Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] as a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potential for change is therefore always present in variation , and may appear as a progressively greater or lesser favouring by the speech community of particular linguistic variants from among the variants that are available in the community at some particular time : to that extent change can be said to consist of change in community norms . |
| 2 | I I think that er what has been known as an inner northern bypass , that is a road which passes between Harrogate and Knaresborough , could act as a very effective relief road for the A fifty nine . |
| 3 | We saw that witchcraft could serve as a very important ancillary force subtly dealing with the manifest existence of evil . |
| 4 | This would count as a very serious mistake in spoken language interpreting . |
| 5 | The mountains have an undisputed lure , the Russian people a warmth and generosity that will come as a very pleasant surprise to all who arrive with an open mind and a readiness to respond with a smile . |
| 6 | And no doubt , it will continue as a very important theme for the future . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the ability of employers to take out injunctions to prevent unofficial strike action and the ability of the courts to sequester the funds of unions that ignore such injunctions can act as a very firm and much-needed last line of defence against industrial anarchy ? |
| 8 | Only Engels ' 1884 book The Origins of the Family , Private Property and the State , based partly on Marx 's notes , can count as a reasonably complete theoretical account of the state . |
| 9 | Before leaving for Bruges , he invites the monk , John : where " " pleye " " is clearly intended by the merchant in what the modern reader can identify as a particularly childish sense — " to play , have fun " — but which in Middle English , not unlike Modern English , also carries an additional sense of sexual play , and can also , appropriately , be used in the sense of playing tricks ( a semantic range similar to that of Old French dobler : cf. |
| 10 | Just like any other body of troops , a regiment can fight as a totally independent unit under the command of its own leader , but the Empire troops are also trained to fight in a slightly different way . |