Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , given the set-up of the model , in particular given that in any one period people can only buy or sell in the island on which they are located , different equilibrium prices can be established for the same good . |
| 2 | Thus evolutionary change in a population of organisms can only track and respond to the changes in the environment , continually being wise after the event . |
| 3 | High above them the constant roof of clouds would merely lighten and darken in a long solar axial period of 116.8 days . |
| 4 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 5 | Labour 's Minister for Science will develop a national strategy to promote high-quality science and technology , so that Britain can better anticipate and respond to the challenges of the future . |
| 6 | Stalking through the dark rooms she would suddenly stop and point to a fireplace — ‘ William de Morgan , those tiles . |
| 7 | To quote the Arnolfini poster blurb : ‘ Exploring the multiple possibilities of photographic ‘ images ’ , the artists use a kaleidoscope of new visual technologies to spectacular effect … the audience is invited to literally enter and participate in the works on show ’ . |
| 8 | The timer on my cooker has just begun to bleep , so I 'd better go and attend to the dinner . |
| 9 | Well I think I 'd better go and look at the jam again . |
| 10 | Of course we should not endlessly meddle and interfere with the electricity industry in Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | She was like a young dog , the kind her mother scorned , and she could only leap and lick after a blow such as he had fetched her . |
| 12 | Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on . |
| 13 | A contemporary dishonest bill ordinarily involves not an exorbitant disclaimer ( although there are plenty of these disclaimers still in use ) , but a shipment that does not take place , or a vessel that does not exist or disappears without a trace after loading . |
| 14 | A board of directors could not exist and act as a corporate entity if it were composed of two groups of people , each deriving its authority from and answerable to a different principal body , the one liable to be in conflict with the other ; for it would in fact be a negotiating committee . |
| 15 | Elephants , which lack colour vision but have a strong sense of smell and favour large , smelly , dull fruits , are the only animals able to swallow the pyrene of Panda oleosa ( Pandaceae ) and collected seeds do not germinate unless passed through an elephant , in whose dung they germinate . |
| 16 | He did not explain nor enlarge upon the story . |
| 17 | I will not act or suffer at the sword 's edge — Not that — I will not bleed — my dear , do you remember ? " |
| 18 | We could not wait and joined with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to commission experiments in Canada . |
| 19 | All their monstrous systems have so visible and necessary a dependence on it , that when this corner-stone is once removed , the whole fabric can not choose but fall to the ground . ’ |
| 20 | One crew member ejected but was later found drowned , the other did not eject and died in the crash . |
| 21 | He might have to sacrifice somewhat of pay for this end but he would not mind that owing to the chance of rising in the Imperial Service . ’ |
| 22 | It may be modern unwillingness to accept that there were activities in ancient societies which we do not understand that accounts for the embarrassing silence of archaeology on the Andean lines and its stubborn resistance to a proper treatment of the ley theory in Britain . |
| 23 | Happily , we lived in a much more enlightened time during World War 2 , I never understood the treatment of LMF cases ; it was something I could not understand as outlined in the Air Ministry Order , which was a very harsh document and did not give much leeway in the treatment of a chap if he felt he could not do any more . |
| 24 | He does not look or sound like a party leader , either . |
| 25 | One may not like or agree with the theory . |
| 26 | MIPS Computer Systems Inc vice president of software technology , and now its ACE liaison , Larry Weber , said that since last summer Intel was repeatedly approached by ACE members including Olivetti , Acer , Compaq and MIPS asking it to somehow endorse and participate in the Initiative . |
| 27 | The churches were usually brick built , and even when their walls did not crack and warp under the impact of the process , there remains , according to Romanian architects , the threat that their very bricks could crumble within a few years . |
| 28 | Do not scold or dispute on the way to , or during time-out . |
| 29 | It can not move and shoot in the same turn , except that it can be turned to face its intended target . |
| 30 | A volley gun can not move and shoot in the same turn except to turn to face its target . |