Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [indef pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We suspect that he may know something about the downing of this plane that we do n't know he knows , if you follow me . |
| 2 | We should know something about the periodicity of the variables we are monitoring if we are not to risk either unnecessarily detailed data collection or aliasing of trends ; |
| 3 | So , the research worker should know something about the main ways to obtain information from the library . |
| 4 | To do this , he should know something about the probability of sounds being symbolised in one way or another , and which is the most likely way for this set of sounds to be symbolised . |
| 5 | Perhaps they reflect nothing at all except the accidents of conception : but I suspect that there is often , in fact , a buried clue here , and that if we could unearth it we should know something about the early growth of many market towns that no documents will ever tell us . |
| 6 | ‘ We must do something about the cuts . |
| 7 | If the Minister is genuinely concerned about maritime safety , he must do something about the massive proposed cuts in the coastguard service . |
| 8 | they must do something about the park court this summer , get the perspex sheeting renew renewed |
| 9 | Before I do so I must say something about the way in which the U K economy has developed since the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | This is not a book about theoretical astronomy , but I must say something about the way in which a star radiates , because it is very much part of the overall story . |
| 11 | If you look at erm the the turnover of shops down that road , then that must say something about the amount of money in the area . |
| 12 | Even so , that he was able to expel the powerful figure to whom he may have owed much of his victory in 1016 must say something about the effectiveness of the power base which he had succeeded in creating in England in the intervening years . |
| 13 | He 's a Jack Russell so I 'm hoping he might do something about the rodent problem at Low Birk Hatt . |
| 14 | I think you might find a situation quite clearly where you would find a child behaving in such a way in the classroom that it was being disruptive to himself , disruptive to teachers , disruptive to , to his classmates , and therefore the , the first move must be in a direction of rearranging that behaviour so that there could develop a situation in which you might do something about the learning difficulty . |
| 15 | D' you reckon we 'll hear anything about the visas at In Salah , Geoff ? ’ |
| 16 | It might say something about the Americans that they remain so obsessed with this repellent , perverted killer and his pathetic entourage . |
| 17 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 18 | I wonder if could do something about the window in the great chamber wind 's blowing through . |
| 19 | The Bristol University graduate , the third-choice keeper until last night , did not put a hand , or foot , wrong and he could do nothing about the Spartak goals . |
| 20 | She could do nothing about the cold or the slick damp that covered the walls , but she had gathered as much straw as she could and had made a bed in the driest of the cells . |
| 21 | Luckily a team of waiters offered a line of protection , though even they could do nothing about the way he was levelling those dark eyes at her as if with deliberate and enigmatic meaning . |
| 22 | She saw Naylor 's sharp glance go over her , but , while she quickly lowered her glance , she could do nothing about the unexpected riot of colour that flooded her face . |
| 23 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 24 | If a government went back on this assurance there would be no IAEA safeguards which could do anything about the position . |
| 25 | She was somebody who had mild short-term memory loss , which varied from day to day but she could remember anything about the past . |
| 26 | Another , senior designer from a German competitor ( not BMW ) stated : ‘ I like the crinkled leather on the doors ’ , but could find nothing about the exterior to praise : ‘ It 's design stagnation ; from some angles it looks like a Lincoln . ’ |
| 27 | The inconclusive nature of the empirical tests may suggest something about the validity of the tests themselves rather than the significance or otherwise of dividends . |
| 28 | If , for example , we knew what animals with neocortices could do that species lacking them could n't do we would know something about the cortex without having to ablate it in a single animal . |
| 29 | HP would know something about the exercise since it 's trying to do the same thing and the best it 's been able to come up with is the diskless 16Mb 715/33 for $5,700 or 525Mb 715/33 for $7,400 . |
| 30 | He would do nothing about the problem , and that is why he is unsuited to hold the office of Home Secretary . |