Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Escalating crime figures prove that nobody can afford to be complacent about security . |
| 2 | When all the trees are the full height of the canopy , all are approximately equally exposed to the sun , and none could afford to be any shorter . |
| 3 | One might learn to be glad |
| 4 | I would argue , however , that there is a difference between what one might consider to be reasonable use by passenger traffic during the day , and the disturbances that might arise from that , and the use of the line at night by heavy goods traffic . |
| 5 | Most meditatively — remember Drury Lane , he murmured , and , his favourite whip and spur , ‘ Attack , boy , attack ! ’ — so meditatively that no one could fail to be impressed by the inner preoccupation of the handsome gentleman in Hessian boots who ruminated across the turf , he paced a slow , measured entrance to the very central point of the circle without once raising his gaze from the earth or his head from the cusp of a hand which supported its pensive load . |
| 6 | For another thing , areas that one would expect to be homologous on the basis of their connections appear totally different in other ways . |
| 7 | One of the many unusual facets of Hannah Hauxwell is her reaction to certain situations which would daunt much more apparently sophisticated people and which one would expect to be overwhelming for a simple soul from the back of beyond , such as meeting , on level terms some of the famous and mighty , or appearing in front of milling crowds and even standing up to address them . |
| 8 | It is in fact a moot point whether one would expect to be able to classify all flows as either turbulent or non-turbulent — or , equivalently , whether during transition to turbulence one should be able to designate the point at which turbulent motion begins . |
| 9 | The most noteworthy cases are those which one would expect to be pleonastic , but are not . |
| 10 | Ideally , one would like to be able to specify the particular solution corresponding to an arbitrary set of initial conditions . |
| 11 | Ideally one would like to be able to give a general characterisation of suitable sentence types ; unfortunately this is not at present possible . |
| 12 | In the event of the insolvency of either party , one would wish to be able to prove beyond doubt to a trustee in bankruptcy the interests of the parties in the property . |
| 13 | In order to be persuaded by this justification one would need to be satisfied that the price is worth paying , that is , that alternative arrangements in which power was more widely diffused would not be preferable , even though this might mean that the system produced less wealth overall . |
| 14 | If the roof blows off such a lavatory , of course one will expect to be annoyed . |
| 15 | He can not join the Magic Circle until he is 18 , but no one can fail to be impressed when he slips out of handcuffs in under one minute . |