Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Informal sector activities such as subcontracting will limit the numbers employed in the formal sector , thus curbing permanent , regular employment . |
| 2 | Of course although we 're talking about dying and nobody wants to think about dying let's remind ourselves it 's the only certainty in this life . |
| 3 | Exertion after sniffing might cause heart failure . |
| 4 | The basic view is best expressed by Skinner himself : ‘ A person disposed to act because he has been reinforced for acting may feel the conditions of his body at such a time and call it ‘ felt purpose' ’ , but what behaviourism rejects is the causal efficacy of that feeling . ’ |
| 5 | A simple , popular account of seeing might run as follows . |
| 6 | The second raid was a diversion for now that raiding was becoming more organised , full use could be made of feints and diversions to distract defenders from intended targets , and in a wider strategy the whole policy of raiding would involve a major distraction of the enemy towards an invasion of Norway , not France . |
| 7 | but they were enormous , they were , they were very substantial , but , erm , well I , I think that the point here is that one can have a minimum requirement , but depending upon the facts and the circumstances and the nature of the market , so on and so forth , well they have , the commission said , you can have no restrictions at all cos we 're not going to give you exemption , so you 'd better make sure that they are the absolutely bear minimum that are necessary to ensure that every person capable of competing can get into the market . |
| 8 | ‘ If he wants to behave no better than an animal , then let him wallow in it , ’ she told him , and no amount of cajoling would persuade her otherwise . |
| 9 | In the meantime , since no amount of nagging would persuade Maxie to rake up the leaves or to allow her to employ a man to do it , she would have to do the job herself . |
| 10 | While a 1 m thick flow of basalt will take around 12 days to cool from 1 100 to 750°C , the same amount of cooling will take 3 a for a 10 m flow and 30 a for a 100 m flow . |
| 11 | The lower they go , the closer they get to the point where even a small amount of cheating could upset the balance alarmingly . |
| 12 | Doctors are warning that the new pub craze of barflying could cause serious injury and even disable a person for life . |
| 13 | I am aware too that , in spite of other similarities , no amount of relating will allow me to converse in more than a most elementary way with a chimpanzee . |
| 14 | The errors inherent in the rapid methods of surveying used to ensure that large areas are covered . |
| 15 | There is a well-known risk in motoring that certain kinds of driving may cause accidents , and that accidents may cause death . |
| 16 | Petitioning for bankruptcy tends to be the last resort , but even the threat of petitioning can prove most effective . |
| 17 | A feeling of nausea had settled in his stomach , leaving a sour taste at the back of his throat that no amount of swallowing would take away . |
| 18 | A greater degree of smoothing could have been produced by increasing the size of the box , but this implies the loss of more detail . |
| 19 | In old age , there may be the will to retain independence in this AL but circumstances and the effects of the process of ageing may force an elderly person to be dependent on others , at least to some degree . |
| 20 | It is this variation that any evolutionary theory of ageing must explain . |
| 21 | We know very little about how the experience of ageing will vary between those who came to this country a-s economic migrants and the indigenous population . |
| 22 | Another kind of imprinting may take place in young salmon smolt . |
| 23 | No telephone applications or any amount of pleading will ensure exception to these dates . |
| 24 | Conventions of weaning may alter while family structure does not . |
| 25 | The costs of outbreeding may include the risks of infections from pathogens carried by the partner and the breaking up in the offspring of co-adapted complexes of genes found in the parents . |
| 26 | Membership of CITES will prohibit use of rhino horns , turtle shells and other ingredients of Korean traditional medicine . |
| 27 | The sense of belonging may inspire tears of joy or of repentance , or both at once as we continue in this intimate engagement , remembering : |
| 28 | RENTING instead of buying can save people setting up a home more than £2,000 a year , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 29 | They have enjoyed a good run since the general election and a second wave of buying should take the shares higher in the new year . |
| 30 | Our general hypothesis , in studying the origins of pointing in babies , is that the ‘ referential ’ function of pointing may precede naming , in the acquisition of speech . |