Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1990s we must do still more to introduce choice and competition on the one hand , and to reward care and commitment on the other . |
| 2 | Non-terrestrial animals , such as fish and birds , must work almost constantly to move , using their muscles to accelerate water or air past their bodies and to overcome drag . |
| 3 | ‘ Forty-four per cent of the appointees are women — a very high figure for such posts — and their success should encourage even more to come forward for future appointments . ’ |
| 4 | She wanted to cry and she imagined the tears flowing down her cheeks and dripping on to her jersey and how he 'd probably say that she should go somewhere else to cry . |
| 5 | But the borehole must go deep enough to reach the aquifer , even if this means drilling far below the potentiometric surface . |
| 6 | Ideally the agent should reduce bleeding sufficiently to allow the patient to undergo surgery without the need for blood transfusion and should obviate the risk of postoperative anaemia . |
| 7 | Assessment of how successful an event has been depends largely on feedback , and , if possible , the organisers should get together afterwards to hear comments and take note for future reference . |
| 8 | Unhappily now we are older it has all disappeared , and we must fight again just to retain the few rights we still have , such as state pensions and what is left of the health service . |
| 9 | Stavov supports Van Laue argues that the only way Russia might advance fast enough to avoid the disaster of inevitable global conflict was through a ‘ totalitarian planned economy ’ . |
| 10 | Insofar as the ‘ post ’ of postmodernism points to a lack , an emptying of a previous content , an absence of positive connotations to the present , then the term might do quite well to describe the current mood of dissatisfaction in Italian literary culture . |
| 11 | This could cause the loss of a whole revolution for each member of the chain , because the processing of the link field might take long enough to miss the start of the next record . |
| 12 | Oh , sure , it 'll take long enough to complete , but another couple of levels — not difficult to program once the initial stage has been coded — would have pushed it into another league entirely . |
| 13 | I 'll find somewhere else to stay for the night , ’ he said softly , rocking the tearful Katarina . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , you wo n't win because I 'll find somewhere else to stay . |
| 15 | To make them pure for drinking purposes is , perhaps , impossible ; but it may reasonably be hoped that they may become sufficiently so to delight the eye and to repress the pestiferous and sickening exhalations which at present affect the multitudes of our population compelled to pass their lives on the bank of such rivers . |
| 16 | At seven-thirty he dialled again , and could wait no longer to wake Sam . |
| 17 | Yet they could wait no longer to tackle Paris . |
| 18 | I looked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them . |
| 19 | It was a gamble , that the economy could grow fast enough to sustain the repayments . |
| 20 | The senior porter had said , ‘ Sign here , please , Nurse , ’ and been kind when he had to wait until I could see well enough to sign that No. 4 was David Alistair Grant from Arthur Ward . |
| 21 | What I 'd like now like to do is to describe some of the components of tools strategy to enable and empower us to deliver enterprise-wide client server solutions . |
| 22 | If everyone in the developed world made energy efficiency a priority in all parts of their lives , the carbon dioxide we add to the atmosphere could drop quickly enough to make a real difference to global warming . |
| 23 | Then you could decide more promptly to do the necessary work of grieving for what you 've never had , recognising how much you still have , and get on with your life in other useful and enjoyable ways . |
| 24 | Then , when they found her , he 'd have even more to worry about . |
| 25 | It should not , Mr Mayor , definitely not be used simply as an easy option for those who could manage quite happily to provide for themselves , either renting or buying in the private sector but instead choose to let the state provide . |
| 26 | I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature . |
| 27 | She 'd come this far to say her piece and say it she would , come hell or high water . |
| 28 | Long before an enemy could get near enough to distinguish any glint of arms , the whole company could fold their belongings and slip away into the mountains at their back . |
| 29 | They got trapped in a hole , and no one could get near enough to get them out . |
| 30 | Since all three of these matters relate to Personnel , I was wondering if you , Margaret and myself could get together soon to discuss them ? |