Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joking aside , these listings do illustrate the breadth of the Prestel service — though they do not hint at which are profitable or will prevail . |
| 2 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 3 | Customers can buy it pre-loaded or can buy the software modules separately . |
| 4 | Any other people apart from people who are unemployed that can claim income support ? |
| 5 | In the face of criticism from the other judges of Angell and Pownall for overstepping their instructions , Burn thought that because ‘ of their experience and their minute examination of the plans , which was far more minute than could have been done by the judges ’ , it would be helpful to have their placings . |
| 6 | About ten minutes after taking a tab of E , the drug will produce a high that can last for hours . |
| 7 | I am afraid that will continue . |
| 8 | I am afraid that will kill me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It was a direct result of seeing the need for something different that could allow people to go out to sea no matter what the weather was like outside , that I went to see the lifeboat just over a year ago . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He said , ‘ John you need to do something to haul yourself out of your choral doldrums — something spice and interesting that 'll make a splash in New York . |
| 11 | One further response , from a husband , is included without comment — ‘ wives are more open-minded and can concentrate harder ’ . |
| 12 | He 's going to rent an appartement ( I 'm going all French and should have said , a flat ! ) where I can live and he can stay when he 's in England . |
| 13 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 14 | I appreciate that this view is somewhat unfashionable and would gain little support from the majority of teachers who were at the centre of the disruptions of recent years . |
| 15 | I 've argued that for twenty years , now suddenly overnight it 's become unfashionable and let's make it clear why it 's become unfashionable . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , ground level ozone ( tropospheric ) caused by pollution can not rise up and plug the hole , but instead is harmful and can cause breathing difficulties . |
| 17 | The sheep become anaemic and hypoalbuminaemic and can suffer severe weight loss . |
| 18 | Aaron 's mother , Lesley , 26 , said : ‘ He was very calm and must have been in great pain . |
| 19 | They felt it offered no child care provisions , did not promise much for the unemployed and will mean a rise in fuel bills from next year . |
| 20 | THE SIX residents of Thornybauk hostel for those with alcohol-related problems are all unemployed and will begin looking for work once they have dealt with their difficulties . |
| 21 | ‘ We will now have 40 centres , which will be bigger , employing more people , and more economical and will increase productivity . ’ |
| 22 | Some of the newcomers — weekend cottagers , holiday-home dwellers — are highly transitory and may take little interest in village social activities . |
| 23 | And however , easy it may be physically , a labour like this is emotionally very demanding and can leave you feeling shocked and drained . |
| 24 | But the choruses in L'incoronazione ( of Seneca 's household , Act II , SC.3 , of ‘ Consuli e Tribuni ’ in the penultimate scene ) are almost nugatory and could have been sung by a handful of soloists , while the instrumental ensemble in the best source , the manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana , Venice , consists mainly of only two parts — perhaps taken by only one player each — over the basso continuo . |
| 25 | For both these reasons , there is a high likelihood that with advancing years wives will be widowed and will find themselves living alone . |
| 26 | Essentially it consists of a small concrete chamber which is waterproof and can accommodate sufficient water to enable a simple submersible pump to operate . |
| 27 | Readers were told it was ‘ muting criticism ’ even though Tory policies were wrong and would throw hundreds of thousands more people on the dole . |
| 28 | He was aware that he was infuriating Ludovico by his opposition to the plan but everything he knew about his friend convinced him that the idea of a whirlwind marriage was wrong and could end only in disaster . |
| 29 | PRIVATISING prisons is morally wrong and could result in violence and bloodshed , the Scottish Prison Officers ' Association annual conference at Inverness heard yesterday . |
| 30 | The Profitboss gets to the top because he believes that he could be wrong and could do better . |