Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meeting Chinese President Yang Shangkun on Nov. 14 , Suharto said that China and Indonesia could step up economic and cultural co-operation in spite of their different social systems . |
| 2 | Were n't they — if Lucy could roll out this announcement like she might show a friend a new carpet . |
| 3 | Clare served supper early so that four-year-old Josh could stay up late and eat with them . |
| 4 | Rex could make out all the fine detail of its undercarriage . |
| 5 | In line with other RRLs in the country , it is expected that SERRL will carry out five major tasks when it is fully operational . |
| 6 | There are fears that the acquittal of William Lozano will set off renewed riots in a city fraught with racial tension between Hispanic and black communities . |
| 7 | Friday will start off grey and misty , still with some light rain around . |
| 8 | Dundee will welcome back tough-tackling left-back Steve Pittman after suspension . |
| 9 | Hoffman-La Roche will take up new Amersham shares to give it 5 per cent of the UK company at a price of 460p , a 12.5 per cent premium to Tuesday 's closing price . |
| 10 | Similarly the NHS could hire out spare capacity to the private sector ( eg pay beds ) and sell support services ( eg X-rays ) . |
| 11 | Many people ( especially bankers ! ) claim that default by a major debtor government like Mexico or Brazil could set off financial shock-waves that would make the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987 look like a hiccup . |
| 12 | Karen could move up that way |
| 13 | So she and Monty would stay up all night rewriting their scenes , which they presented to me each morning . |
| 14 | A top European Community official said earlier that Washington would kill off six years of talks aimed at freeing world trade and boosting the global economy if it went ahead with retaliatory sanctions over EC oilseed subsidies . |
| 15 | A top European Community official said earlier that Washington would kill off six years of talks aimed at freeing world trade and boosting the global economy if it went ahead with retaliatory sanctions over EC oilseed subsidies . |
| 16 | But Duntree will struggle over this shorter trip , and I prefer EASTSHAW , 11-1 with Hills . |
| 17 | The Bank of England can lay down quantitative limits on the growth of bank deposits . |
| 18 | It is possible , Independence said , that NCR could buy back some of the ports to sell to its own customers . |
| 19 | But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known . |
| 20 | Sam McCluskie 's Foot Tripper should follow up last Monday 's impressive Wembley win with a repeat course and distance performance . |
| 21 | The rebels had apparently dropped an earlier insistence that the UN should take over main government ministries until elections . |
| 22 | Julia could make out dark green stretches of the river as it wound between the ochre and terracotta of the buildings . |
| 23 | Grant could make out some pretty sophisticated-looking electronic hardware massed down one wall in addition to a cardiac visual display monitor and the usual paraphernalia of an intensive care unit . |
| 24 | Old Mother Jacobsen would chuckle over this : ‘ How much wiser must I be than Odin , I who have neither eye ! ’ |
| 25 | I thought — we always believed , Fabien and I — that Isabelle would come back one day . ’ |
| 26 | In addition , Invesco will take on European shares , while Gartmore accepts foreign shares , UK gilts and holdings in offshore funds . |
| 27 | The five-week gathering in Geneva will thrash out orbital positions for all the TV broadcasting craft that the American countries plan . |
| 28 | It has a catalytic converter , of course , and is said to be 80% recyclable , so you do n't know where a bit of BMW will pop up next . |
| 29 | Give me the phone number so that Helen can pass on any message that might come in . ’ |
| 30 | Many of them are well off , so the BBC should sort out this anomaly before charging other pensioners for second sets . |