Example sentences of "[subord] [modal v] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the presentation , Sir Humphry did not pass up the chance to impress upon the business world the great value of science to their endeavours : ‘ Science , gentlemen , is of infinitely more importance to a state than may at first sight appear possible ; for no source of wealth and power can be entirely independent of it ; and no class of men are so well able to appreciate its advantages as that to which I am addressing myself . |
| 2 | So far I have discussed two attempts to distinguish the different types of political system in terms of an evolutionary scheme ; one of them ( that of Spencer ) being so abstract as to have little value in establishing a precise historical sequence , while the other ( that of Marx ) possesses less of an evolutionary character than may at first sight appear and leaves unsolved many problems in the construction of an adequate typology of precapitalist and capitalist societies . |
| 3 | This is perhaps a more useful analogy than might at first sight appear . |
| 4 | 8.1 shall despatch the Licensed Software to by post or by such other carrier as and agree upon , which shall be notified to at the above address or to such address as shall in due course communicate to as its delivery address within the Territory . |
| 5 | Nah , cos right we 're just gon na say as much as can on this tape . |