Example sentences of "of [adj] [verb] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of that hurt must have crept into her voice , because Mandy gave her a look loaded with sympathy . |
| 2 | It takes time for UV to penetrate all the way through the etch-resist , so a thicker coating of sprayed-on resist will require a longer period of UV exposure . |
| 3 | — a terrible sacrifice — but no amount of lonely pacing could throw up any alternative in his mind . |
| 4 | Some of those detained may have been tortured . |
| 5 | Only 6% of those questioned would trust the French a great deal as allies in time of war , 4% would trust the Spanish , 4% the Italians , and only 3% the Turks . |
| 6 | But the referendum plan could be swallowed up in a swamp of indifference — a Russian television opinion poll yesterday showed only 34 per cent of those questioned would take part . |
| 7 | In past epidemics , the doctors reckoned that one in ten of those infected would die . |
| 8 | Last night police said that four of those arrested would appear in court this morning charged under the Firearms Act . |
| 9 | But I 'm told some of those craft can make the Mars trip in forty days . ’ |