Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [v-ing] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your school should consider participating in Compact for three reasons : First , Compact improves the employment prospects of those young people who achieve Compact goals . |
| 2 | ‘ You must enjoy working in such opulence . ’ |
| 3 | well you already agree with me that a flat roof might require replacing in seven |
| 4 | Erm the other thing we , we do is what I would call servicing community groups supported by the Council and I 'll put servicing in inverted comma 's , comma 's here . |
| 5 | But if your ticket allows you to fly back from Lisbon or Oporto , after all this culture you could go walking in one of the national parks , explore the wine regions , or treat yourself to a spa ( try Termas de São Pedro and Caldas da Rainha , cheapest in Western Europe ) . |
| 6 | Offending policemen frequently receive no more than a dishonourable discharge , and may resume killing in plain clothes , Mr Santos said , while some adolescents — who under Brazilian law are not criminally responsible - are also employed to kill other children . |
| 7 | It also requires that working conditions for the staff in such areas are improved , work loads are lessened , research facilities improved and other similar measures adopted that would make working in such areas satisfying and challenging . |
| 8 | The repository would begin operating in 2006 . |
| 9 | Establishing what events and transactions have caused the minority interests to change in a particular situation would entail thinking in broad financial accounting terms ( something that the current PE 2 Financial Accounting 2 examiner believes many candidates are reluctant to do ) . |
| 10 | The plant , situated some 50 km from Hong Kong , would start operating in 1993 , rather than 1992 . |
| 11 | Any minute now , Andrew would start talking in disparaging tones about the habits of ‘ young people ’ , a favourite topic of his since reaching the age of forty . |
| 12 | Section two describes the two factors which will need pronouncing in this period to achieve this objective , these are the usual annual commitments and the need under the present rules laid down by Policy Committee to commence from the highways project , the loan charges on the capital expenditure over and above the figure included in the transport supplementary grant settlement , that is the two point seven million pound figure in paragraph two one B. |
| 13 | Often they will suggest calling in other experts such as structural engineers or woodworm/damp specialists . |
| 14 | " The way in which learning to read is experienced by the child will determine how he will view learning in general , how he will conceive of himself as a person . " |
| 15 | Piggott , in fact , has already defined why he will continue riding in one of those pithy sentences that , from him , represents a flight of high oratory . |
| 16 | The Bruce field ( BP : 37% ) will start producing in 1993 and will soon provide almost 10% of the UK 's gas needs . |
| 17 | Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) will start spending in 1983 $70 million on a seven year project to develop ‘ learning robots ’ for sea-bed and space exploration , nuclear research and power-plant maintenance as well as aids for the old and handicapped . |
| 18 | I imagine that shortly after Bill and Ricky have arrived , the other guests will start coming in thick and fast . |
| 19 | There is also a need for a power supply and if the hardware used is not readily portable it may discourage recording in real time . |
| 20 | They always wanted us to put up with something — for example , I can remember riding in sweltering heat in the back of an old car of my father 's , in which the back windows did n't open ( be strong ) . |
| 21 | When a supply teacher 's standards of discipline or expectations of children 's performance do n't match those of the school , trouble can develop resulting in strained relationships , unhappy children , disgruntled parents and tales that will damage the school 's reputation taken to other schools by the supply teacher . |
| 22 | D' you think I 'm well off , is that why I live in this flat , on this estate where no one talks to you because they 're afraid and people like you can come bursting in any hour of the day or night because the place is so badly built the locks do n't fit the doors anyway . |
| 23 | Mid-way , after a long , hard time , we stopped for a rest — at least , as much of a rest as you can get standing in knee-deep water unable to put down your rucsac . |
| 24 | Er when there 's already an abusive sort of dynamic going on erm y'know other people who are more similar in age can can can get can start participating in that . |
| 25 | ECSTASY can cause bleeding in all the body 's major organs . |
| 26 | Well I well , you can imagine living in these bloody back to back slums . |