Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pron] [modal v] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders of the two Unionist parties , James Molyneaux ( of the Ulster Unionist Party ) and the Rev. Ian Paisley ( of the Democratic Unionist Party ) , effectively bypassed the ultimatum by announcing that they would fly to London on May 15 in the hope of meeting John Major , the UK Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Mercer produced a key and gave it to me , explaining that I would come to a locked door . |
| 3 | The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ? |
| 4 | When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart . |
| 5 | The government responded cautiously to the offer , stating that it would have to " asses the genuineness of the [ LTTE 's ] declared intentions " . |
| 6 | ‘ They keep saying that we should apply to the RAF Benevolent Fund and it depends on whether we have got money in the bank , etc , ’ said Mrs Lennox at her home near Tadcaster , north Yorks . |
| 7 | Although Bernice could understand her wish for peace and quiet , Ell must be joking saying that she would prefer to be back home . |
| 8 | Libya , Sudan , and Iraq supported the coup , saying that it would lead to the restoration of " international balance " . |
| 9 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 10 | Robert Malpas , chairman of the privatised power company Powergen , was quoted as saying that he would like to ‘ get away ’ with fitting FGD at just one of his power stations . |
| 11 | To confront it and , while acknowledging that it can come to nothing , to explore the feeling and its roots , can open up new horizons of feeling and fresh recognition of the effect of past experience . |
| 12 | It denied that it represented a danger to the public , insisting that it would have to pressed to the skin for 30 hours before the dose limit was reached . |
| 13 | Before rehearsals started , he got himself in trim by running every day , knowing that he would have to be ultra-fit for each night 's three-hour performance , appearing on stage for almost every minute of it . |
| 14 | There will also be talk of a return by Boycott , who has always been open in admitting that he would like to be either cricket chairman or team manager . |
| 15 | Fortunately most old people do get a satisfactory service from their general practitioner , finding that he will go to great trouble to see that they get all the medical and social help that is available to them . |
| 16 | Pensioners ' groups also demanded the cancellation of the energy price rises , arguing that they would lead to increases in food prices which would cancel out the benefits of recent improvements to pensions . |
| 17 | Industrialists have opposed the plan , arguing that it will lead to substantial cost increases which will have to be passed on to the consumer . |
| 18 | Some pundits were , rather foolishly , speculating that he might prove to be better than all of them . |
| 19 | Governments should not be deluded into thinking that they can arrogate to themselves powers that they do not and can not possess . |
| 20 | Belinda if we can start with you more or less erm I heard the other day that you 're half thinking that you might like to be a nurse ? |
| 21 | They 're undergoing trials with Swindon Town Football Club , each one hoping that it could lead to a career in first division football . |
| 22 | Gaidar ( as Deputy Premier in charge of economic reform — see below for his transfer to the Finance Ministry ) pledged government help for the farmers , promising that they would continue to be eligible for preferential loans , and that a draft bill to release farmers ' sons from military service was in preparation . |
| 23 | I was certainly to do with feeling that I would have to be a little bit slimmer , that I would have to be acceptable to other people , that I would have to change my shape and at the same time , I could not resist consuming large amounts of food . |