Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women with severe emotional problems may need counselling on a long-term basis . |
| 2 | Once the system is fully operational , then one may consider moving to an in-house installation if the economies are worthwhile . |
| 3 | Anderson 's history must work according to a rational principle , the dialectic , and be moving towards an end which will reveal and enact its meaning . |
| 4 | I should recommend waiting for a gentler age than that in which we are condemned for a while to dwell . |
| 5 | However we also made it clear that as one part of Labour 's wider democratic agenda , that we were sympathetic to looking at a plurality of electoral systems and that this might include legislating for a regional list system of proportional representation for future European elections . |
| 6 | In a workshop session which the BA might consider restaging as a full day seminar , Peter Mouncey of the AA , Leslie Henry of Book Marketing Ltd and Sue Morris of W H Smith tackled ‘ Targeting the book market — the role of research ’ from three different though complementary angles . |
| 7 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 8 | Community Care is about helping people to live as independently as possible in their own homes or in other accommodation in the community , which might mean moving into a residential or nursing home . |
| 9 | I bet you 'd look smashing in a wotchermercallit , he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I could go hunting for a black hole , ’ she said , looking at him expectantly . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe he could start thinking like a rational human being instead of a caveman frightened by lightning , ’ Kenneth said tartly . |
| 12 | Disregard any fields which would entail landing on a downhill slope . |
| 13 | The terms of the Soviet plan , now made public , were that ( i ) Iraq would make a full and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait ; ( ii ) the withdrawal would start on the second day after hostilities ceased ; ( iii ) Iraqi forces would depart according to a fixed timetable ; ( iv ) after two-thirds of Iraqi forces had withdrawn economic sanctions against Iraq would be lifted ; ( v ) after all Iraqi forces had left all UN Security Council resolutions against Iraq would lapse ; ( vi ) all prisoners of war would be released when the ceasefire became effective ; ( vii ) the troop withdrawal would be monitored by forces from countries not involved in the conflict , under direction of the UN Security Council ; and ( viii ) work on details and specifics would continue and would be presented on Feb. 22 to Security Council members . |
| 14 | Would die working in a big corporation . |
| 15 | Currently , with strong competition from many units throughout Europe for available organs , many patients similar to those described herein would die waiting for a suitable donor organ . |
| 16 | This would mean starting with a random set of , say , 20 possible routes between the towns , and calculating how long the journeys would be . |
| 17 | The government and the rebel Mozambique National Resistance ( MNR or Renamo ) signed a protocol on party law on Nov. 13 under which it was agreed that the MNR would start functioning as a political party immediately after the signing of a general peace accord . |
| 18 | The MNR had now effectively recognized the government 's legitimacy and would start operating as a political party in opposition , which meant that in practice a ceasefire was in operation . |
| 19 | Institutions poured into the issue amid speculation that the flotation would start trading at a substantial premium . |
| 20 | ( 1978 ) point out , this leads to the denial of any specific effectivity on the part of the management of particular enterprises : each enterprise will function according to a uniform mode of calculation , as a mere ‘ aliquot part of the total capital ’ . |
| 21 | For example you may ask , ‘ How do you think you will manage working with a large number of school-leavers in the department ? ’ |
| 22 | The bassist is not sure whether the band will continue moving in a harsher direction . |
| 23 | UnixWorld claims that an IBM Corp project code named Renoir will produce a CMOS 390-on-a-chip that the company will start shipping as a cheap parallel processing database computer by the end of the year . |
| 24 | With the issue priced right at the bottom of market expectations , analysts last night forecast that shares will start trading at a hefty profit . |
| 25 | With the issue priced right at the bottom of market expectations , analysts last night forecast that shares will start trading at a hefty profit . |
| 26 | The subject of the letter will not be technical and the assignment will involve writing as a private individual to an organisation . |
| 27 | The assignment will involve writing in an official capacity to an organisation concerning a straightforward business transaction . |
| 28 | Our present system is analogue and the requirement for computer system links and data transmission may justify changing to a digital system . |
| 29 | You may start talking about a particular subject and finish discussing something very different . |
| 30 | Let's start preparing for a convincing win against Sheffield Utd . |