Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually seeing her physically pregnant may increase this response , and so when she has had her baby and gone back to her usual size , it is easier to relate to her as a daughter again . |
| 2 | Rather than respond defensively Labour should see this as an opportunity to break out of the strait-jacket politics of the Thatcher era . |
| 3 | In deciding whether MAS should attend such a meeting , it will be important to consider whether our presence may hinder the achievement of objective ( a ) . |
| 4 | It also made respectable the unfamiliar doctrine of ‘ positive discrimination ’ — going beyond weak doctrines of equality ( perceived as the removal of artificial obstacles ) , to strong doctrines ( based on the conviction that the socially disadvantaged should receive more than , not the same as , their more fortunate contemporaries ) . |
| 5 | Nothing seemed to be moving on the road itself , though Sharpe supposed the French must have some skirmishers concealed in the fields of long rye . |
| 6 | Reasons for individual entertaining might include any of the following : |
| 7 | The English could use these at will , and looked to do so later ; the Scots could not approach them without coming into close range of archery they had learned to respect . |
| 8 | Only the crazy British could send such a lovely young woman on such a wild goose chase , and probably to her death . |
| 9 | The metric used to study this is simply the proportion of propositions in recall which are one-item propositions : fig. 10.6 shows the results . |
| 10 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
| 11 | The British pointedly refused to endorse the two major conditions that de Gaulle placed on an armistice with the local authorities : an opportunity for Free France to administer the mandated territories and recruit soldiers and civilians from them ; and a guarantee that the British would respect all of France 's rights in the region . |
| 12 | For Edward , the solution was to hold Aquitaine in full sovereignty ; but the French would concede this only in the face of overwhelming defeat , and no settlement based on such a concession could endure . |
| 13 | Such knowledge has to be coupled with further instinctive knowledge that the perpetration of acts known to be wrong will bring some kind of retribution . |
| 14 | Any installation more than 25 years old will need some renewal , as well as new sockets and a new consumer unit incorporating an earth-linkage trip safety device . |
| 15 | When industry seems to be failing , the politically quick-witted can attribute much of the problem to schools and their inability to prepare children adequately for the world of work . |
| 16 | Sorry , can I some of the old can have some |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think we 'll always need paid carers — quite often simply a good coordination of what 's possible might solve some of the problems and we might not need to employ anyone . ’ |
| 18 | She had no idea of how these patterns were formed in Japan , nor why the Japanese should have any interest in her paper , or in Karl Auerbach 's , or Gertrude Feinstein 's . |
| 19 | The most common period of time for this sort of agreement is three or four years , and the advances payable should reflect this . |
| 20 | I 'd like to think something similar could happen this time . ’ |
| 21 | All three were exhausted , and two , the older two , would crash out and try and sleep away the jet lag , and the Greek ethnic could shout all afternoon and all night into the telephone for his bags . |
| 22 | Any witness who saw the incident and could identify the accused could prove this point . |
| 23 | The Japanese would like such a declaration to involve regular summit meetings , perhaps as often as twice a year , between the Japanese prime minister and the Community president — like the informal meetings that Toshiki Kaifu has been having with President Bush . |
| 24 | The observations of a witness or an admission by the accused would prove this point . |
| 25 | It can be calculated with varying degrees of sophistication but the following will suit most businesses . |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Leeds , Central will recognise those words , and he should own up to them . |
| 27 | Do you think the competition from the Japanese will force some European car companies out of business ? |
| 28 | Many analysts predict the Japanese will gain another point in 1991 . |
| 29 | Indeed , the latest issue of Mission Impossible will reveal that , after a reasoned examination of the facts , we called upon Frank Gray ‘ to do the decent thing ’ ie resign . |
| 30 | There was little social justice in a system whereby simony could dictate the duration of one 's time in purgatory ; was it right that only the rich could secure such release ? |