Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could use the intent and motive argument to claim that to maintain the standing of the House one should seriously devalue and perhaps scrap early-day motions . |
| 2 | One might hardly suspect that so simple a task for so few seconds of film could prove so practically trying and , on reflection , so symbolic of our whole chain of adventures , attempting to keep aloft and alive a consecutive string of luminous mirrors against rather ridiculous odds . |
| 3 | Both dramatic playing and performance use dramatic metaphors , abstractions which immediately qualify the kind , intensity and degree of emotional response — one can reasonably assume that neither the actor on stage nor the child in the classroom is actually going to experience murderous intent , overwhelming grief , spiritual ecstasy or sexual arousal during the drama experience . |
| 4 | It is obvious , is it not , that if one gets emotionally involved in a problem , one can not perform as well as when one is viewing it impersonally , yes ? ’ |
| 5 | Indeed one can safely say that almost all of our roads and tracks were used in medieval times and perhaps most were also used in the prehistoric period as well . |
| 6 | rather sorrowfully observes in the course of his judgment ‘ No-one can possibly doubt that ideally there should never be a bench composed of an even number of justices . ’ |