Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says his pay-off has left him comfortable , although he will eventually want to find a new career , possibly even returning to journalism . |
| 2 | In a Commons statement , Mr Clarke said : ‘ We would very much prefer to see a full accident and emergency service provided by trained ambulancemen , but that is impossible while the unions continue to insist on the 14 conditions which they have imposed . |
| 3 | So that when you introduce yourself , you are seen as a haulier , was the phrase you used , er , and we , we 'd all need to spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of effort into raising ourselves above that image , I mean there 's nothing wrong with being a haulier , all I 'm saying is that we have to raise ourselves above that image . |
| 4 | We would only need to witness a marked increase in trade and there will certainly be an increase in demand why do you think trade has increased ? and trade is n't a necessary condition it 's just that trade has tended to grow at the same time as erm as demand is growing . |
| 5 | Q I can knit in double jacquard and have made a couple of garments , but would very much like to knit a single motif . |
| 6 | ‘ We would obviously like to have a synthetic surface of our own but we certainly would n't be able to provide such a facility without outside help . ’ |
| 7 | What did you expect to gain from coming here , Fran — that I might suddenly decide to make a full confession ? ’ |
| 8 | At the surface of radius r the term ( ) in the Schwarzschild metric becomes zero ; the curvature of space–time is so severe that we can only hope to give a consistent account of conditions using GR . |
| 9 | But live , for the first time viewer , they can only hope to achieve a possible connection via the actual presentation and general ‘ sound ’ . |
| 10 | You have to be a specialist , and even then , you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories . |
| 11 | If in doubt whether a particular matter is relevant , a good test is to ask yourself whether , if the examiner had wished you to discuss it , he would naturally have framed an extra question upon it . |
| 12 | Thus , if pursuant to the will of X the property is vested in Y as legatee and Y subsequently sells the property for £550,000 , Y will only have made a taxable gain ( subject to the indexation allowance ) of £50,000 . |
| 13 | ‘ If she had married before she died , the sister would only have got a small legacy . |
| 14 | There was as well , similar but a whole step in advance , the why-dun-it , the book which depends for its interest on showing that someone who could easily enough have committed a certain murder but who on the face of it was incapable of that particular crime ( i.e. one who had J. C. Masterman 's aces of spades , hearts and diamonds but apparently not clubs ) is nevertheless seen eventually to be psychologically capable of that crime after all , once probed deeply enough . |
| 15 | Any real star — which would never be perfectly spherical — could therefore only collapse to form a naked singularity . |
| 16 | We can only try to provide an efficient service if we are clear what it is you need and are given sufficient time to do something about it . |
| 17 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 18 | This does not necessarily mean spending a great deal of money on it , but careful and considerate planning of the whole day . |
| 19 | We canvass the widest number of manufacturers possible , and are always aware that many retail outlets can only afford to display a limited range to their customers , so we give contact address and phone numbers as a matter of course . |
| 20 | As I explained last week , we can only afford to publish a 24 page edition , rather than the usual 32 pages . |
| 21 | If you can only afford to buy a certain amount of organic produce , potatoes would be a good choice . |
| 22 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 23 | This negative and careless attitude on the part of the teacher can only help to stimulate a negative response among his students . |
| 24 | Nurses can , they can only they can only say evaluate a certain proportion of the erm |
| 25 | Since this is a controversial subject , on which the weight of scholarly opinion probably still supports Böhmer 's thesis that the documents already existed in their contaminated form in 1072 , and were used by Lanfranc in this form , it will perhaps help to clarify a complicated issue if I set out as bluntly as possible the reasons which seem to me to point decisively to 1120 as the date at which the forged additions were inserted into the texts . |
| 26 | The successful diplomate will thus expect to find a wide range of career and employment opportunities , especially in the industrial/commercial sector . |
| 27 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 28 | Any showers will soon clear to leave a fine evening , followed by a cold and clear light with light winds . |
| 29 | Any showers will soon clear to leave a fine evening followed by a cold and clear night with light winds . |
| 30 | Would you just like to make a brief statement of clarification . |