Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mixture should consist of a layer of coarse sand , with a thin layer of peat and clay immediately below it . |
| 2 | The committee recommended that the curriculum in these two years should consist of a core and an elective area . |
| 3 | This may be underneath the chapel , or behind or beside it , and may consist of a church hall , meeting rooms and offices . |
| 4 | Therefore we think that GH5 has a primary DNA-binding site , which is similar to that of CAP , and a secondary binding site that is less structurally defined and may consist of a group of basic residues interacting with phosphates on a second DNA duplex . |
| 5 | All such grants of authority may be expressed in the following manner : if X exists the tribunal may or shall do Y. X may consist of a number of different elements , factual , legal and discretionary . |
| 6 | Then we 'll think of a way to get to Jersey . |
| 7 | And I 'll think of a function . |
| 8 | The play that they 're doing is a play called ‘ Nothing On ’ and has all the horrors you might think of a play with that title . |
| 9 | Maybe it is , but what does it mean wh what sort of thing might it refer to might think of a couple of fairly obvious ones . |
| 10 | I think of it more as a novelist might think of a bookshop . |
| 11 | We might think of a pioneer as someone who goes into the wilderness to prepare a home for others . |
| 12 | I showed all the tolerance and good humour that a woman might want of a man when we investigated the range of shopping offered by the spaceport city . |
| 13 | This is a road of great promise , as one might expect of a highway that is paved almost all the way from Barrow in Alaska to Ushuaia in Argentina , and is — at 16,000 miles — the longest continuous route in the world . |
| 14 | The other tracts which were written by Lothar before he became pope show a pastoral concern , an interest in almsgiving , in sin , in penance , in the sacrament of marriage and in the priestly office ( " De sacro altaris mysterio " ) : perhaps what one might expect of a Paris theologian of this period . |
| 15 | And I have a very strong extended family as you might expect of a half Italian , mother always cooking pasta and what have you at home . |
| 16 | AS YOU might expect of a nation that has devoted the past three and a half centuries to failed attempts at independence , Ukrainian leaders have a propensity for messing things up when it matters most . |
| 17 | The body might consist of a chairman and some twenty members , academics and non-academics , with a significant weight attaching to industry and commerce . |
| 18 | The communication unit might consist of a number of specialists such as a personnel expert in communications , a journalist , a technical specialist and a back up advisory group drawn from all levels in the organization , and perhaps supplemented by occasional outside consultants . |
| 19 | The most appropriate approach might comprise of a combination of the two used in the early stages of design , with an optimization option being employed when the design possibilities have been explored and the parameters , constraints and objectives are no longer likely to change . |
| 20 | He spoke as a connoisseur might speak of a cheese or a wine . |
| 21 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 22 | all that godliness , honour and love could make of a knight was combined in Don Rodrigo … |
| 23 | ‘ I could think of a couple of ways , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 24 | But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light . |
| 25 | John Nott said that the nuclear submarine Dreadnought was going to be scrapped as soon as anyone could think of a way of doing it and the US and USSR declined to consider each other 's plans for nuclear disarmament . |
| 26 | I could think of a way to feed a family of four on 50 pence each or less |
| 27 | Before the startled merchant could think of a reply , Cranston had taken Athelstan by the elbow and steered him out into the sun-baked street . |
| 28 | Sam could think of a number of answers . |
| 29 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 30 | So , having no more to discuss on that topic , I went on to ask Sylvia if she could think of a place in her own home where she felt uneasy if the door was shut . |