Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] certainly [vb infin] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian is determined not to let her go , and even if they do n't get married they 'll almost certainly become lovers , which will make things extremely awkward . ’ |
| 2 | Suppose he went in somewhere above Teddington — you 'd almost certainly find traces of fresh water in the clothes . |
| 3 | For this I would most certainly cross oceans , let alone forgo a couple of treatments . |
| 4 | on savings income would almost certainly deter individuals from saving and that the knock-on effect would be to reduce the resources available for investment in industry ? |
| 5 | This leads Johnes to question whether raising academic standards for entry , in terms of A-level scores , could be justified as a satisfactory way of substantially reducing wastage rates , given the complex range of factors which are involved in predicting success in higher education , and that raising entry standards in this way would almost certainly bar students capable of obtaining a degree . |
| 6 | If , to return to our widget maker , these devices could be made more cheaply by robots unless the wage rate was , for example , half the level of unemployment benefit , the company , in the absence of any government ‘ interference ’ would almost certainly use robots . |
| 7 | We would almost certainly have talks with the club leader , the expert , for his knowledge and views . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , continuing discontent with the ruling party led commentators to predict that , despite the party 's current gains , the LDP would almost certainly lose seats at the forthcoming election . |
| 9 | But the chairman of the committee , Coun Dot Long ( Lab ) , said lack of cash will almost certainly prevent improvements from being made . |
| 10 | But last night the chairwoman of the committee , Coun Dot Long ( Lab ) , said lack of cash will almost certainly prevent improvements from being made . |
| 11 | However , it is true that government policies ( or lack of policies in some areas ) have contributed significantly to our problems and some of the changes that are now in the pipeline will almost certainly make matters worse . |
| 12 | And an op. will almost certainly speed things up . |
| 13 | Co-operative R&D ventures which enable participants to share fixed and sunk costs , share risks , pool different complementary assets or benefit from other positive pecuniary externalities will almost certainly raise incentives to do R&D . |
| 14 | But they will almost certainly have friends and perhaps relatives who are still church members who can be approached to discover the real reasons for their departure . |
| 15 | The media in the winner 's area may be interested in an interview and the newspapers will almost certainly take pictures of the presentation ceremony . |