Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd just give us dirty looks probably would n't go |
| 2 | It is always best to be over generous with foundations since any cracking which occurs here will immediately cause cracking in the wall itself . |
| 3 | Pay increases alone could not achieve this without inflating the country 's wage bill to an unacceptable level . |
| 4 | The situation where more than one target responds favourably will then need to be managed carefully to avoid damaging the purchaser 's credibility and the firm 's reputation . |
| 5 | Radcliffe-Brown , however , elegantly shows us how we can make sense of all this without invoking the tenuous spectre of an earlier ‘ matriarchal ’ stage which he points out would actually have quite the opposite influence . |
| 6 | Wages are seen as flexible upwards but ‘ sticky ’ downwards , so that rises in can not decrease the real wage rate but falls in can increase it ( illustrated in Fig. 10–5 as ) . |
| 7 | But given the copious evidence that chimps simply can not get their lips and tongues around enough sounds , their cross-modal associations pose no threat to Geschwind 's theory . |
| 8 | It is unfortunate that the considerate father who aims to prevent his daughter becoming the victim of a faithless fortune-hunter or the testator eager that his possessions should not fall into the hands of his widow 's second husband rather than his own children should find that the trust he sets up may well bear double liability to tax , both when the funds are settled in trust and when they are paid out . |
| 9 | If I understand it correctly , the inset for Skelton is made not because of any question of Policy E Ten , but to recognize the existence of a substantial built-up area , which in the County Council 's opinion er does not can not perform a greenbelt function . |
| 10 | The interest which this kind of discovery sparks off can often lead to some finer comparison : ‘ Is it exactly the same ? |
| 11 | An R&D worker is aware that what he does today will not affect company output in this order of time span . |
| 12 | What comes in can easily go out . |
| 13 | But there was no applause when he added : ‘ I have to tell you that credit controls simply would n't work . ’ |