Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government department concerned for dishing out the dosh in these matters must presumably think croquet is a corporate hospitality device . |
| 2 | Similarly , an expert selling obsolete knowledge may soon find power is withdrawn . |
| 3 | I 'll just bet modellin' is thirsty work . ’ |
| 4 | Parents armed with this information , might well think Saintbridge is not a good choice for their children . |
| 5 | Arthritis sufferers will also find cycling is good for the joints . |
| 6 | Anyone who imagines that any regulatory system can invariably guarantee success is naive . |
| 7 | And what we can then see happening is a hardening of specific judgements into presumptions of classes , based now not only on mixed criteria ( for there are held to be cases of ‘ skilfully executed nonsense ’ or ‘ professionally brilliant hokum ’ as well as of ‘ clumsy art ’ or ‘ raw but authentic artistic power ’ ) but also , and crucially , on criteria which are incompatible with the original delimitation by the nature of the practice . |
| 8 | The Foreign Secretary stressed , however , that aid on its own can never ensure reform is successfully carried through in the two countries . |