Example sentences of "[adv] [indef pn] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps everyone should have a weakness , ’ Jessamy said slowly . |
| 2 | If only someone would invent a lubricating oil for bird watchers … |
| 3 | ’ Perhaps one would have an even greater fondness for the folio 1594 Biblia Graeca Septuaginta with which Doctor Johnson knocked down his temporary employer , the bookseller Osborne , when he accused his illustrious employee of negligence . |
| 4 | These trends continued in a broadly similar pattern over the Heath years ( continuing decline of manual employment in manufacturing and expansion of the salariat accompanied by continuing social mobility ) so perhaps one can understand the revival of the Liberal Party ( with its relative lack of symbolic ‘ class ’ connections , and lack of political ‘ dogmatism ’ ) as reflecting this trend ‘ de-alignment ’ as well as the conjuncture of 1974 . |
| 5 | Perhaps one can have a personal ioniser that clips on the lapel or the belt . |
| 6 | Perhaps one should keep a picture of hideous confusion pinned to the kitchen door in the same way as slimmers keep a fat photo taped to the fridge as a deterrent to snacking . |
| 7 | Perhaps one should note the care with which the present leader of the party , John Hume , chooses his words over the future of the North . |
| 8 | Perhaps one should have an artificial menopause and be done with them altogether . |
| 9 | If there is more than one petitioner , then only one need swear the affidavit verifying the petition . |
| 10 | If only one could apply the same tests to people , she thought , and of course in a way one did ; but as life went on this kind of choice came to be a luxury — one took what came one 's way . |
| 11 | Only one will win the Derby . |
| 12 | Lastly one may note the role played by the nervous system in controlling circadian behavioural patterns . |
| 13 | The outcome was clearly welcomed by those with liberal sentiments : for however much one may deplore the sexual activities of young teenagers , there can surely be little doubt that the protection of such a girl from an unwanted pregnancy must be a matter of primary importance , and , therefore , if need be , have precedence not only over the right of parents to give or withhold consent , but even over the right to information regarding their child , for whom they are legally responsible . |
| 14 | question , issue three C two and three er we say that in relation to two as a matter of have categorize this as a question of law we say it probably categories a question of fact because if they 're right in there analysis of law and article eighty directive , all it means is , is that there is no market outside and that the restriction is insignificant if that being so one would answer the question , is not capable as a matter of pure law of infringing article eighty five , but in the light of the discussion yesterday afternoon of course when my learned friend comes to apply for this strike out , we may have difficulty in contesting that provision it 's not , not er , a , a major part of our case that we , we would have to re-consider it and , and I did ask your Lordship erm if your Lordship would minded to find otherwise not to block out at least the possibility of application for leave to amend and of course we 'd have to make , have to consider whether we could make a proper case out of it on what we do |
| 15 | Er so one would like a little bit more clarification there perhaps . |
| 16 | However there are no signs of a foreign policy debate being forced at the moment and one rather doubts there will be unless something dramatic happens so one might say the assassin failed … ’ |
| 17 | For example , scales a tritone or a semitone apart have only two notes in common ; all other notes are different , and so one can expect a considerable degree of conflict unless ( as in the Bartók example ) adequate vertical consonance can be maintained . |
| 18 | For heterosexuals up to 1991 , the peak of HIV infection had yet to be reached and so one can expect a continued rise in the annual incidence of AIDS cases for some time to come . |
| 19 | Interviewers can not be sure of people 's age or social class before an interview is begun and so one can see the temptation of putting a woman down as under 35 if that is just what you need at the end of a hard day when the woman turns out in fact to be 38 . |
| 20 | It may be at a , at a truly rational level we can all perfectly well do all kinds of other things rationally on a truly rational level , because there we have this this er high degree of that comes with rationality , but at a deeper , kind of gut level , the emotional feelings we , we find that it 's , it 's much more difficult , and at that point if you do n't try and change things and do things that are unnatural , you find you 're kind of going against the emotional grain and er perhaps some people find it easier than others , but perhaps everybody will feel a certain erm tug as it were , certain erm discomfort or a certain emotional alienation from themselves which er perhaps is because we 're trying to do something more basic we just were n't designed for . |
| 21 | She said she loved him , they said they loved him , but somehow nobody would fix a date for a marriage . |
| 22 | Thus one should avoid a theory of the origin of species , which would inevitably be unscientific , and concentrate on describing and classifying the existing species . |
| 23 | Thus one can say the sentence in ( 34 ) even if the person referred to never gets to handle the case : ( 34 ) He is qualified to handle this case . |
| 24 | Already one can see the old ‘ paternalism ’ of the industry with its hierarchies and job guarantees having to give way to different business practices which take greater account of technical exigencies . |
| 25 | Even from this distance of a couple of tables away one could sense the crackle of electricity between them . |
| 26 | But to progress any further one must consider the ‘ class'/politics relationship in Britain in a broader historical context . |
| 27 | Once more one must stress the variability between individual and individual , and within social or religious sub-groups . |
| 28 | ‘ Hardly anything could cause a more widespread and painful sensation ’ , wrote The Times , ‘ the news of his death has come with a sense of shock and almost personal loss to millions . ’ |
| 29 | Hence one might expect the orbiting gas to become more and more quiescent the farther it recedes from the stimulus of the ILR . |
| 30 | Mm Ever nearly everybody can have a Christmas tree , but some people ca n't . |