Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , tidal range is an important factor in the generation of tidal currents ( see below ) which may locally become of geomorphological importance . |
| 2 | A message may only consist of one command containing a maximum of three valid characters and must be terminated by a carriage return character ( Hex 0D ) . |
| 3 | Some of those who thought the statement was true may have had very few experiences of extended dreams , and for them " dreaming " may literally consist of some recollections of thoughts or images which occurred immediately before waking up . |
| 4 | In the last section we have come to the interesting conclusion that B may alone exist of all our variables but we reached that conclusion on a magnet shape not much used in practice . |
| 5 | The preparations for an " open-book " examination should rather consist of preparing adequate notes — possibly in swot-card form of all aspects of the work , with , perhaps , the support of marked passages in a few textbooks . |
| 6 | Generally , then , we should perhaps think of settlements being 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart as the norm . |
| 7 | The Inquisitor knew that he should only think of Meh'Lindi as a wonderful , living weapon . |
| 8 | A Christian position must necessarily hold of this human being Jesus that he existed ( or exists ) in relation to God as has no other . |
| 9 | It is even arguable that we should just speak of a clannish ‘ Heraklid aristocracy ’ and not subdivide further . |
| 10 | Similarly , in Jefferson v Cape Insulation Ltd ( 3 December 1981 ) Farquharson J awarded substantial damages to a woman who knew she must soon die of mesothelioma for her evident distress in being parted from her family : per Farquharson J : I have also to bear in mind … that the major misery this woman is going to sustain is not the pain , serious and terrible as that is , but the prospect which must be continually in her mind of being parted from her family , and particularly her youngest child . |
| 11 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 12 | But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there . |
| 13 | The framework set for the business as a whole should usually consist of two sections Part 1 : general guidelines that apply to all sectors Part 2 : specific guidelines for each function or service within each sector . |
| 14 | You must always think of him in those terms , to get the flavour of Calvinistic humbug that ruled his life , and therefore everyone around him . ’ |
| 15 | That idea is that sovereignty is something to be guarded , preserved and held in splendid isolation , the idea that we must always think of sovereignty as something that we are required to hand over , required to lose , to surrender or to sacrifice — conceding , in the words of my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley , powers demanded by the Community . |
| 16 | Yet one must also beware of the sort of patronising attitude nicely expressed in the film of The Go-Between , when the silly sprig of the Big House observes , after an exchange with the lusty Alan Bates , ‘ I think I put him at his ease , do n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | If one thinks of what was done one must also think of those who did it . ’ |
| 18 | Look at the pictures on this page : they should give you some ideas , but you should also think of your own . |
| 19 | As things are , the army must inevitably consist of the scum of the people and of all those for whom society has no use . ’ |
| 20 | I think we should now talk of heads rolling along the Potomac . |
| 21 | The report recommends that up to 70 per cent of our diet should now consist of fruit , vegetables and complex carbohydrates such as pasta , potatoes , bread and other wholegrain foods . |
| 22 | I am dumbfounded you should even think of such a thing with that lovely new cream gown hanging in your wardrobe and I should have been so happy to lend you my pearls . |
| 23 | You or your husband or wife must either think of Scotland as your permanent home or have lived in Scotland for at least one year immediately before you apply for divorce . |
| 24 | Lecture notes should never consist of many words , for the presence of such a mass of words will make the notes difficult to assimilate and understand at a later stage . |
| 25 | ‘ You may be sure , ’ said Jared Tunstall , ‘ that if ever I do go bankrupt I should certainly die of grief , or of mortification at such a turn . |
| 26 | This should ideally consist of a period in each of the different sections of a local authority legal department . |
| 27 | You must never think of such a wicked thing again . |
| 28 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We may thus think of the subordination of women as the result of three different kinds of victimisation. 1 . |
| 30 | Do n't , let let let's just think of that for a moment as an experience , erm , as far as money is concerned . |