes the information to , if they could get hold of a card , and get into an office , they could actually use the information to make a payment . |
| 25 | More selfish economic motives were also involved , given the British wish to see limitations imposed on Japanese economic development , which could form part of a treaty . |
| 26 | Upon their argument , the local authority could delay service of a demand indefinitely . |
| 27 | He and Dinah together could make books that would be widely read in scholarly circles ; he would achieve recognition of a sort he had never had before ; in America they would know of no disgrace about him , and in any case he was now married . |
| 28 | The dam would deprive science of a number of unique biological and archaeological opportunities . |
| 29 | One polar craft would provide coverage of a spot on the Earth only every 12 hours , twice the period obtained with a two-satellite system . |
| 30 | Occasionally O would take hold of a handful of Boy 's black hair , which was still long all over then . |