Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on the grass below the paddock when Ronnie 's car pulled off the road with a completely inexplicable failure : inexplicable in that Ronnie could find no reason why his car , which had been going so well , should suddenly come to a halt . |
| 2 | Before leaving philosophical treatments of indexicals , we should just point to a subject of deep theoretical importance which lies well beyond the scope of this book — namely , the connection of indexical reference to the fundamentals of reference in general . |
| 3 | But it should not lead to a price rise in British shops , said industry leaders . |
| 4 | The acquirer should not agree to a clause which states that if by completion it is aware of a breach of warranty and it still elects to proceed to completion it thereby waives any claim for damages . |
| 5 | This would mean that the atom , and indeed all matter , should rapidly collapse to a state of very high density . |
| 6 | Clear and up-to-date development plan policies should also lead to a reduction in the number of speculative applications and in the success rate of appeals against local authorities . |
| 7 | Although Cold War ideology and initial public ignorance in the West of the horrific power of nuclear weapons at first muted the public pressures behind a renewed expression of the unacceptability of indiscriminate means of warfare , the growth of the popular movement for peace over the past twenty-five years and especially in its recent phase must now lead to a reaffirmation of the principle and its application to nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | The era of cheap , modern building materials , which coincided with the era of cheap energy , must now draw to a close . |
| 9 | Yet in the next sentence he says , " I should strongly object to a bar being placed on the employment of women " . " |
| 10 | And on April 29th 1804 ‘ had a very pleasant walk with the 3 little chaps round by Rothay Bridge , Miller Steps and home again by the Rydal road ’ must surely refer to a walk with his young sons . |
| 11 | One was about to start work in the engineering department of Rover and was already cute enough to know what you should and should n't say to a journalist , especially when it comes to forthcoming developments of the K-series engine . |
| 12 | It should n't happen to a doc ! |
| 13 | They must instead stick to a range of sensible prices reflecting the value of the target business to them . |
| 14 | In fact , I would suggest that anybody who has one ounce of individuality should never go to a business school — and I 've said this often at Cranfield and London — because you 're structured by academics who measure you in the science of business . |
| 15 | The Business is constantly engaged in negotiations which may or may not lead to a contract . |
| 16 | Even after formal acceptance as a trainee CAB advice worker , they may not go to a training centre for some time . |
| 17 | The underlying structure of the discourse may be a progression of functional units , and a breakdown in pragmatic interpretation may easily lead to a learner losing his or her way . |
| 18 | The more experienced dealers guessed it might paradoxically refer to a disaster on the horizon , but kept their thoughts from clients . |
| 19 | He suggests therefore that perhaps the return of a third successive Conservative administration might not lead to a widening of social class inequalities . |
| 20 | ‘ I think the banks will keep it on the lane and I suppose it 'll just roll to a halt eventually . ’ |
| 21 | You might just get to a goal that is difficult to master , or you could find that when you are about half-way through your goals you get stuck and can go no further . |
| 22 | You might just pop to a corner shop to buy some chocolate and som box of matches , some sweets a magazine , a newspaper . |
| 23 | The Law Society 's rules of professional conduct do provide exemptions for this , but even so , a conveyancer should not be too quick to use those exemptions if acting for both sides might conceivably lead to a compromise or a difficult situation . |
| 24 | She 'll probably go to a Citizen 's Advice Bureau . |
| 25 | ‘ In the present spirit of the age , ’ Surtees replied with a sidelong glance at Catherine , ‘ more generous provision from the public purse might even lead to a proliferation of bastardy . |
| 26 | Fossils fascinate him too , and he says that he might even look to a career in palaeontology . |
| 27 | Moreover , an inconclusive rule might well lead to a preference for uncertainty , if that can be positively exploited . |
| 28 | The framework of support so established might well lead to a partnership between schools and LEAs which gives more effective support to those working within the institution . |
| 29 | For instance , if the seller regularly acknowledges orders on a form incorporating its terms of business , those terms may still apply to a case of a contract made by telephone where no acknowledgment is sent ( J Spurling Ltd v Bradshaw [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 461 ; SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 ) . |
| 30 | The blue-green pillars of Hamelin Pool are living stromatolites and the groups of them standing on the sun-dappled sea-floor are as close as we may ever get to a scene from the world of two thousand million years ago . |