Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's think a bit more about the man himself . |
| 2 | Just as within states murder may remain a crime even if not all possible murder weapons are specifically identified in the laws , so between states indiscriminate slaughter may remain a crime even if nuclear weapons are not specifically mentioned in the laws of war . |
| 3 | Just as within states murder may remain a crime even if not all possible murder weapons are specifically identified in the laws , so between states indiscriminate slaughter may remain a crime even if nuclear weapons are not specifically mentioned in the laws of war . |
| 4 | The industrialised world is also looking to developments in technology to help it out of materials shortages — and China may lend a hand too |
| 5 | Or equally , one feature may rule a work out — for instance , the wrong level of content , an unusual format , or a very high price . |
| 6 | Let's make a move so I can get all , Richard probably beat me home . |
| 7 | Right let's make a start then . |
| 8 | " Equivalent to an outright taking " may cover a situation where the season ticket is almost used up , but not where only one of the journeys is made or operas attended . |
| 9 | They are likely to want a sum of £250 for the use of the song , but permission also needs to be sought from A&M Licensing if you intend to use Sting 's recording of the song ( they may want a fee too ! ) ( 21/6 ) . |
| 10 | Production staff must be conscious that how they build products may affect its EMC performance ; service engineers , likewise , must be sure that they do not compromise EMC once products are in the field ; the purchasing department must be aware that EMC constraints placed on suppliers may make a component more expensive to buy , but will probably save money when the end product is tested as a whole ; and the marketing and sales department must plan to sell the advantage which EMC brings to a product . |
| 11 | Juveniles in or just out of nest may make a sound remarkably like a gate on an unoiled hinge . |
| 12 | A sudden emergency may make a situation far more complicated to deal with if no plan of action has been previously thought over . |
| 13 | One may make a comparison here with his attitude towards the poor ; for one could evidently make out a case that , in relation to the poor , he preached the need for revolution . |
| 14 | So much had been expected , yet it was a carbon copy of the wipe-out on the same track three years ago , and may signal a pruning down in future transatlantic visits for the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 15 | A complaint must be made in writing to a councillor of the authority concerned for forwarding to the commissioner , although the commissioner may consider a complaint direct if he is satisfied that a councillor has been requested to pass it on , and has failed to do so . |
| 16 | Genuinely constructed porridge should knock a hole straight through . |
| 17 | " So we should make a start now . |
| 18 | The freewheeling diode has to withstand a reverse voltage equal to the d.c. supply voltage when the transistor is conducting and it must conduct a peak forward current equal to the rated phase current when the transistor first turns off . |
| 19 | All engineers know about stress concentrations but a good many do n't really in their hearts believe in them since it is clearly contrary to common sense that a tiny hole should weaken a material just as much as a great big one . |
| 20 | Cos they must make a bomb though . |
| 21 | I must explain a bit more , for other things occur to me as I try to recall the text which is now in the wrong hands . |
| 22 | The idea is that he should oversee a programme whereby a team of coaches travels around the world with the leading French players , having a far greater say in where and when they play , train and rest . |
| 23 | Piaget views these inversions as evidence that children younger than seven years are confused about the meaning of because , and about the distinction between cause and effect : they do not know that because should introduce a cause rather than an effect . |
| 24 | No-one should buy a property solely on the strength of the initial particulars . |
| 25 | Where the directors have produced abbreviated accounts , they must include a statement immediately above their signatures that : |
| 26 | Firstly you must select quotations carefully ; they must do a job efficiently . |
| 27 | ‘ Brother , one must study a bone intently , not merely scrawl upon it . |
| 28 | ‘ It should feel a bit more like going to a festival , where the peripheral things are always really important . |
| 29 | A bureaucracy , on balance , promotes efficiency in larger organisations , but it must achieve a balance whereby rules are impersonal but not inhuman , the structure is organised but not rigid , and employees are loyal without being unthinking conformists . |
| 30 | So over-blessed a nature must bring a man either to a throne or a grave before ever he lived to be old . |