Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] a [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following cases will demonstrate how a trainer may use some theoretical situations to open discussion of diverse topics of importance in the CAB . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But one thing I 've learnt through life is do n't predict when a revolution will take place , or who will run it . |
| 5 | But here , Mr Lenarduzzi and his staff perceive a recurrent problem : ‘ How do you know when a child can do something ? ’ he asks . |
| 6 | A plan must also show how a business will react to changing circumstances to ensure that its objectives are met . |
| 7 | I really could not understand how a girl could allow herself to get into such a predicament . |
| 8 | Mother did n't , could n't , will never understand why a sport should take precedence over sensible activities like , say , a nice coffee morning , or an afternoon in the House of Fraser or a kaluki evening ( that 's a nice card game , not to be confused with an unendurable evening of Japanese theatricals ) . |
| 9 | I can understand why a kid would kill himself if he went through that sort of experience . |
| 10 | No presbyterian can see why a monarch should have jurisdiction over a belief in God 's kingdom . |
| 11 | A s8 order can control where a child shall live , with whom he shall have contact and other important decisions which affect his welfare . |
| 12 | One would have though a lesson would have been learnt from the community charge fiasco . |
| 13 | But resemblance can not explain how a thinker could experience one object as standing for another ; for how could the fact that a particular datum is similar to other things mean anything to a thinker unless he experienced it as being like many others — that is , unless he grasped it , not just as a particular but as an instance of a kind ? |
| 14 | He might also inquire how a man can come to regard that which is the main purpose of his life as dispensable just in order to fit into the utilitarian formula . |