Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Even where Darwin does mention natural selection , he also mentions inheritance of acquired characteristics .
2 So if he thinks that Colin do have six working for him , and he 's got enough work for six , then surely there 's gon na be plenty of work for two of 'em .
3 It seems that Freud did regard most religious beliefs as unjustified by experience and by reason , and that they therefore required an explanation in terms of psychoanalysis .
4 Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it .
5 In the event the opera came to nothing , although Mozart did write some of the music for a ballet entitled Les Petits Riens .
6 Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid .
7 It is clear that Dworkin does make this assumption .
8 So Ryan did have some uses . ’
9 Hughie Smith , president of the National Gypsy Council , a body set up to fight for the rights of gypsies , said : ‘ The point is that York does have hundreds of acres of land .
10 He then following this on by adding that when people die , their evil deeds tend to be remembered and the virtues are forgotten , which indirectly is saying that Caesar did have some good in him .
11 Although Stuart did get another , good job , it was too late for the relationship .
12 This suggests that Elizabeth does have some freedom to shape her life , although society will always place limitations on that freedom .
13 It would have surprised Claudia if Dana did have any money ; she earned a great deal but spent it as fast as she made it , and , while it made sense for Roman to bring her under his wing , Claudia resented it fiercely .
14 The A four one three in Buckinghamshire at Dunton turn between Winslow and Whitchurch did see two mile tailbacks earlier on this afternoon , at that was Aylesbury-bound due to the accident involving a car on fire .
15 And Dickens does mention both , I am told , ’ Auguste added anxiously in case Rose too should look down upon this departure from the true Dickensian menu .
16 If HMV does have any good ideas , ’ Russ Solomon says , ‘ we 'll steal them . ’
17 And Broad and Wade do make clear that the frauds detected in science are opportunism , not some formal process of falsification — an important corrective to the public image of science as a rigorously self-verifying mechanism .
18 If Arcturus did possess such a corona , then the Rosat upper limit would imply attenuation in the range of 10 2 –10 5 , requiring .
19 If Zbo did rescue some of the earlier work , that may explain some of the muddle about the authenticated chronology of Modigliani 's work .
20 If Reagan did prove bellicose during his first terms as President he was amply repaid by the Kremlin whose ageing leaders appeared unable to take any positive initiatives .
21 If Petrey does hold this view , then it is an extremely significant claim which should have been made explicitly , especially since many speech act semanticists have based their semantic analyses on a link between linguistic forms and illocutionary forces .
22 While the planned closure of both Digby and Exminster did mean some transitory inter-hospital transfers , both the chronic long-stay population and elderly people with dementia were considered to be better cared for in the community .
23 We have heard various explanations of who these people might be and Lord does take some comfort erm from Amendment number twenty-seven in the Bill , but looking at that Amendment , I 'm afraid My Lords it does n't really take us very far .
24 Although Hildyard and Olson do cite this literature in their article , they do not confront the arguments it raises but simply respond to them with ‘ alarm ’ .
25 If Pittsburgh do go all the way , they could find their old rivals the Dallas Cowboys waiting for them .
26 It is clear that if Hastings did become disenchanted with his erstwhile ally , the split did not develop until later and therefore , presumably , for other reasons .
27 It is clear that if Hastings did become disenchanted with his erstwhile ally , the split did not develop until later and therefore , presumably , for other reasons .
28 But Baldersdale does have one extra visual blessing rarely seen in the Dales — water , Hury Reservoir was built a century or so ago and it stretches sinuously up a major portion of the valley .
29 Now Botswana could not cut itself off from South Africa during the long years of apartheid but Botswana did make clear that it opposed apartheid and voiced this very strongly and much to the annoyance often of the South African government .
30 But Euric did take some of the advice offered .
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