Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interview is basically a form of human interaction and may range from the most informal chat to the most carefully pre-coded and carefully systematized set of questions and answers laid out on an interview schedule . |
| 2 | These privileges may range from the relatively inconspicuous one of being treated differently for insurance purposes to the ultimate extreme of contracting a ‘ marriage with a member of the opposite sex ’ — opposite , that is , to the adopted one . |
| 3 | The reason for this is not clear but it may relate to the more recent stress associated with handling and anaesthesia for irradiation . |
| 4 | The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject . |
| 5 | The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject . |
| 6 | Alternatively we may think of the more modern figure of a man whose wealth lies in his investments in stocks and shares . |
| 7 | This suggests that EATCL may behave in an apparently indolent fashion with a very slow change in pathological state over many months as measured by clinical state , serial upper gastrointestinal biopsy , radiography , haematology , and biochemistry results . |
| 8 | But , for the moment , we should think of the ideally rational agent as a limiting case or abstraction from homo sapiens in social life . |
| 9 | I should yawn my head off in a palace , and I should laugh during the most solemn ceremonies , and I should certainly beat my Ministers . |
| 10 | Despite an earlier suggestion from Jacques Delors , president of the European Commission , that the summit should focus on the originally scheduled topics of aid to the Soviet Union and the Gulf crisis , all the member countries except the UK used the meeting to state their agreement that Stage 2 of economic and monetary union ( EMU — see p. 36598 for three-stage Delors plan for EMU ) should start on Jan. 1 , 1994 , and established an effective negotiating brief for the intergovernmental conferences on political , economic and monetary union due to begin on Dec. 14 . |
| 11 | Critics say it should concentrate on a less exclusive market . |
| 12 | This is a passage that should appeal to the more adventurous . |
| 13 | Again it should flourish on a mainly vegetable diet . |
| 14 | We must move the debate about animals from how much harm we should inflict to the more fundamental issue of how much good we should do . |
| 15 | To anyone familiar with the coasts , with sailing ships and with the cellulose molecule , the maintenance of the blockades of Brest and Toulon , winter and summer and in all weathers , must appear as an almost incredible feat . |
| 16 | The producer had the idea that I should appear in a simply ludicrous costume : a German trench coat , knee-length open boots , a black leotard with the upper part of the thighs naked , and hair like Marlene Dietrich ! |
| 17 | To use this opportunity fully we must stop the severe haemorrhaging of faith among believers , we must work towards a clearly discernible Christian mind , and we must carefully answer the questions and objections of our contemporaries . |
| 18 | We can not now implement the whole of that programme and must look for a more concessive approach , capable of accommodating the competing strengths of individualism . |
| 19 | But he or his successor will have to wait a little longer for the revenue benefits which should flow from the more buoyant climate for project investment he has tried to create . |
| 20 | There is , for example , the cultural dictum in many societies that girls should marry at a very early age , often prior to puberty . |
| 21 | The local authority ( now the social services departments ) , must decide on the most appropriate form of care . |
| 22 | Everyone feels we should react in a very strong way to these remarks . ’ |
| 23 | A proper account of referential communication must grapple with the intrinsically reciprocal nature of conversation , not merely to satisfy the objections of sociolinguists but also to discover if a deeper analysis of discourse clarifies the procedures by which children use and make sense of verbal information . |
| 24 | Holders of such data must adhere to the very reasonable legal , moral and ethical principles laid down by the Act and the data must be held securely and confidentially . |
| 25 | He later adds : ‘ If you are trying to set him up … you should go for a fairly substantial sum . ’ |
| 26 | Because accessibility and mobility around the organisation are essential , ‘ you should go for the most generalist person you can get ’ , he said . |
| 27 | Establishment of an Independent Review Body containing both lay and lawyer members — this popular recommendation is long overdue and should lead to a more independent and searching investigation of alleged miscarriages of justice . |
| 28 | Article II laid down that if Queen Anne failed to leave an heir the succession should pass to a relatively distant claimant , ‘ the most excellent Princess Sophia , electress and duchess dowager of Hanover , and the heirs of her body being protestants ’ . |
| 29 | He must go to the most expensive dentist on the face of the earth . |
| 30 | One question from his rostrum , must rank as the most salient of the session . |