Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb mod] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Really we know still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom , and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers are at the moment dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research go in , rather than more erm of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics — I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching .
2 Really we still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers at the moment are dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research going ; rather than more of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics , I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching , looking at what they do and how we can improve that .
3 I appreciate that this view is somewhat unfashionable and would gain little support from the majority of teachers who were at the centre of the disruptions of recent years .
4 Some of the newcomers — weekend cottagers , holiday-home dwellers — are highly transitory and may take little interest in village social activities .
5 Tennis is incredibly entertaining and will emulate most tennis championships from around the world .
6 Romanyshyn 's exposition of the critique is , however , forceful and lively and may stimulate those working within the traditional paradigm at least to justify their indifference , if not to question their perspective .
7 I found this scientific proof unnecessarily detailed and would have much preferred to see the space devoted to a discussion of how Wentwood 's philosophy compares to other recent approaches to assessment and competence development .
8 It 's all very different and will take some getting used to .
9 ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me .
10 Arden 's cashmere Colours ( Luxury Eye Colour Duo in almond/slate ) , Guerlain 's Erable and Sable , and Lauder 's entire look — ‘ Neutrality : a new face to it ’ — are very versatile and should suit most complexions .
11 This would allow us to make any changes we felt were appropriate and would highlight any unforeseen problems .
12 The practical implications of these matters are very real and may escape some of us microwave aces , for example .
13 Mobility deprivation is therefore real and can afflict many persons and groups in more or less rural areas .
14 Everyone today thinks of the great stillwater monsters but the slightly smaller fish of very many rivers fight well , look splendid and can grow more than respectable in size .
15 We are very profitable and can afford that . ’
16 The FAX , again for the technically minded is a Send 9600/Receive 4800 and will send any of the following file types from your PC directly to any Group III fax machine : - ASCII , TIF , IMG , BMP , CUT , PCX , DCX , Word Perfect 5. x files .
17 Rioch lifted Middlesbrough 's fortunes after the liquidation crisis of 1986 and could relish another rebuilding job at Darlington .
18 The first was that she was afraid that she might have an attack while pregnant and would cause some harm either to herself or to the unborn child .
19 Nothing stops a British government removing or reducing the Opposition 's freedom to attack the government for roughly a third of the parliamentary session except the belief that this would be undesirable and would hamper both parties in the long run .
20 By a similar argument a random decrease in aggregate demand will cause the typical agent to find the price in her market lower than she was initially expecting ; she will partly ( mistakenly ) infer from this that her relative price is low and will supply less output .
21 This would seem to be more representative and would allow some 2 years between turns ! ! ! !
22 The stock of books is now in excess of 9,500 and will increase each year .
23 We welcome that and will do all we can to sustain and build on it in the future .
24 Lionfish are predatory and will eat any fish they can get into the mouths ( or think they can ! ) .
25 I 'm going to the States on December 21 and will do some business while I 'm there . ’
26 Admittedly this new recurring dream of his , in bald summary , does n't sound particularly encouraging , but I think it is ambivalent and could go either way .
27 In such cases the company 's directors must declare that their business is solvent and can pay all its debts within 12 months .
28 Try not to rely on Valium — it 's highly addictive and will cause more problems in the long run .
29 That these same organisations apparently continue to do business suggests that either they do in fact offer something extra which the discerning customer wants , or that the demand is more elastic than one might expect , i.e. the average customer is not so very discerning after all and may have more money than sense .
30 They 're lightly built , for a start , and the all-over matt lacquer looks good and should stay that way .
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