Example sentences of "[modal v] certainly [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Johnston said it would be foolish to anticipate better advertising volumes for the provincial press in general , at least until the latter part of 1993 , but the group 's present lower cost base should certainly benefit profits if Britain was eventually to see the type of modest recovery which was beginning to boost the US newspaper industry . |
| 2 | However , it is of interest , for instance , that cost increases in mass market paperbacks during the period 1981–6 were almost double those of general hardback publications — a fact which should certainly influence selection choices between hard and paperback editions of the same work . |
| 3 | The issues are probably too complex to be adequately dealt with here , but the government should certainly give Gorbachev 's initiative every encouragement because it seems to be in this country 's own long-term interests . |
| 4 | Notable among these is the fact that the mismatch of range is even greater than in the case of the prenominal adjectives ; it is true that one can usually expand a postnominal adjective to a relative clause containing be , though we should certainly note cases like : ( 31 ) he is dreaming of the whisky which will be galore with her arms which were akimbo she stared at Victor food which is aplenty is on sale in the end tent however , there is not the slightest difficulty about producing numerous examples where the relative clause with be is fully satisfactory but can not be reduced to a grammatical postnominal adjective . |
| 5 | Those living within reach of Edinburgh should certainly take advantage of the annual University Open Day . |
| 6 | Teachers should certainly take advantage of these services where available . |
| 7 | President Clinton 's plans to bolster US industry — particularly the high tech sector , begin to look disturbingly corporatist , and the chief executive of the Baby Bells ' Bell Communications Research , George Heilmeier , seems to feel the same way : he told Reuter that the government should certainly spur industry to construct a national information highway but it should not build it itself : ‘ I do n't think the public sector should operate or control networks that are commercial , ’ he said , ‘ I am not in favour of the government building the national information infrastructure . ’ |
| 8 | The second point is that you should certainly select subjects you think you will enjoy . |
| 9 | You might make sales , you 'll certainly make contacts and it probably wo n't put you off the world of TV forever . |
| 10 | If Claris finishes off the program properly , then it 'll certainly give WindowWorks a run for its money . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I 'll certainly have lunch with you . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd certainly find life very difficult without it , ’ nods Brian . |
| 13 | ‘ What are you worth ? ’ she 'd ask ; I 'd certainly have trouble with that one . |
| 14 | But a monarch with a mind of his , or her , own could certainly exercise choice , at least over the major posts . |
| 15 | I could certainly smell coffee brewing . |
| 16 | He could certainly manage Steve and possibly Gabriel as well . |
| 17 | But we trust too many people and er could certainly find burglaries have gone up gone up something like five hundred percent in the last two or three years . |
| 18 | Well , they could certainly have change . |
| 19 | I shall not necessarily take the hon. Gentleman 's figures on the disabled as being correct , but I shall certainly make inquiries of British Coal to find out what the position is , and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 20 | I see that she does , so I shall certainly give way to her . |
| 21 | If my hon. Friend has any evidence that other countries might not be implementing the regulations as carefully as we are , we shall certainly take action . |
| 22 | A blunt statement of envy would certainly give offence : therefore , Leapor reassumes her humility , affirms the need for different stations in life , and denies her own claim for the importance of learning : |
| 23 | Failure of IC1b would certainly give rise to the conditions which you describe . |
| 24 | I would certainly classify Mao as an intellectual . |
| 25 | This would certainly simplify equation ( 6.3 ) to yield : but it is clear intuitively that we can not completely fill the file , as the last available storage position would on average be half the file area away from the last record 's computed address . |
| 26 | Leicester would certainly demand compensation for highly-regarded Little |
| 27 | But actually there is one important thing they can do which would certainly improve world economic prospects : resist the temptation to put up new protectionist barriers , and push ahead with a speedy conclusion of the Uruguay round of trade talks . |
| 28 | That would certainly cost money , and I ca n't see Father spending any on you in that way . |
| 29 | As a potential First Prize Draw Winner , it would certainly make sense to consider now exactly what you would do with a £100,000 Tax-Free lump sum . |
| 30 | The marginalization of consciousness in this way would certainly make life simpler for those attempting to understand our cognitive processes , but unfortunately Libet 's conclusions do not follow from his data . |