Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 2 | I said , ‘ that should ruffle a few feathers , ’ but she did n't seem the least impressed . |
| 3 | Some of the pottery found in the temple at Knossos says that it is ‘ royal ’ , but this may mean no more than ‘ state ’ or ‘ official ’ or even that the pottery was made by state potters ( Haskell 1983 ) . |
| 4 | This may encourage a few feisty individual shareholders to sue . |
| 5 | The main rule is ‘ be nosey ’ — and this may take a little practice if you 're looking at secondhand ( ie other people 's ) homes . |
| 6 | This may take a few iterations to achieve a good balance , but should eventually make the zero crossings correspond to more or less zero field . |
| 7 | For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods . |
| 8 | Writing the impedance of one network as and the admittance of the other as , it is clear that equation ( 9.44 ) is satisfied if For equation ( 9.45 ) to be applicable , the conductance G 2 and susceptance B 2 must exhibit the same frequency dependences as the resistance R 1 and negative reactance -X 1 respectively . |
| 9 | All this should require no more than gentle pressure : if the drive appears to be resisting the disc , stop . |
| 10 | The pattern of training for the recently broken five year old should follow the same path as that suggested for any youngster . |
| 11 | This would fit the many reports that had the young mother dying in childbirth , for had it been one of the aforementioned ladies Wild Will might well have been rather proud of himself . |
| 12 | Each relation is an entity and if a domain is a key in one relation and an attribute or part of a key in another , this would represent a one-to-many hierarchical relationship . |
| 13 | As the poets say — ’ he could not bring to mind a single line and so he stopped , and looked down on the lake as if in mourning , intuiting , correctly , that this would have the same effect as a couplet . |
| 14 | This will produce the same triumphant progress only if ‘ the intellectual and moral faculties of man ’ are not of a deeply peculiar sort which makes the social world radically unlike the natural . |
| 15 | In many cases pupils at Key Stage 2 will use the same kinds of resources as were used at Key Stage 1 , though they will be using them in a more sophisticated way . |
| 16 | ‘ That 'll make a few people sit up . |
| 17 | That 'll loosen a few apron strings , I guarantee it . " |
| 18 | Apparently she knew enough to tell other people not to worry , but that might mean no more than that she was trying to put a brave face on things . |
| 19 | It usually pays to buy the biggest bulbs as these will have the most flowers in the first year and probably split in the soil to two fat bulbs for next season . |
| 20 | Fruit squashes and many of the more popular carbonated drinks are not only high in caffeine but a large number of them also contain colouring and artificial preservatives ; so too many or these will produce the same effect as an overdose of tea or coffee . |
| 21 | For example , we know that for those leaving care , a stable home contributes to their viability in the community , yet the factors contributing to survival skills are quite different from those which determine where a client goes to live , even though either can produce the same outcome of homelessness . |
| 22 | If we accept Peirce 's characterization of science , we must acknowledge a discontinuity between ordinary commonsense procedures of inquiry , which all settle belief in the short run , and the life of science , although , of course , the latter may affect the former . |
| 23 | They give the opportunity to judge whether the driving system is suitable for the new user , and whether it is irritating and over-protective of the experienced user ; conversely , one that suits the latter may floor the former . |
| 24 | Just as it is almost impossible to apply what is now called the ‘ Japanese ’ system of management to other parts of the world , because of the differences of culture and background of the people who are working in industry , so it is equally unlikely that the particular , precise ways that I have found so useful will have the same application to others ; Nevertheless , since I have spent so much of my life developing these ideas it may be that some of my experience will hit a chord of recognition or cause others to reflect or contemplate . |
| 25 | Investors must therefore choose and , given the same menu , not all will choose the same combination of return and risk . |
| 26 | Whereas most operators of propliners can undertake maintenance work on every aspect of the airframes of their fleet , not that many can boast the same capacity for their engines . |
| 27 | You should check such things as leaking gutters and downpipes , internal plumbing leaks , drainage faults , even cracked window an door sills — all can have the same effect . |
| 28 | Anybody who swears allegiance to United must share the same sense of dismay at what has happened , and what is still going on — for me , it 's almost a sense of revulsion . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish more would do the same . ’ |
| 30 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |