Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she remembered that she had promised to keep Sybil in the picture but decided that could wait as well . |
| 2 | In this guise , the computer 's role was to deliver machine-readable information that would supplement that normally found by students in printed form or received by them in the shape of lectures and seminars . |
| 3 | A BREAKTHROUGH in research could lead to a drug that would prevent and even reverse the symptoms of Parkinson 's disease , say American scientists . |
| 4 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
| 5 | American military planners were preoccupied in May-June 1945 with devising the strategy that would envelop and ultimately throttle Japan . |
| 6 | For more than a week before the great day we were collecting anything that would burn and literally dozens of individual fires began taking shape in what was known amongst boys as ‘ The Crot ’ . |
| 7 | Windsfield straight into New Invention and every Wednesday night , first it was the cows that would come and then the sheep and they 'd got to walk to the abattoir at Bloxwich , and erm sometimes the cows were so heavy with milk that er a lot of people in New Invention had free milk and then if the , if the sheep would be here there and everywhere you know and then with mother living where there was an entry dividing four houses er and a well straight at the top , and a. a big old-fashioned er tap for the cold water , there were n't any taps laid in kitchen in er what are the outhouses it was a communal tap erm sometimes the sheep would get out of hand and they 'd run up the entry hall and all round mother 's yard and then the cows would go around , but er it , it to me I felt sorry about it , because especially in the summer er erm the poor things were so hot and to walk all those miles , now they 're carried are n't they and they used to every Wednesday every Wednesday of the year the drivers would er the men must have been absolutely tired out , well although they 'd be used to it would n't they , but it was miles to walk from Wolverhampton the cattle market to Blox straight to Bloxwich and er that was another event that erm it , we , it , we used to have . |
| 8 | With different price levels it is possible to derive the level of output that will obtain and hence an aggregate supply curve is derived . |
| 9 | In looking at future development the service providers must address the geographic problems that can occur and also the duration of provision ( days , hours , weekends etc ) and consider whether these can best be met in a joint planning context . |
| 10 | Again , though , a holist may question the assertion that there are such privileged features of our understanding , and may suggest that even our most fundamental attitudes are not immune from revision . |
| 11 | If you do not like what happens at a school , you should discuss it with the headmaster , but bear in mind that teachers at a boarding school are acting much more in loco parentis than at a day school and may feel that very firm action is essential . |
| 12 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |
| 13 | At this Maria Candida , who had been listening on the stairs , let out a wail of joy at the thought that she would be seeing Portugal again ; Leonora went to embrace her daughter and whisper her blessings , while Gerald , who knew when he was beaten and was never any good in emotional situations , announced that he had important business in the castle yard , and would return as soon as he had attended to it . |
| 14 | We will not tolerate the present level of racial harassment and attacks , and will ensure that more effective protection is given to vulnerable groups . |
| 15 | The leader of the Scottish National Party , Alex Salmond also challenged the Scottish Office 's spending claims , commenting : ‘ Mr Lang claimed this is a windfall but the increase is based mainly on internal government transfers of responsibility and will evaporate as soon as this is taken into account . |
| 16 | ‘ Thank you , but my maid will do so ; she is drinking tea in the servants ’ quarters , and will come as soon as she is sent for . ’ |
| 17 | Covenants existing at the time of the 1988 Budget are not affected by the change and can continue as before until their expiry . |
| 18 | There are only about one hundred different kinds of atoms in the Universe , each kind known as an element ; and we know that this is the case because we know the fundamental laws of chemistry that determine the structure of atoms , and can see that only a certain number of structures are theoretically possible . |
| 19 | Speaking to BBC Radio Mr Lawson said : ‘ If they keep a firm grip on their costs and can maintain and indeed increase their share of world markets — both the British and overseas markets — there will certainly be no recession at all . ’ |
| 20 | Doubtless local authorities will want to have their say in the matter , but let's hope that soon we will be finding woodworking workshops and factories in amongst our trees , and making best use of our most readily renewable resource . |
| 21 | Plymouth need a win , but could lose and still survive if the three teams below them , Oxford , Brighton and Port Vale , lose . |
| 22 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 23 | Details of this run are not yet available but will follow as soon as these are available . |