Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also got on well with the justices of the Jews and may for a brief period have enjoyed some sort of official position in the Exchequer of the Jews . |
| 2 | If it fails , he may as a last resort fling his band of ‘ patriotic ’ assassins into general action . |
| 3 | Do not be afraid to ask questions , particularly , perhaps , questions as to why things are done in the way they are — though you should for a long time be very restrained in any suggestions you make for improvement . |
| 4 | The popular poet 's imagination , skill and learning could concoct , at that instant , a sustained story with a cast of hundreds that linked all those wars , love affairs , catastrophes , comedies and come-what-may into a coherent whole . |
| 5 | The success of this greatly appreciated service must in a great measure be due to the pleasant and most helpful personality of the librarian . |
| 6 | First , from ( 3 ) we have unc and since only these diagonal elements have changed , it follows that unc as it must in a similar transformation . |
| 7 | Any argument concerning the merits or otherwise of the device must to a great extent be guided by a discussion on the merits/demerits of insider dealing . |
| 8 | Perhaps , too , the archaic words might for a brief minute live again : |
| 9 | In a letter of 1794 he wrote : ‘ Yet the highest and most craggy parts , two acres of which do not afford sustenance for six months to one sheep , might with a great prospect of success , be planted with larches . ’ |
| 10 | I have on several afternoons gone some way towards the beginning of a new mythology , which might in a thousand years puzzle the Germans . |
| 11 | The cultural formation , at this level , is still alternative , but in the crisis of those years it was both necessarily involved in political activities , with direct and dangerous consequences , and in an overlap between what might in a different period be seen as separate kinds of practice ; as Godwin justly observed in 1794 , ‘ the humble novelist might be shown to be constructively a traitor ’ . |
| 12 | No doubt in the exercise of its discretion a court may take into account a number of factors , such as for example the conduct and wishes of individual investors , which might in a given case militate against the making of an order . |
| 13 | They could see that there were problems presented in the work of Davy or Faraday ; and if they were lucky they might in a later course see the problem solved , only as ever to raise more . |
| 14 | The geography of Boiotia might to a shallow observer seem to suit her for naval hegemony . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , we can not blame the system altogether , as many people do n't think ahead and make the provision they could for a reasonable income in retirement . |
| 16 | Mr Li could with a little luck look forward to another 20 years of political life . |
| 17 | The advantage of having a text in computerised form is that you can find things in it very easily using computerised search techniques , and you can do more complicated searches than you ever could with a printed concordance . |
| 18 | He was a good-looking man with his jet-black hair and intimidating jawline , but she had encountered any number far more handsome , yet none had stirred her the way he could with a single glance from those incredible eyes . |
| 19 | And yet this , perhaps , is as strong an argument as the best of their sex is able to produce , tho' convey 'd in a greasy light . |
| 20 | In each of the referendum campaigns since his return ( September 1958 , January 1961 , April 1962 ) , the government had manipulated the outcome as much as it decently could in a democratic system . |
| 21 | Well the servants three servants are given one talent and their master tells them to erm do with it what they could in a certain space of time and he would reward them . |
| 22 | One can indeed use could in a positive sentence evoking a past capacity which was never even exercised : ( 11 ) Ten years ago , the super-powers could already destroy the world 1000 times over . |
| 23 | Their savage eyes turn 'd to a modest gaze , |
| 24 | In addition , the organized networks could to a certain extent rely on intimidation and social pressure . |
| 25 | He had greased himself in oil and he had cooked and broiled and yearned for the magic hours of noon and six when he could down a life-saving tumbler of gin and lime . |
| 26 | But it , if if we wanted to change what we 've done already we we could at a certain stage have a level three , I mean I 've I 've ordered these books , you know mathematics level by level |
| 27 | They would shake their empty hands over a barrel lined with tinfoil , from which he could at a later date draw out benison . |
| 28 | Rory made the best attempt she could at a dismissive laugh . |
| 29 | 1804 It has now been represented to the Meeting that the Town of Bowmore is very much annoy 'd by a destructive Crowd of Pigs running up and down the Streets , and that many of the Inhabitants , regardless of Property . |
| 30 | ( Palace , 18 , £10.99 ) Rocky V Brain-damaged after beating the Russian drongo Drago and penniless after being K O 'd by a bent accountant , Rocky ( Sylvester Stallone ) has no option : he has to make another film . |