Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snow may linger as late as mid-July . |
| 2 | If the IRB has any qualms in answering these questions come April 1992 , they should think very carefully if South Africa is to be a serious contender in what would probably be the first genuine and major international event ever held in the country . |
| 3 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 4 | Watching him , we all became aware that the style of play was beginning to favour forwards who should run as fast as wings or centres . |
| 5 | With the case of Perry versus Intec and the eternal attorney general has confirmed to Gillian that T U P E must protect both past and present , future pension rights . |
| 6 | He stood uncertainly , listening , wondering if he should go any further or retreat before someone came along . |
| 7 | The results of production should increase more quickly than expenditure upon it . |
| 8 | At least you 'll know exactly rather than sort of saying well |
| 9 | So you can forget right now any ambitions you might have as far as Kirsty is concerned ! ’ |
| 10 | When Anna stepped back , she said , ‘ I think I 'll go straight home and face and present the larder . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
| 12 | We 'll go as far as Coachford — that 's on the way to Gougane . |
| 13 | The ugliness and poverty of the place is all I remember of it , and Ward saying , ‘ Ah 'll drive as far as Chimbote , then ye take over . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll come as far as Tucker 's , get some fags , ’ Nails said . |
| 15 | As we have seen , some genetic change may not take place at random , or events may occur more quickly than Darwin believed . |
| 16 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |
| 17 | Besides , if Maidstone could predict so accurately when Elsie would appear then it would be a simple matter to find her again — perhaps at the same time tomorrow . |
| 18 | He could land averagely well and take-off . |
| 19 | On a new ultra-smooth track , and in a race which began with a multi-car shunt at the start , he drove an absolutely perfect race , while Niki got himself held up in traffic by the inexperienced Mauro Baldi and could do no better than finish fourth . |
| 20 | In the short-term it might work as a morale-booster for players to see a fresh face , but in the long-term I do n't think anybody else could do any better than Howard . |
| 21 | Mr Duncan Biggin , architect for the scheme and chairman of Dockbuild , said it was hoped demolition could begin as early as March 16 and building would start as soon as possible . |
| 22 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 23 | It was equally important to a world economy that information could move as freely as commodities . |
| 24 | Few could go so far as Musurus Pasha , who during his thirty-five years as Turkish ambassador in London staffed the embassy entirely with his sons , nephews and sons-in-law ; but even in the most developed states of western Europe and on the eve of the 1914 conflict family influences could still be important . |
| 25 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 26 | She says — she says she thinks she could get well again if children believed in fairies . |
| 27 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 28 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |
| 29 | Particular parts may move more slowly than others . |
| 30 | Anyone looking for an exotic finish to a room need go no further than Ravissant . |