Example sentences of "[adj] and [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The methods by which Berenzoid intends to sell the product are interesting and may actually get around most of my objections , as they intend installing the packages for their existing bureau customers . |
| 2 | For their part , although the die-hard aristocratic opponents of change were desperately anxious about opening the floodgates , they nevertheless came to see that the price of resistance was becoming too high and might even bring disaster and revolution . |
| 3 | The fit ‘ young elderly ’ are already an important resource for caring for the very old and may more become so . |
| 4 | We need a man , a strong man , now ; for I am myself old and must soon die . ’ |
| 5 | The journalists can ask their questions direct and can also air any grievances or problems in an informal atmosphere . |
| 6 | As the 1988 Education Reform Act comes into effect , the local authorities ' share of educational expenditure is diminishing and will probably continue to diminish , though it is impossible to predict by how much . |
| 7 | The second solution sounds sensible and may well appeal to politicians . |
| 8 | These guidelines are sensible and will undoubtedly exert a beneficial influence on patient care . |
| 9 | Geologists had been active in surveying the land to reveal new mineral deposits , but had occasionally warned that the supply was not infinite and would eventually become exhausted . |
| 10 | It is revealing that , in a very similar way , to be can be present or omitted in an actual non-finite clause where it signals the passive of a verb phrase although its presence is generally preferred : ( 48 ) Cromwell ordered the Abbot of Reading ( to be ) tried and executed immediately The same insertion is sometimes superficially possible for predicate qualifiers ; but in reality this indicates a main verb which is semantically compatible with the relation of either construction ; an example would be like ( or want ) which makes it possible for us to set ( 49 ) beside ( 8 ) : ( 49 ) Alastair likes his beef tea to be strong However , with most preceding verb phrases , such a change to the predicate qualifier construction will produce a result which is ungrammatical and may even present difficulties of interpretation : ( 50 ) ( a ) the children have kept the fish-tank clean : how have the children kept the fish-tank ? ( b ) the children have kept the fish-tank to be clean |
| 11 | ‘ These job cuts are totally indefensible and will also damage customer service , ’ said BIFU 's Jennifer Cole . |
| 12 | ‘ These job cuts are totally indefensible and will also damage customer service , ’ said Jennifer Cole , BIFU negotiating officer . |
| 13 | But , before you do , wait to see what is proposed around the 19th and then again on the 24th , because the chances are that someone will feel embarrassed and may even offer you the earth when all you wanted was an apology . |
| 14 | Thomas , who also knew nothing about the affair , was highly embarrassed and could only say that he would make enquiries . |
| 15 | John Gerard grew them both , but their fates have been quite different and may well change again , with the weather . |
| 16 | Sometimes the ultimate question is only in theory left to the public authority ; for example , in some cases of review for jurisdictional errors of law or fact in which it is clear that if the authority had got the law or the facts right , its decision would have been different and could only have been one way . |
| 17 | Correctly named Limnanthes douglasii , the seed is readily available and , when conditions suit , it seeds itself so readily that it becomes self-perpetuating and can even become invasive . |
| 18 | Even a playful nip is likely to be painful and may well lead to further displays of such aggression . |
| 19 | Starving myself was dangerous and could eventually mean I might starve to death . |
| 20 | A world energy shortage is far more dangerous and could even lead to wars . |
| 21 | The need to obtain an entry visa from an embassy often situated far away could be dangerous and could therefore hinder departure . |
| 22 | Your GP can refer you for therapy if appropriate and may also know of any specialist help available locally . |
| 23 | ‘ He makes the game look so simple and could easily have shot 63 . ’ |
| 24 | Separated bridles linked to two lines enabled this American invention to be positioned within reasonable accuracy over any likely shipwreck victim.The kite was star shaped and would thus lack the refinement of current designs ; but nevertheless , it must be credited as the first of the steerables . |
| 25 | ‘ You ca n't sell something on that basis because it 's vacuous and vapid and would never sustain on a weekly basis . |
| 26 | However , the misunderstanding about quantitative method can be quite serious and can also get tied up with problems about statistical significance testing . |
| 27 | Younger men , on the whole , demonstrated a greater concern with the nature of the state than with the purity of Islam : Libya is Muslim and should therefore have Islamic law . |
| 28 | To re-define charity by statute on the lines of existing law would not be easy and might well confuse rather than clarify the law , for the essential difficulties connected with benefit to the public require more explanation and analysis than is convenient in an Act of Parliament . |
| 29 | But when the house was enlarged in 1880 , it became rather ungainly and would probably benefit now from some judicious pruning . |
| 30 | She hated anything deceitful or dishonest and would never listen to tittle-tattle about another girl behind her back . |