Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does one experience past lives in reverse chronological order ? |
| 2 | In any case , why does one need traditional grammar to analyse such literary language of the past , if a modern framework can do the job better ? |
| 3 | How can one discuss equal pay for equal work and disregard the fact that women have a gold mine of their own ’ ’ . ’ |
| 4 | As Hood ( 1979 , p. 9 ) asks , ‘ Does one include advisory committees as ‘ government bodies ’ ? |
| 5 | How can one expect inward investment when no assistance is given to our existing industries ? |
| 6 | so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him |
| 7 | Uhum , I du n no , I 've , I 've seen something like grey track , like grey . |
| 8 | I was asked to give the number of those who helped , but how does one compute good will , or the grace of God ? |
| 9 | Can one have perfect knowledge in a world of monopolistic organisations ? |
| 10 | How can one acquire physical intuition ? |
| 11 | Would one encounter clinical opinion leaders in guided authorities designing innovations that would permit resettlement of the asylums residents and bidding for funds to support their development ? |
| 12 | Making one last supreme effort , she put her free arm round it , bracing herself to hang on until that , too , collapsed . |
| 13 | We stared in stunned shock , realising that the pilot must have made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads , but then just could n't manage those last few yards which would have brought them safely onto the runway . |
| 14 | Joy made one last desperate attempt and produced the most horrendous squeak ever , like a hare caught by a harvest scythe . |
| 15 | Even though he could barely stand , John made one last desperate bid for survival . |
| 16 | She made one last feeble attempt to avoid the escalation of physical craving between them , knowing she had lost when she heard the unusual huskiness of her own voice , and saw Rune 's eyes darken in immediate response . |
| 17 | Is there a replacement service for equipment , or can one hire similar equipment from within one 's area ? |
| 18 | Would one find controlled authorities rationally closing the hospitals which they had been told were least fit to serve for the future — for instance on the grounds of extreme remoteness to districts served or lack of viability in terms of the relative decline of the resident population — and thus cases of rule book judgements ? |
| 19 | THE recovery of no fewer than eleven kinds of filamentous microfossil from 3,465-million-year-old rocks in Western Australia ( J. W. Schopf Science 260 , 640–646 ; 1993 ) , shows that life was not only in existence a few hundred million years after the planet was formed , but was thriving : rarely does one find single fossils of this antiquity , let alone entire communities . |
| 20 | It must be observed that only with difficulty and in a highly tentative manner can one find common ground between the theories discussed here ; in this conversation the participants are talking past one another . |
| 21 | A question at once comes to mind : how does one find qualified personnel to operate so many nuclear power stations ? |
| 22 | Does anybody know roman numerals ? |
| 23 | I I said does anybody like lumpy custard . |
| 24 | Would everybody like lumpy custard ? |
| 25 | Does everybody have equal voting rights , or does it work by consensus ? |
| 26 | Yes , how could anyone forget fat Kathy . |