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 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 .
4 Q I can knit in double jacquard and have made a couple of garments , but would very much like to knit a single motif .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 What did you expect to gain from coming here , Fran — that I might suddenly decide to make a full confession ? ’
7 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 .
8 But live , for the first time viewer , they can only hope to achieve a possible connection via the actual presentation and general ‘ sound ’ .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 ‘ If she had married before she died , the sister would only have got a small legacy .
12 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 .
13 Any real star — which would never be perfectly spherical — could therefore only collapse to form a naked singularity .
14 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 . "
15 This does not necessarily mean spending a great deal of money on it , but careful and considerate planning of the whole day .
16 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 .
17 If you can only afford to buy a certain amount of organic produce , potatoes would be a good choice .
18 And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions .
19 This negative and careless attitude on the part of the teacher can only help to stimulate a negative response among his students .
20 Nurses can , they can only they can only say evaluate a certain proportion of the erm
21 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 .
22 The successful diplomate will thus expect to find a wide range of career and employment opportunities , especially in the industrial/commercial sector .
23 Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life .
24 Any showers will soon clear to leave a fine evening , followed by a cold and clear light with light winds .
25 Any showers will soon clear to leave a fine evening followed by a cold and clear night with light winds .
26 Would you just like to make a brief statement of clarification .
27 And because the filling in a sandwich is n't cooked before it 's served , the bugs can easily multiply to give a nasty bout of food poisoning .
28 If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’
29 He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait .
30 Owners of holiday caravans will not normally have to pay a standard community charge .
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