Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that in these experiments there is no evidence for differentiation may mean only that differentiation produces less powerful effects than does mediation . |
| 2 | Dorothea supposed that change must affect even such trivialities as the uniform of waitresses , although she did not quite see why , and it was a note of uncertainty in an otherwise happy day . |
| 3 | The doors to the rink should re-open later this summer . |
| 4 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 5 | Besides the particular passions or impulses directed at objects other than pleasure , a human being has ; more general desire that he should enjoy as much pleasure or happiness as possible , during his life as a whole , which is as much as to say , a desire that the totality of his impulse ; directed at objects other than his own pleasure should receive as much satisfaction as possible . |
| 6 | Only industry could absorb locally this surplus the land would not support , and in the early half of the nineteenth century there was none . |
| 7 | He strongly denies this , of course , but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence ? |
| 8 | Labour would throw away all controls , and , according to the hon. Member for Dagenham , would do all it could to encourage councils ’ to behave sensibly . ’ |
| 9 | Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " . |
| 10 | Afterwards , Mr Taylor said : ‘ Nothing would have pleased Freddie more than knowing his performing and song-writing talent would raise so much money to help Aids sufferers everywhere . |
| 11 | Trainers Nicky Henderson and Josh Gifford both named that race as their target and neither horse will run again this season . |
| 12 | A learner 's dictionary will define far fewer words and concentrate on examples of usage for those words . |
| 13 | Advertisers agree with the ITV companies that an auction will take too much money out of programme making . |
| 14 | Now Darlington detectives are hoping the crimebusting programme will bring forward more clues as to the man 's identity . |
| 15 | But the company has an opportunity to make other gains through a 50 per cent stake it has secured with BP in five surrounding blocks where an intensive exploration programme will begin later this year in an attempt to discover other ‘ elephant ’ fields . |
| 16 | Similarly this ‘ new message ’ can not be allowed to go on for too long , as the mind will require yet another change . |
| 17 | The new complex will mean even more facilities for local women , under one roof . |
| 18 | This chapter will argue instead that deviance and sexism act as brakes on each other , and interact in a myriad of fascinating ways to make schools very complex and unpredictable places in which to work out pupil ( and teacher ) identities . |
| 19 | Because the mass is so high the same force will have very little effect on . |
| 20 | ‘ If any youngster coming into football can put as much enjoyment into his game as Mickey has done , then he 'll probably play as long . |
| 21 | Similarly , empirical evidence concerning reductions in defence budgets in the 1950s and 1970s indicates that , while the military-industrial complex can exert far more influence on the budget than hithertofore , this influence is never assured . |
| 22 | This sort of work may involve as much discussion and " off screen " work as actual use of the computer ( see Box 17 ) . |
| 23 | It shows why philosophy may penetrate so many disciplines and yet remain a distinct discipline itself . |
| 24 | The frequency is chosen to make sure that the core reaches saturation at each alteration , but does not spend any more than a short time in this condition so as to maximise the final output signal ; the circuit should produce as many saturation signals as possible . |
| 25 | Top management might spend too much time in maintenance of the organisation ( ie with problems of administration ) and lose sight of their primary tasks of setting objectives and planning for the future . |
| 26 | right backslash 'll take away those stars . |
| 27 | ‘ Bonar Law would do as much work in an hour as S.B. in four or five , ’ he wrote in November 1923 . |
| 28 | I am sure the committee would appreciate as much information as possible on the patterns of use . |
| 29 | At other times the experimenter would take away some sweets the child had previously been given . |
| 30 | Miss Armstrong , 35 , felt the extra work would mean too much time away from her family in Scotland , a GMTV statement said . |