Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recommendation is subject to approval by parliament which is , however , likely to accept the proposal although only it can set the final date . |
| 2 | More often than not they will enhance the surroundings rather than detract from them . |
| 3 | But more often than not she would climb the stairs — however many flights there might be — as she felt panic rising within her as soon as she tried to step into the lift . |
| 4 | The Big Bang Theory , which is anyway much simpler , explains phenomena rather than , conversely , requiring postulated phenomena in order to explain it , and therefore must be for the moment preferred — although elsewhere we shall consider a variant of the ‘ Little Bang ’ Theory |
| 5 | The lining is disposable , although alternatively you could use a blanket . |
| 6 | We know he had a family — six of them have already been mentioned — but not whether they went on holiday nor where ; although here we may make an important cultural assumption : if we assume it as a norm that families go on holiday , a fact of life as inevitable as having a father , we might divide it into Given New The family spent holidays in a lakeside hunting lodge in Michigan , near Indian settlements . |
| 7 | In the evenings , if the Eliots did not go out to the cinema or theatre together , they would often listen to the gramophone — he had an especial affection for the music of Bartok , although sometimes he would play the songs of Edward Lear . |
| 8 | Mostly our air arrives from the west which is why we sit up and take notice of the weather in America , although actually it can change a great deal on the way over here . |
| 9 | Indeed here more than anywhere we may detect the Council 's most characteristic of orientations in comparison with all other Councils : a concern with ‘ the signs of the time ’ ( Gaudium et Spes 4 and cf. 44 ) , things outside the Church 's own life , the major problems cultural , economic and political of the contemporary world . |
| 10 | He could countenance violence and killing , if only they might provide a way out of the taedium vitae which formed his spiritual landscape . |
| 11 | If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three . |
| 12 | If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television . |
| 13 | If only they would come an hour earlier , and erm spend erm a pleasant time in their cars erm on the car park having a picnic before they go in , they would save themselves an awful lot of , of , of hassle . |
| 14 | Chest seems to be full of mucus , if only they could cough a little deeper they feel they would be able to shift it and get it up . |
| 15 | If only they could catch a German ! |
| 16 | If only they could teach a thing or two to Gloucestershire — they go into Sunday 's match with Derbyshire looking for their first win over a county side this season . |
| 17 | Besant was an earnest Victorian , with equally earnest friends and associates , all of them convinced that human nature , the universe and everything were perfectible , if only they could find the right answer . |
| 18 | So — if only they can overcome the obvious difficulties , inter-tidal creatures find rich pickings . |
| 19 | ‘ If only we could devise a safe way of laying our hands on all that money , ’ murmured Pugwash , whose greed was as proverbial as his cowardice . |
| 20 | Many of our basic likes and dislikes probably have some explanation in the long chain of experience , if only we could piece the jigsaw together . |
| 21 | ‘ But if only we could have a cottage somewhere ! ’ she went on wistfully . |
| 22 | For present purposes we need not worry about the complexity and the names of the various components in the retina if only we can answer the following question : What does a single one of these ganglion cells tell the brain about the image falling on the photoreceptors to which it connects ? |
| 23 | ‘ If only we can get a foothold round Calais . ’ |
| 24 | We 've got a nurse , er a trained nurse , er she does play the piano and she 's quite willing to play for us if only we can get a piano donated . |
| 25 | When we are young , we assume that if only we can get the circumstances of our lives right , then we will automatically be happy . |
| 26 | If only she could fit the jigsaw together and get a clear picture of this man who so intrigued her . |
| 27 | She saw no sequence in what was happening , and no coherence , but she knew it was there to be seen , if only she could achieve the right angle of vision . |
| 28 | If only she could examine the complex landscape of her mind . |
| 29 | If only she could see the good work they are doing there among young people . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's got a lot of talent , you know Jack , if only she could find an outlet for it . |