Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's only if there is no spouse that matters go rather more as might expect , namely firstly always the children or the issue if they are n't any of those to your parents brothers an sis er issue of parents therefore brothers sisters nephews and nieces . |
| 2 | On occasion , strong political interest could push a young man forward much more rapidly than could have been for the good of the service . |
| 3 | When he was fetched from the Common Room his walk had a touch of spring , and he came into Pumfrey 's presence a shade more jauntily than would have been the case if he had been interviewed earlier . |
| 4 | Korea was referred to more frequently than might have been expected in the summer of 1945 and the new President , Harry S. Truman , displayed some concern over Korea . |
| 5 | These above-average profits depended to some extent on the Company 's political influence in England ; in India it was not powerful enough to control the market , but its charter gave it a monopoly in England which let it push prices up further than would have been practicable if non-members of the Company ( denounced as ‘ interlopers ’ ) had been able to import cotton goods into England freely . |
| 6 | In so far as the interview is a critique of Thatcherism — and that is not as far as might have been supposed from the headlines in yesterday 's papers — it is misplaced . |
| 7 | Obviously when considering this process of loss we have to remember that an individual seldom goes through these stages as neatly as might seem to have been suggested . |
| 8 | I worked at as a nurse and there 's , actually there 's a lot of pressure going on there as will back up . |