Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His view , however , is implicitly gradualist — ‘ a temporal progressive sequence of changes within an evolutionary lineage ’ — and there is no indication of the extensive palaeontological literature of the past decade suggesting an alternative punctuational view , that species may evolve relatively rapidly and then remain unchanged for long periods . |
| 2 | Your employer may behave so foolishly or ruthlessly that a sensible settlement of your differences seems impossible . |
| 3 | People may blunder , she thought , and their actions can still have a fine echo ; or they may act all right and the echo can be bad . |
| 4 | This may act entirely independently or as a pre-filter to reverse-flow or trickle system , in which case the packing should include some filter floss just before the water return . |
| 5 | ‘ Rory , they adore you , you should stay here forever and pack me off back home ! ’ |
| 6 | I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land . |
| 7 | Her therapist had suggested that she should speak more fully and openly to her husband , but an ancient , instinctive residue of wisdom had told Scarlet that this would be inadvisable : she had not gone through any process of transference , did not therefore regard her therapist as omnipotent , and so her suspicion that she was wasting money on her treatment was not unfounded . |
| 8 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 9 | You swore each and every one of you , to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence and let the chips lie where they fall . |
| 10 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to tax people more rigorously , he should do so openly and not in the disguised form in which that is proposed . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ If the Scottish Secretary wishes to make a statement then he should do so openly and publicly and not allow his young office staff to brief members of the press off the record . |
| 12 | I feel it should do so now and not keep us waiting . |
| 13 | If the ILP members were " to the Left " of their leaders , then it was logical that they should advance still further and join the Communist Party . |
| 14 | Sometimes in fractured ribs with marked worse ( < ) movement , must keep absolutely still and may even lie on the affected side in order to keep it from moving . |
| 15 | The netting should fit quite snugly and reach to just below the rim of the container . |
| 16 | However in Section Y the situation is reversed , since the magnet flux must flow radially inwards and so is concentrated in poles 1 and 5 . |
| 17 | During the first excitation interval ( i.e. the time between first and second step commands ) the motor must move far enough and attain sufficient velocity to ensure that synchronism with the step commands is maintained when the excitation changes from BC to CD . |
| 18 | It is common to turn the bureau telephone answering machine on with the recorded message that an adviser is not available to take the call and the potential client should call again later or come in person to the bureau . |
| 19 | With the case of Perry versus Intec and the eternal attorney general has confirmed to Gillian that T U P E must protect both past and present , future pension rights . |
| 20 | He told himself that he should go right now and plant the explosives to bring the tunnel down , but the Doctor 's curiosity was one of his strongest features . |
| 21 | He stood uncertainly , listening , wondering if he should go any further or retreat before someone came along . |
| 22 | When we have had tea , I think we should go home together and ask her . |
| 23 | The Twelve must go forward together or not at all . |
| 24 | ‘ SCOTVEC must go further however and create within its National Awards a category of vocational qualifications which embrace industry determined standards and meet the needs of specific occupations . |
| 25 | There is one potential hazard associated with dense ivy growth on a living tree — it may grow so rapidly and thickly that any fungal growth may be hidden . |
| 26 | She 'll stay here tonight and the psychiatrist will see her tomorrow . ’ |
| 27 | Sometimes he looked round the Park to see if he might move somewhere else but he did not like to start a flight with so many Men staring at him all at once . |
| 28 | He 's out at the moment but he 'll be in later and he 'll phone either tonight or in the morning . ’ |
| 29 | When Anna stepped back , she said , ‘ I think I 'll go straight home and face and present the larder . ’ |
| 30 | Once or twice a year he 'll go even further and invite a business writer to come and talk to his people . |