Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 2 | In the end , psychologist Robin Gilmour believes , if you feel there 's something that needs changing in your relationship , you should think very carefully about continuing in it . |
| 3 | Any family with somebody working at Rothmans should think very carefully before voting in Darlington . |
| 4 | Without such expertise , then one should consider more carefully before investing . |
| 5 | That should do quite well in trying to get the traffic away from the centre in Stortford anyway . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should go no further without declaring an allegiance to Neath which survived some of the grimmer times in the club 's history . |
| 7 | If you put his legs on backwards way he 'll go home instead of coming up here . |
| 8 | If horses are offered at very short odds , odds-on , then the statistics demonstrate that overall you could do quite well by betting on them . |
| 9 | Clearly , someone who wishes to hedge his exposure to variations in the price of an asset in his portfolio could do so either by purchasing an appropriate forward contract — from a bank perhaps — or by purchasing exchange traded futures . |
| 10 | The defendant had some reason for wishing to weigh the boilers ; and he could do so only by obtaining permission from the plaintiff , which he did obtain by promising to return them in good condition . |
| 11 | An example was cited where by cutting back on BSB claims and by adjusting his grain acreage slightly downwards , a farmer could gain very substantially by making his farm eligible for extensification premia through having a lower stocking rate . |
| 12 | The draft PPG Note is a welcome step in that direction , but could go much further in giving guidance on the practical implementation of coastal policies . |
| 13 | It may thus transpire that definitional overlap could operate more effectively by considering both the definition of a word and the expansion of that definition . |
| 14 | Partnerships could henceforth be established between consenting adults so that ‘ two men could live permanently together without fearing prattling informers bringing down the criminal law upon them ’ . |
| 15 | I 'd come so far without looking from side to side , only seeing the next qualification up , that by the time I began to feel closed in it was too late . |
| 16 | Abruptly , the sensations she 'd felt that night in St Lucia , when they 'd come so close to making love , engulfed her with such force that she felt weak at the knees . |
| 17 | Glancing at her watch , she wondered if she could slip away soon without giving offence to Edward and Helen . |
| 18 | It may be appropriate to end up with a net present value ( NPV ) calculation for all types of investment , but obtaining the correct decision may depend far more on recognizing the differences , in nature and importance , of the underlying factors which will affect the projected cash flows . |
| 19 | As we shall see more clearly after studying Chaucer 's other fabliaux and uses of fabliau , the Shipman 's Tale stands out as the particular instance when Chaucer uses a fabliau to place fabliau in a critical light , examining fabliau as an extant genre rather than exploiting it for some other purpose . |
| 20 | If ( as I expected would be the case ) he was able to accomplish this with very little in the way of stammering , it would go even further towards increasing his self-confidence . |
| 21 | One would go too far in saying that by Civizade 's time a scholar could achieve greatness solely through office ; but at the least , such a distinction as that made by Karamani Mehmed Pasa had become almost impossible to make , since greatness ' and " office " had grown so closely intertwined as to be inseparable . |
| 22 | I satisfied myself with the knowledge that I would suffer far more from leaving him than he would suffer from my absence . |
| 23 | We will lag further behind in creating and sharing wealth . |
| 24 | I am confident that we can meet the challenge and will do so best by taking the professions , public , and staff with us . |
| 25 | Instead of asking whether the owners of the enterprise will become better off as the result of the firm 's undertaking productive opportunities , the accountant asks whether society as a whole will become better off by undertaking this project rather than not undertaking it , or by undertaking instead any of a number of alternative projects . |
| 26 | The opening paragraph of The Autocar 's November 1965 test of a privately owned car ( to much the same spec as our example ) read : ‘ Few readers indeed will get this far before turning to the data page which follows , for the name of AC Cobra is synonymous with performance . |
| 27 | The student will learn more effectively through identifying the particular needs and problems of each patient . |
| 28 | Without a text to assist them they may prevaricate too long before facing the brutal truth . |
| 29 | would be majorly responsible for getting long term results , as they would have to ensure that the area can survive independently again by building up their own food supplies through improving farming eg. better irrigation etc . |
| 30 | If I wish to maximise my impact on improving human life , I can do so best by putting my effort into activities I know are unlikely to take place otherwise and into small-scale ventures where I can actually see results for my efforts . |