Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you order goods as a private individual from mail order advertisements in this magazine and pay by post in advance of delivery , What Personal Computer will consider you for compensation if the advertiser should become subject to bankruptcy or go into liquidation . |
| 2 | If you order goods as a private individual from mail order advertisements in this magazine and pay by post in advance of delivery , What Personal Computer will consider you for compensation if the advertiser should become subject to bankruptcy proceedings or go into liquidation . |
| 3 | It costs 3.50 , but should come free to members ( I collected mine from the ticket office on the night ) . |
| 4 | Comparing the performance of Scottish companies still locally controlled with those of the 250 largest UK-owned plcs in the relevant sectors shows that Scottish firms must plead guilty to underperformance . |
| 5 | All of this must seem familiar to Brazil 's ex-President Collor , another economic reformer , also forced out on corruption charges . |
| 6 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 7 | This new edition is , of course , an authoritative work and should prove invaluable to auditors . |
| 8 | Rather grandly entitled Images at the End of the Century , the exhibition includes a series of specially commissioned works that deal with recent events in Eastern Europe , and should prove fascinating to lovers of this intricate branch of photography . |
| 9 | It should prove attractive to investors who , for other reasons , wish to have an investment in the market index . |
| 10 | This may appear selfish to comrades south of the Tweed-Solway . |
| 11 | To the extent that these may appear antithetical to modernism , not only in practice but also in theory , then we may find ourselves running up against the limits of our modernist frameworks of understanding . |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman might look close to home before he makes that general assertion . |
| 13 | If the Lords rule in favour of the two women who have brought the test case , hundreds of other cases that are pending in Newbury magistrates ' court will have to be dropped and thousands of earlier prosecutions might become subject to compensation claims . |
| 14 | Tomorrow night in the final part of our pre-budget series we 'll be looking at another area which might become subject to VAT , public transport . |
| 15 | SPENDING Christmas zapping aliens or helping Sonic the Hedgehog to dodge graphic nasties might sound mindless to parents — but it could be great mental exercise for thousands of computer game-crazy youngsters . |
| 16 | Some men were particularly successful in Black Africa , and might return direct to Kufra with slaves , spices , even gold , which they then forwarded north to Alexandria for export , they alleged , ‘ to Istanbul ’ . |
| 17 | This meant that details of the Governors ' procedures , which might seem unimportant to outsiders — such as whether they watched a contested programme in advance of its first transmission — sometimes had great symbolic importance for the broadcasters . |
| 18 | Travellers might get used to jet-lag in the sense that they learn to live with it , or they might find it progressively more irksome as their initial excitement with travel begins to wear thin . |
| 19 | Hence this proposal to combine the world of work and education in a package which might prove attractive to people who are otherwise likely to be recruited into the underclass . |
| 20 | I am also aware of another practitioner who is planning to set up a clinic with a treatment based on an electronic system in which ‘ free electrons are pumped into the body by the billions ’ — a claim that may sound impressive to members of the lay public . |
| 21 | Nevertheless we recognise that many aspects of the potential impact — both threats and opportunities — may become apparent to others , employers and providers in particular , before SCOTVEC . |
| 22 | His experience may tell him that it may be unnecessary or inappropriate in the circumstances , but failure to take one may become visible to headquarters . |
| 23 | There is evidence that some species of trichonemes may become resistant to benzimidazole compounds and to avoid this it is suggested that these should be alternated with chemically unrelated anthelmintics on an annual or a six-monthly basis . |
| 24 | The company and its 15 systems management products , which will be integrates together as Open V*OPSS by the end of the year , may become central to COSE 's systems management efforts . |
| 25 | In general , there is evidence that children who have developed a sensitivity to cow 's milk may become sensitive to soya proteins as well , if they consume them in large quantities . |
| 26 | Except for a name that ought to look familiar to readers of Alexandre Dumas , because as Aramis it is that of one of the Three Musketeers . |
| 27 | To note any excess in the numbers of any class of inmates which he may deem detrimental to health . |
| 28 | Similar questions were asked about involvement in narcotics or whether they had any criminal record , or if they had any reason to suspect they could become vulnerable to coercion or blackmail . |
| 29 | The proposal to extend skiing facilities on to another part of the Caimgorms called Lurcher 's Gully could prove disastrous to wildlife , plants , locals and the mountain range itself . |
| 30 | Flaws in the system are taking a ‘ severe toll ’ , and if they are not corrected , ‘ the consequences could prove fatal to firms of all sizes ’ . |