Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] [adj] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came to believe that in order to help the poor and to achieve social harmony both the state and charity should work to improve living and working conditions . |
| 2 | The stewards called for quiet but , even to the brilliant Swede , the hole must have seemed distant and minute . |
| 3 | For a time it seemed that Moran might choose to remain seated and force McQuaid to make his own way out of the house . |
| 4 | Also in 1908 audiences could have seen Unemployed and Unemployable in which the central character begins by haranguing a crowd ; he is dragged off by his wife and given a whole range of domestic tasks all of which he makes a mess of ; he accidentally acquires stolen goods and is arrested ; the film ends with this ‘ lounger ’ working at last but in the cells . |
| 5 | trying to turn the tables again so that he would stop feeling uncomfortable and Starke would go back on the defensive . |
| 6 | In the early 1980s Lord Hanson 's £3.5billion successful bid for Consolidated Goldfields would have seemed unlikely and Sir James Goldsmith 's audacious £13billion offer for BATs impossible . |
| 7 | The TV rental companies will try to bypass public and trade distrust of MAC and Marcopolo by offering viewers a rental package for the simulcast service , with the bonus of improved picture and sound quality . |
| 8 | The costing of care … the NHS White Paper 's plans for ensuring competition will mean integrating medical and nursing staff into the management processPHOTOGRAPH : ROBIN LAURANCE Reform 's long haul to health Agenda . |
| 9 | Within our immediate group we can learn to reconcile personal and group differences to the point of rejecting personal values and beliefs . |