Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who is more severely depressed may feel physically ill as well as gloomy . |
| 2 | Women who are very depressed may need more intensive individual support before joining others with bulimia in a group . |
| 3 | A large multi-national may do less than 3% of its business with China . |
| 4 | When the content of the advertisement has been confirmed and the advertisement initialled , MAS should carry out the last three steps shown for ‘ Placing a Business Opportunity advertisement by KPMG on behalf of a client ’ outlined below . |
| 5 | The shaikh complained that he had to leave in a hurry ; his opposite number had left by plane , and he had to drive urgently to Kufra for it was essential that as many people as possible should turn up , to emphasize the seriousness of the affair . |
| 6 | There are two reasons society might think it fair that the rich should pay more . |
| 7 | Those who relish the challenge of something different should seek out the striking Egyptian star ( Pentas lanceolata ) or its temperamental relative , flame of the woods ( Ixora coccinea ) . |
| 8 | It was decided that the British should move forward , as agreed with the French High Command some years earlier , to latch on to the extreme left wing of the French Army : at this time General Charles Lanrezac 's Fifth Army . |
| 9 | Perhaps the British should back off him . |
| 10 | Indeed , given the fact that they were in the middle of a war the balance of which they were afraid might tip disastrously against them , would they really have opted out other than by a deliberate political decision which would not be taken until well into the future ? |
| 11 | Extending prescription charges to the better-off old might bring in £350m a year , according to the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts . |
| 12 | ‘ Who but the English could put together two such unwelcome words and make such an appropriate term of them ? |
| 13 | The unscrupulous could set up a charity and then get company status , producing a set of accounts which are totally meaningless from a charity point of view . ’ |
| 14 | It doubted if the British could hold even the line of the Suez canal against a Soviet attack , while their own conduct and historical record might jeopardize the position behind them . |
| 15 | However if the 18 year old could pick up languages merely by exposure they would be considered a real prodigy . |
| 16 | None of this suggested that the English would go forward to build up the most wide-ranging empire that the world had ever seen , and even if Hakluyt had added that the English had made some attempts to settle in North America and had organized themselves for trade in the East Indies he would not have much altered the case . |
| 17 | I shook my head regretfully — I had n't brought it with me , thinking the English would look down on my caftan with its silver belt — although I saw garments like it selling here at huge prices . |
| 18 | Sharpe prayed that the French would go on waiting , and that the British troops who were marching desperately to reinforce the outnumbered defenders at Quatre Bras reached the crossroads in time . |
| 19 | The first stages of the French Revolution seemed to be more obviously under reasonable management and it was assumed that the French would set up some sort of parliamentary government under the control of gentlemen . |
| 20 | Although the French would send out another five battalions plus 1,100 French officers and NCOs as cadres and instructors for new Vietnamese units — almost inevitably Moch emphasized the possible effects on the military programme for metropolitan France — General Marshall pointed out that all the material for Indo-China was in fact coming from what the US was supplying to France itself . |
| 21 | Oh , I will agree that the electronic is very versatile , but if one has to justify a punchcard model , then the electronic would need even more justification . |
| 22 | Organisms that released spores when they were too young or too old would end up with fewer descendants than rivals that built up their strength and then released a massive number of spores when in the prime of life . |
| 23 | There may lurk some consolation for punters in this innovation , as those determined to have a bet in the Lincoln proper will learn much about the current trend of Town Moor 's wayward draw advantage . |
| 24 | This young Samoyed will grow up much quicker than his companion , and must be trained not to jump up from the outset . |
| 25 | When you are a soccer club , giant or minnow , all you have to do is throw open the gates and the faithful will pour in . |
| 26 | Two years from now — maybe more , maybe as much as five , though I doubt it — the French will pull out . |
| 27 | Because of this there is little or no possibility that somebody somewhere else will recognize the merits of the actions you are taking , or the opportunity that you have uncovered , and of their own free will line up and help you . |
| 28 | We could take that new thingamajig and freeze frame on Glenys ' face when he talks about how the sick and old will suffer dreadfully under your government . ’ |
| 29 | The only thing that makes it bearable is the irrational belief that somebody interesting will come on in a minute … |
| 30 | The plotting routines available in most statistical packages are still rather crude , especially those which rely on the line-printer as their printing device ; plots on machines designed for text mean that the resolution ( i.e. number of subdivisions possible on either the horizontal or vertical axis ) is usually poor ; many values that are in fact different can end up being plotted on the same point . |