Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If that were all Olson were saying , then it would be reasonable enough and would provide an interesting basis for historical study of the reasons for specific literacy practices in specific cultures .
2 They are unlikely to give up their title easily and should make a winning start against Munster at Ballymena 's Eaton Park on Saturday .
3 Reducing now the current ( and H with it ) we shall not retrace the same curve ; B will decrease much more slowly and will have a finite value at zero current .
4 M.P.s may lack the necessary expertise to scrutinise it effectively and may lack the necessary independent information .
5 Neither are Norway spruce ( P. abies ) and lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta ) which are also widely used in forestry programmes because they grow relatively quickly and can tolerate the poor soils that are characteristic of British uplands .
6 You will then be supporting the work of the national charity directly and will receive the quarterly journal ‘ New Generation ’ as well as automatic membership of your local branch .
7 ( N.B. The dealer would himself ring the client fifteen minutes later and would spin the following yarn : " I 've got just 5,000 shares left on my books .
8 But Government put more than £2 billion a year into UK farming now and would put an extra £2.4 billion in over the next three years .
9 I gazed upwards and could see a few stars twinkling in the sky , one seemed much brighter than the others .
10 All guests will differ emotionally , physically and temperamentally and will have a wide variety of likes , dislikes , tastes and income levels .
11 An ANDF version of the Oracle database — some 1.3 million lines of code — is currently underway and should provide a sterner test of claims for the technology .
12 Both are playing well and should prove a strong partnership with Richardson 's flair for birdies allied to Gilford 's skill around the greens .
13 However , octave pairing between soprano and tenor or alto and bass comes off well and can give a powerful melodic line , as Example 67 shows .
14 ‘ They should be rewarded when things are going well but should take a financial hit when the chips are down . ’
15 The greatest possible self-created order , he wrote , compatible of course with the freedom to work , which may mean very little order indeed or may mean a great deal of order , depending on the individual and the circumstances .
16 Julie Rose would be there and would return the yellow shoes I 'd left in a dressing room two weeks ago .
17 Such a reform would be welcome indeed and would remove the existing bias towards ‘ the great and the good ’ but would it enable the broadcasting authorities to be more assertive in their dealings with governments ?
18 According to a survey conducted for the BBC in April 1974 by Professor Richard Rose , sixty-nine per cent of the people of Northern Ireland thought that the executive should be given a chance to govern but this finding was contradicted by the results of a general election two months earlier and may reflect the general tendency of survey respondents to make statements in response to poll questions which are more moderate than their real views .
19 I have become confused recently and would appreciate a clear explanation .
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