Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may or may not resolve America 's awesome economic problems , but there can be little denying its radicalism . |
| 2 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 3 | Sir : One may or may not share Christopher Hill 's apprehensions about the destabilising potential of German reunification ( letter , 4 October ) . |
| 4 | How is he ever otherwise to be able to contemplate what Haydn 's piece might sound like how gemütlich the piece might or might not beat Czerny 's pace ? |
| 5 | For Israel 's way to be hidden Yahweh could mean that God can not see Israel 's way , or will not see Israel 's way , or has caused Israel not to be able to see its own way . |
| 6 | No Government in this country today which has not faith in the future , love for its fellow-men , and which will not work and work and work will ever bring this country through into better days and better times , or will ever bring Europe through , or the world through.6 |
| 7 | The deputy prime minister , Don Mazankowski , will make a more jovial finance minister in the run-up to the next election than Michael Wilson , whose demotion — to a handful of trade and industry posts — has been covered with talk of the undoubted need for Canada to become more competitive in a free-trade area that may soon include Mexico . |
| 8 | This , I quickly discovered from liberal rugby followers , was the disappointing result that might finally shake South African rugby 's Afrikaaner establishment to the core . |
| 9 | The Floating Church for Seamen was not the only example … there were inventions that might also serve God : the pews for the use of the deaf , for example , which could be connected to the pulpit with gutta-percha pipes . |
| 10 | By then Kismayu was established as a tinderbox that could again plunge Somalia into civil war . |
| 11 | After returning the painting to the icon shop , the dealer subsequently received two contradictory letters , the first stating that ‘ his ’ Wtewael had been placed on the national index of important works of art that could not leave Germany , and the follow-up , which noted that the Wtewael had been taken off the index , and that it could , therefore , be exported . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Neil Kinnock , leader of the one party that could actually bring PR about , is refusing to say where Labour stands on the issue . |
| 13 | Moreover , peasant resistance appeared to be the only social force that could conceivably transform Russia . |
| 14 | He used no notes ; he had rehearsed his words many times since receiving the invitation to inaugurate and become president of the new movement that would soon sweep America . |
| 15 | ‘ Shoplifters ’ was fine though , a moody , arrogant statement that would soon see Morrissey undulating curiously on Top Of The Pops . |
| 16 | The decision in Cabinet ( Conseil Restreint sur l'Espace ) in November 1972 to develop the rocket launcher that would subsequently become Ariane was taken several months before the then European space body ( the CSE : July 1973 ) gave its go-ahead . |
| 17 | If you can trust yourself to me in a cab we can travel back to Vetch Street in style , and if Matey is up try to think of an explanation that will not involve Rose , or men who trap young girls in alleys , or how I , fortunately for you , became separated from Stair and rescued you . |
| 18 | COSI is thought to be part of a much broader technology effort now coming together that will likely involve IBM too in some way , though no-one we spoke to was prepared to elaborate further for fear of upsetting delicate negotiations . |
| 19 | It is , however , the way in which unemployment evolves from now on that will really put Britain 's labour-market reforms of the 1980s to the test . |
| 20 | The opera horror that will never hit Glyndebourne from the man who was Gerty Naylor . |
| 21 | And let's not forget Western Samoa , Canada and Italy — with the last two really giving the All Blacks a fright — and Ireland , who were so near to bringing off a great quarter-final victory . |
| 22 | Visitors can reach treasures of both Tuscany and Umbria and should not miss Greve And Figline whose central squares are among the most attractive of Tuscany 's less celebrated squares . |
| 23 | She laughed and cried at the same time , and could not let Oliver go . |
| 24 | But French premier , Pierre Mendès-France , won various concessions : the French army would not now be placed under federal European controls ( instead the European Army was abandoned ) ; German forces would voluntarily desist from using certain categories of weapons , including atomic , bacteriological and chemical devices ; Britain would maintain its current level of forces in Europe , and could therefore help France in controlling Germany in future . |
| 25 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 26 | The strike would once again demonstrate the power of the unions and would also restore Clasper 's own flagging personal influence and power over the workers . |
| 27 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 28 | ‘ He would be feared by most international teams for his ability in the air and would n't let England down . ’ |
| 29 | The students were partly to blame , it was implied , but they did not intend to cause his demise and would not forget Hu Yaobang . |
| 30 | He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections . |