Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right let's quickly catch nanny up , do I do cheese board for tomorrow ? |
| 2 | The English character puzzled her , so must totally confuse foreigners . |
| 3 | They remained in the atmosphere for 5–20 days before settling out or being washed out by precipitation ( soot particles attract water and so should readily form droplets ) . |
| 4 | The lines made by the two dancers together must always have room to breathe and to be seen separately if the whole design is to flow . |
| 5 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 6 | In Band B , address codes alone could not prevent interference . |
| 7 | Because no-one who so meticulously completes a task such as compiling this directory annually could possibly find time to emerge into sunlight , or to eat . |
| 8 | Such individuals counselling is not very suitable for covering in this feature because advice which may apply to one case of aggression may not apply to another … and so could even make matters worse , or put owners at risk . |
| 9 | But these problems are not immediately apparent , and so need not inhibit accumulation for some time . |
| 10 | " Regulated business " is defined by the COB Rules to mean either of the following : ( 1 ) Investment business carried on from a UK office ( of the firm or of an appointed representative ) ; this is the case even if the customer is a non-UK client and even if an account officer goes overseas to meet him ; or ( 2 ) Investment business carried on from a non-UK office with or for customers in the UK , except where that business would not be treated as carried on in the UK ( and so would not require FSA authorisation ) if the non-UK office had been a separate person ; this exception , in effect , provides the " foreign business carve-out " from the COB Rules for business with UK customers ( see page 40 below ) ; certain marketing rules are , however , brought back in ( see page 42 below ) . |
| 11 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 12 | Another highly important fact is that some sets of cross- references taken together would actually reveal inadequacies in the way in which the material to which they refer is handled in the dictionary in its present form . |
| 13 | Debbie suddenly ca n't resist cheese — one reason she 's slowly regaining the three stones she lost recently . |
| 14 | The army chief of staff warned that naval and air action alone would not achieve Radford 's objectives , while the troops which were needed to fight a land war were just not available . |
| 15 | But they are usually tied to a particular building society or insurance company and so will only arrange loans with them . |
| 16 | Despite its name , ‘ Silver Queen ’ is male so will never bear fruit |
| 17 | Moorgate Place and its presidential spokesmen claim the high ground : either there is no potential for conflict or , if there is , the two interests are convergent and so will never cause problems . |
| 18 | If this is done , the energy of the interface will not be greatly changed and to remove the hardened liquid mechanically will now need strain energy and therefore a mechanical force . |
| 19 | They must be made to realise that driving skills alone will not prevent accidents , says the AA report . |
| 20 | Of course vaccines alone will not prevent child mortality caused by infectious diseases ; better social and economic conditions , and better education about prevention play a major part , as they did in industrialised countries about a century ago . |
| 21 | The report however , claims that protection alone will not restore numbers , and has taken steps towards establishing a more practical and active method of nature conservation . |
| 22 | The government is now faced with the realisation that treatment alone will not get lead levels down to the 50 ug/litre required by the Directive . |
| 23 | True to this tradition , the DES/Welsh Office National Curriculum consultation document of July 1987 stated that while , to be effective , a national framework for the secular curriculum required the backing of the law , ‘ legislation alone will not raise standards ’ . |
| 24 | The hard core footing alone will automatically take care of most of this aspect , but it is advisable to put a finer layer over it of shingle and then gravel about 5 cm ( 2 in ) deep , and then fill the remaining space with a soil-containing compost of the John Innes No 2 type ( see pages 33–39 ) . |
| 25 | Something is n't quite working : this body I 'm in wo n't take orders from this will of mine . |
| 26 | One word alone wo n't make sense . |
| 27 | My family , who were threatening to visit us en masse the first weekend of May , ca n't come after all ( plans fell through ) , so wo n't need B & B. But they might some day . |
| 28 | They eliminate what I call the " instinct " reporter , who perhaps can not pass exams but who is still street-wise , intelligent and eager . |
| 29 | I obviously can not swear allegiance to the principles of equal opportunities then justify the exclusion of some students purely because of the severity of their disability . |
| 30 | In response to questioning , the production director stated that the firm is in an industry where a highly intelligent workforce is necessary , and that , if encouraged to do so , such a group of people working together can always find improvements . |