Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [vb infin] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So each month they 've got ta put , each branch have got ta put on plus nine between now and December and that should translate itself if the theory works erm to the figures that we want . |
| 2 | This may manifest itself in various ways . |
| 3 | This may manifest itself as verbal fireworks , overt pushiness or in one or other going for the ‘ wise elder statesman ’ role implying that she/he is the real source of any decision . |
| 4 | This may show itself by an improvement in the child 's behaviour or in the resolution of some lingering problem , such as the slight cough or persistently runny nose . |
| 5 | This may show itself in attempts to ‘ beat the system ’ . |
| 6 | Interest is now focused on how this might manifest itself in the government 's promised rethink on constitutional reform . |
| 7 | This could manifest itself in two ways . |
| 8 | The battle now shifted to parliament , where the second reading was carried by a huge majority on 22 May ; many Unionists spoke against the Bill , but few could bring themselves to oppose it in principle , and so Sanders could mobilize only forty MPs to go with him into the No lobby . |
| 9 | Griffin gives many further examples : that pets and other tame creatures come when they are called by their names ( this would commend itself to Hearne ) , and that numerous species of birds , mammals , and even some fish and insects , seem to recognise individual members of their own species . |
| 10 | Most begin by asserting their commitment to democracy , yet few would commit themselves completely to the notion that if the people want to wallow in sin , they should be permitted to do so . |
| 11 | Particularly this will show itself in the gift of availability to another , a conducive meeting-place , the courtesy of taking the phone off the hook , keeping confidences and having grace to forget as well as remember things people tell us . |
| 12 | First , there will be resistance to external influence , and this will manifest itself as consensus norms within the dialect that affirm solidary behaviour . |
| 13 | Over time , the executives will come to realise that there is an excess demand for their product : this will reveal itself in the form of orders which can not be met . |
| 14 | For obvious reasons I 'm not telling exactly where , but anyone seeing this can award themselves ten Brownie points ! |
| 15 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
| 16 | It 's scientifically proven that foods can make certain susceptible children very ill , and this can manifest itself in various ways , but one of the most common ways is that children behave badly ; they become aggressive and disturbed . |
| 17 | That would be true Christian charity of a kind that very few can bring themselves to practise . |
| 18 | Well you pa yeah you certainly pay nine hundred pound a year out anyway , damage to the toilet seat and so you know , that 'll pay itself back in a year and , you know . |
| 19 | Lord Hunter had been unable to free himself from the idea of Meehan as a participant any more than Sir Daniel Brabin had been able to free himself from the assumption of Timothy Evans 's guilt ; neither could bring himself to admit , perhaps for the sake of the reputation of their profession , that the miscarriage of justice had been total , that Meehan as much as Evans had played no part whatever in the crime with which he had been charged . |
| 20 | These could manifest themselves either during active cow 's milk allergy or later , when clinical tolerance to cow 's milk has been acquired . |
| 21 | Under this method non-recourse trade bills guaranteed by the importer 's bank are discounted at the exporter 's bank ; the latter may commit itself to purchase the bills before the export contract is signed . |
| 22 | Where lay the basis for the belief that there was a corporate life , a level of interchange over academic matters in which all could feel themselves to be involved ? |
| 23 | There may be an allusion to it in 11.34 " now when they shall stumble , they shall be helped with a little help , but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments " . |
| 24 | The latter will reveal themselves to the area supervisor in sample results or — a more serious matter — in recurring complaints from the public or other water users about particular pollutions . |
| 25 | Many will restrict themselves to such magazines and periodicals in which their chosen authors made significant appearances . |
| 26 | Nearly all of them will become users of electronic publishing systems , many will find themselves responsible for such users ( as advisers and managers ) , and we hope a significant number will become developers of innovative systems . |
| 27 | At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run . |
| 28 | No such molecules are known , but Green made a tungsten compound , called bis ( cyclopentadienyl ) tungsten dihydride , that will attach itself to certain hydrocarbons . |
| 29 | Not people that could that can defend themselves that can what 's the name of it if they could Well they 've broken old people 's doors in and took their money and and hit them and whatsername . |
| 30 | … that men are not gentle creatures who want to be loved , and who at the most can defend themselves if they are attacked ; they are , on the contrary , creatures among whose instinctual endowments is to be reckoned a powerful share of aggressiveness . |