Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 15-year-old boy 's battle to force his mother to talk to him could end in stalemate due to the wording of the Children Act . |
| 2 | The quota , in short , forced some British filmmakers to be realistic about the economic constraints operating in British filmmaking , and to look to what could be achieved within them rather than simply hoping that film budgets could rise on some magic carpet to figures close to those of Hollywood pictures . |
| 3 | It is , however , possible to point to what might well be regarded as unreasonable and the parties to an agreement should always endeavour to check their provisions against such benchmarks . |
| 4 | Since both Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders accepted that a new Cyprus republic would have a federal and bizonal character , the essence of the pre-conference negotiations concerned the proportion of territory the Turkish authorities in occupied Cyprus were willing to cede to what would effectively become the Greek area in a federal republic ( early indications being that they were prepared to concede no more than 9 per cent of the occupied area ) , and precisely how many refugees could return , out of some 180,000 Greeks Cypriots who fled following the Turkish invasion . |
| 5 | Different types of pupil will gravitate towards different sub-topics , but all will have the common link of starting from the same stimulus ; it will be possible for all children to contribute to whatever may be the concluding feature , such as an exhibition , poster or class booklet . |
| 6 | You 're not serious that they 're going to go to nothing could always go down a hundred . |
| 7 | But to go to and to go to I would have thought would have taken similar lengths of time . |
| 8 | Whatever was to happen to him would happen without any provocation on his part , and nothing he did in conciliation could ward it off . |
| 9 | So , is n't it rather difficult to adapt to what must seem like some of the trivial aches and pains suffered by his patients in England ? |
| 10 | cos they 're not X directory if we can get hold of the number , er so she 's going to say to her could she do it any quicker and I said well the woman said if she could do it any quicker she would ring me , she asked for me phone number . |
| 11 | What I have to say to you could have waited till tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm afraid what I have to say to you could n't wait . ’ |
| 13 | There is good reason to ask to whom can the assets of the grain marketing board be sold ? |
| 14 | ‘ While the Labour Party must be free to reach its own conclusions , we should listen to the contributions which others wish to make to what must now become an important national debate . ’ |
| 15 | Woking expect 4,000 fans to travel to what should be Brighton 's biggest gate of the season . |