Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , it could not predict now the universe should behave . |
| 2 | Lamont 's decision not to tax the Royal Family is disgraceful and I do n't know how the Queen can sleep at night when her subjects are struggling in misery . |
| 3 | We are writing to all existing claimants to let them know how the change will affect them . |
| 4 | He simply said that he did not know how the M.P.s would react in his favour but that he counted on me to work with him . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know how the referee can sleep at night after that . |
| 6 | I should have liked to be able to look forward to seeing him , but he said he did n't know how the evening would turn out . ’ |
| 7 | The following cases will demonstrate how a trainer may use some theoretical situations to open discussion of diverse topics of importance in the CAB . |
| 8 | James Mearns , an instrumentation specialist with Shell , says that engineers can not always predict how a microprocessor will behave if stray transmissions interfere with it . |
| 9 | Wing specialists do n't even understand wings with full mathematical precision : they can predict how a wing will behave in turbulent conditions , only by examining a model in a wind tunnel or a computer simulation — the sort of thing a biologist might do to understand an animal . |
| 10 | In the classical theory of general relativity one can not predict how the universe would have begun because all the known laws of science would have broken down at the big bang singularity . |
| 11 | In particular , general relativity can not predict how the universe should begin at the big bang . |
| 12 | This would mean that science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning , but that it could not predict how the universe should begin : For that , one would have to appeal to God . |
| 13 | But here also we can not predict how the couplet will proceed ; not only do we not yet know the grammatical or syntactic pattern of the next line , or its lexical contents , but , more importantly , we do not know what kind of a relationship what we have read will bear to what we have yet to read . |
| 14 | But one thing I 've learnt through life is do n't predict when a revolution will take place , or who will run it . |
| 15 | Chapter 8 will discuss where the balance should lie between ensuring that the rules are effective on the one hand , and avoiding unproductive litigation on the other . |
| 16 | Take Bart 's away and I do not know where the patients would go . |
| 17 | But here , Mr Lenarduzzi and his staff perceive a recurrent problem : ‘ How do you know when a child can do something ? ’ he asks . |
| 18 | Consider , for example , finding the following notice on someone 's office door : ( I ) I 'll be back in an hour Because we do n't know when it was written , we can not know when the writer will return . |
| 19 | ‘ I do not know when the Lord will take me . ’ |
| 20 | Nor can the curator direct where the ward should live . |
| 21 | That 's a conditional gift divorce makes it that that gift is revoked but she may still survive therefore the condition would apply and therefore the subsequent er provisions that you 've made in a will do n't apply because they can only apply if the wife survives twenty eight days but that 's ignored ! |
| 22 | A plan must also show how a business will react to changing circumstances to ensure that its objectives are met . |
| 23 | After her coy glances and generous cups of wine , they were lured out into the dark so Rachel might speak where no spy could overhear . |
| 24 | The grey ovoid , some distance away , expanded and contracted in a movement which reminded Ace of nothing so much as chewing , although there was no way that she could see whereby the fruit could have been transmitted from one part of Legion to another . |
| 25 | GMB regional organiser Mary Kenny said : ‘ We do n't see how the company can survive with such a small workforce unless they have a hidden agenda . |
| 26 | I rather liked her , though I could n't see how the thing would work . |
| 27 | I do n't see how the supervisor can make a loss . |
| 28 | ‘ We do not see how the department could describe the full implications of the new system of funding community care as being either foreseeable or insignificant ’ , it says , calling on the DoH to prepare for contingency spending . |
| 29 | I really could not understand how a girl could allow herself to get into such a predicament . |
| 30 | I do not understand how the Government can paint the picture that they have . |