Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [modal v] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAS would propose to attend such a meeting unless it was considered that their presence might in any respect hinder the achievement of objective ( a ) above . |
| 2 | The old Company invested heavily in the shares of the new Company , so that its shareholders would in any case not be totally excluded from Indian trade , and the companies moved towards a compromise . |
| 3 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that her Department may to some extent be missing the point ? |
| 4 | Journals can and do change , and their contents may at one period reflect the leading edge , whilst in another they may become review journals , or more ephemeral in nature . |
| 5 | His treatment of the " Alliterative Revival " is in some ways reminiscent of earlier treatments which argue that later alliterative writing in English reflects not so much a continuation of OE principles ( which language-change would in any case have made unlikely ) , but a re-invention from a tradition of alliterative prose-writing which began with AElfric . |
| 6 | We had assumed that their affair would in some way be a violent one , because O was known to be violent , and because Boy made you feel strange when he gave himself away to you , a strangeness , and a feeling that you always wanted more , that often came out as violence . |
| 7 | Their feminism must in some way be fitted to the facts of Christianity . |
| 8 | If Christianity is true and if religion affects culture , then non-Christian religions , whose creeds must at some point involve the denial of some aspect of Christian truth , will reveal cultural problems resulting from inconsistencies which are impossible to reconcile given their religious postulates . |
| 9 | The long-breathed sonority of his style may to some extent be accounted for by the fact that he stands to play , and uses the German underhand bow-grip : mostly though , it 's pure genius . |
| 10 | His promotion should at any rate warn against over-simplification . |
| 11 | The inspector is not bound by the sheriff 's opinion and his report will in all probability put matters in the correct perspective with appropriate recommendations . |
| 12 | It is virtually impossible to estimate the proportion of such relations , within books as a whole , since some and perhaps much commissioning is still , in cultural terms , governed by considerations of what authors would in any case have wished to write . |
| 13 | It does n't mean that your regional accent is going to be bullied out of you , so that you are unable to use it ever again — on the contrary , your accent may in all probability be your most interesting and valuable possession . |