Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of genetic maldevelopment has been mentioned and may subsist in either abnormal chromosome count or in chromosomal mutation . |
| 2 | However , in a recent reply to Weber and Bradshaw ( 1981 ) it was suggested by Levy ( 1982 ) that the earlier findings she reported with Reid may relate not so much to language ( or speech ) representation in general as to reading and writing — that is , visual aspects of language , in particular . |
| 3 | Even the simplest VAT eats up 2–4% of its revenues in administrative costs ; the BTU tax may eat up as much as 10–20% , turning it into a full-employment programme for bureaucrats . |
| 4 | Under the present definition of such schemes , the beneficiaries of them may include not only present employees of the company concerned , but also employees , or former employees , of it or any company in the same group , and the spouses , widows or widowers , children or step-children under the age of 18 , of any such employees . |
| 5 | Life-chances : that is , all those material advantages which improve the equality of life of the recipient this may include not only economic advantages of wealth and income , but also benefits such as health or job security . |
| 6 | You will find that different kinds of animal may behave in quite different ways . |
| 7 | Sometimes more soluble salts may survive in especially arid regions , for example the caliche of the Atacama desert , which consists of a mixture of very soluble sodium salts , of which the sodium nitrate was at one time very valuable commercially . |
| 8 | Indeed , an old person living alone may need nearly as much physical care as those in shared households and this may require quite a high level of family organisation and planning , in which a woman is usually at the centre . |
| 9 | In order to ensure that enough glycogen is present for training , carbohydrates should make up approximately half of your daily diet . |
| 10 | Because they do not have the sublime sensations of princes , they do not express their passions in the same dignified tone ; but that contrast , in itself , should make more truly pathetic the fate of their superiors . |
| 11 | The therapist should explain fully why certain areas of questioning are being broached so that parents feel part of the assessment procedure . |
| 12 | It goes on : ’ ( 2 ) The CAP negotiations must build on reasonably broad agreement on the principle of resource withdrawal in the shape of arable set-aside. ( 3 ) The negotiations must also develop constructively the common thread of agreement on the environment , and on the need for permanent measures to compensate for the disadvantages of farming in Less Favoured Areas . |
| 13 | This imposes a very onerous obligation on the defenders ' agents and their insurers because the list must cover not only those documents in the hands of the solicitor or the insurer , but also those held by the insured . |
| 14 | The other leg must remain straight out all the time , and must not touch the floor . |
| 15 | Overall most anthropologists would probably see indirect connection between all the factors which Engels considered , but these interrelations must remain much more problematic and ambiguous than they might seem at first , and the general conclusions which Engels sought in the work of Morgan are not possible . |
| 16 | This is understandable , since it must make twice as many comparisons as the simple one . |
| 17 | I should think round about nineteen hundred or nineteen hundred and one or two som it was |
| 18 | I must know exactly how those are connected in which order . |
| 19 | Mrs Reid 's religion was the love of humanity and she found it hard that the first women 's college should win so very little understanding or support at its outset , especially from men . |
| 20 | Beginners should concentrate on just one activity . |
| 21 | Sexual encounters — which may include nudity and lovemaking even when the protagonists are not married — should concentrate on highly erotic sensations … |
| 22 | You should know in about two months whether your application has been successful . |
| 23 | And so that Ven should know how truly sorry she was , she held on to him with both arms and tried to pull him to her . |
| 24 | It is , however , worth stressing what Jessop has said in support of his own neo-Marxist approach to the analysis of power and the state , because it emphasises both the strengths and weaknesses of the Marxist school of writings : ‘ an adequate theoretical analysis of the state [ and power ] must consider not only economic determinations but also those rooted in the distinctive organisation of the state as well as in the social division of labour between officialdom and people ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Voters will look for continued improvement in the quality of life and we must show exactly how Tory policies will provide it . ’ |
| 26 | In adverse possession , the claimant must show not only actual possession for the required period together with an intention to possess the land , but also that the possession was " adverse " , which normally means " designed to keep out the real ( " " paper " " ) owner " . |
| 27 | In an open society , the law must do neither too much nor too little , which is why the shifting sands of community standards have their place in the field of indecency , but not obscenity , the latter being a far more serious offence and one properly grounded in the fundamental values without which no civilised society can survive . |
| 28 | Our present discussions should show how false this uniqueness is , that ‘ our ’ people have more in common than they allow and that , perhaps , their values are not even dichotomous , although their political ideals may be . |
| 29 | The usage context or benefit is simply one in which the total stock type , taken together , should bring in as much Contribution as possible per square metre . |
| 30 | ( June 22-July 23 ) Although Jupiter is now sparkling away in your own birth sign and you in turn should feel decidedly more buoyant or optimistic , unfortunately , the atmosphere at home is likely to remain strained during the first few days of the month . |