Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	When the European Communities Act 1972 became law each House of Parliament set up a committee to advise on how scrutiny of European legislation could most effectively take place .
2	We did eventually rather lose touch , though we 'd sometimes meet in London when he was back .
3	I 'd much rather watch Ghostbusters and have a laugh .
4	But I would much rather find Mason puzzling than feel , as I do only too often , that I know all too well what so many of his more consistently praised contemporaries are on about , in music that routinely tells me nothing I did n't know already , or would indeed prefer never to hear again .
5	It is , moreover , difficult to see how Rifat Efendi could so badly misread Mecdi , whom he virtually copies .
6	Now , however , it struck her that she 'd better not give Patrice an opening , though she was n't quite sure why .
7	‘ You 'd better not tell Oliver , ’ Alice said .
8	you 'd better not tell Elizabeth tomorrow .
9	You 'd better not tell Clare why I 'm leaving .
10	Better not tell Kitty , though .
11	Save that the court would obviously not countenance terms which are nonsensical , the court is not concerned with the terms on which the parties have agreed .
12	Arsenal are sure to monitor developments , but can obviously not match Seville 's financial clout .
13	If primitive societies were classless , this whole process could obviously not take place , and so the theory of social change did not apply to them .
14	You may be kind of blackmailing people to perhaps indiscriminately offer hospitality .
15	" I 'd better just have £1,000 worth initially .
16	I can only just remember Bucks Fizz .
17	The birthrate could only just keep pace .
18	We tried to identify distant hills , but in the dense heat haze that now hung about us , we could only just see Whernside and Penyghent .
19	And dad goes , I 'm I think I might only just have orange juice !
20	In an environment of danger , a touch on the shoulder could so easily mean arrest .
21	Their supervisors would not so easily avoid censure .
22	For a terrible equation prevailed : that which would ultimately save the human race — the evolution of a higher consciousness — was , in its long and vulnerable gestation , exactly what could so easily destroy humanity by letting it be corrupted , polluted , warped and ruined .
23	The maker of weapons , the fletcher or the bowyer , might not so easily claim immunity from war .
24	I spoke to my dad in town , he say , do you only ever play cards ?
25	When she played all them tapes back , I said , do you only ever play cards ?
26	All these characteristics could only ever induce conflict between a family and potential division and so one must remember while reading the play that Mary is not the only one who suffers nor the only cause of anxiety .
27	Individuals can only exceptionally bring claims against States in the international arena through mechanisms granted by treaty , or developed through the practice of international organisations .
28	It is therefore for the domestic courts to decide whether , in any particular case , the agreement does so clearly infringe Article 85 that an exemption is very unlikely to be granted by the Commission , even if it has been notified to the Commission , or whether there is no infringement of Article 85 and therefore the question of an exemption under Article 85(3) does not come into play .
29	It is a far cry from actually understanding the patterns , and at present we can only really present possibilities .
30	This criticism was in part a reflection of the call made by the Report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration for greater physical and mental education for adolescents , but it also pointed to the three main criticisms of clubs which were reiterated years later by Freeman : that they could only really provide amusement ; that their positive educational value was small ; and that they failed to reach the mass of boys .

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