Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debut screenwriter Adam Brooks may one day direct for British producers Enigma , while Gary Oldman waits patiently to play cleverly-worded ‘ hero ’ John Self . |
| 2 | Darwin himself had little sympathy for these ideas and not much , personally , for Spencer , though he did once say — I quote Burrow ( p. 182 ) — ‘ in a moment of enthusiasm … that Spencer 's Principles of Biology made him feel that he ‘ is about a dozen times my superior ’ , and thought that Spencer might one day be regarded as the equal of Descartes and Leibniz , rather spoiling the effect by adding , ‘ about whom , however , I know very little ’ ’ . |
| 3 | If we had known that our ceaseless lionisation of El Kylo would one day result in a pop band saying they preferred the raging sexy raunch of her latest single to the droning early-'70s lard-rock of The Cure ! |
| 4 | Groupe Bull SA will this week reveal details of UniKix , a software solution enabling existing IBM CICS/Cobol/Vsam applications to run on Unix platforms within its Distributed Computing Model . |
| 5 | Executives told them to " fuck off " and got on with dreaming how DPR might one day set up " Down Under " , where various bucket shops operated . |
| 6 | I worry that Strach might one day be the candidate for Scotland mgr . |
| 7 | Ireland may one day be a united nation , but it can not be done and should not be done from London . |
| 8 | In the past it had always been our view that irrespective of strengths the North Korean forces would have little difficulty in dealing effectively with the forces of South Korea should full scale hostilities break out . |
| 9 | If Scotland should one day become independent , with its own monarch , then union with Ulster might seem more acceptable to all . |
| 10 | Mr Lozoraitis had raised eyebrows in Moscow by a suggestion that Lithuania might one day regain Kaliningrad , a region ceded to Russia by defeated Germany after the Second World War . |
| 11 | Although it enshrined the idea that Spain would one day be ruled by a prince of the blood , the key concept was " one day " , for no date was specified for this event . |
| 12 | ALAN SHEARER will this season take on the burden of the highest-priced player in Britain — and it could break him . |
| 13 | He wanted to be gone , even though Deuce made reassuring promises and Doug could one day turn out to be a friend . |
| 14 | The Festival 's tribute to the work , teaching and writing of Raymond Williams will this year feature Alan Fountain who has been invited by the Festival and the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham to give a special talk in his memory . |
| 15 | At the very least , he will make it plain that Israel must one day let go of most of the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 16 | Her family remained supportive , despite the emotional load : they remained hopeful that Rose would one day regain the motivation to try to help herself , and therefore the people around her . |
| 17 | " Was not Schwarzenberg himself [ the Austrian first minister who died in 1852 ] alleged to have declared that Austria would one day astound the world by the greatness of her ingratitude ? " |
| 18 | If Mr Newton is right , perhaps Mr Lamont will one day be able to please the traditionalists … by announcing that the railways are to go back to the good old steam age . |
| 19 | DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side . |
| 20 | If things continue at this rate of terror , the white population of South Africa will one day divide into those cowering behind tall walls and those driving mobile-response vehicles . |
| 21 | Belfast Festival at Queen 's has announced that the RSC will this year perform ‘ Julius Caesar ’ ; the RNT plan to bring ‘ Mother Courage ’ , and The Kosh will make their festival debut with ‘ Klub Anima ’ , a thrilling dance drama . |
| 22 | All the more remarkable , then , that Honda should this year have upstaged its European class competitors by introducing standard-fit driver 's side airbags to no fewer than 13 models of its range , beginning with the £11,750 Civic VEi . |
| 23 | She told Belgian-born Count de Beaumont that Mellor could one day be Prime Minister and that she ‘ liked him very much . ’ |
| 24 | She 's somebody who is quite obsessed with power and powerful men and she loved the idea that Mellor would one day be Premier . |
| 25 | THE wife and daughters of coach driver Kevin McEvoy will this morning make an emotional appeal for information about his murder . |
| 26 | DERRY will this year host the Glor na nGael prize-giving presentation after winning first place in a competition to promote Irish in the community . |
| 27 | MICHAEL KNIGHTON will this weekend contact Manchester United 's chairman Martin Edwards to seek a way out of the financial and legal impasse caused by his £20m bid for the club . |
| 28 | HERON International chairman Gerald Ronson will this week meet the steering committee set up on Friday to represent Heron 's 82 bankers to negotiate a standstill agreement on its £1.22 billion debt . |
| 29 | ‘ Even if I never said it clearly , it was always written that Barphone would one day or another throw itself in with a powerful group ’ he declared . |
| 30 | The US secretary of state even asked if — in a crisis — Britain would reoccupy Egypt . |