Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the electrons would either escape from the atom altogether or would spiral into the nucleus . |
| 2 | Others have a large enough budget to be able to retain their independence , these publications will probably ask for background material only or will send a journalist to cover the story on the spot . |
| 3 | Indexing may be conducted manually or may rely to varying extents upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer . |
| 4 | I feared in Rome I detected a great change for the worse , but she has stood the journey well , better than might have been expected , and now , if all remains serene , we may see her build up again . ’ |
| 5 | We controlled the game better than might have been expected but this game is different and , however much you plan things , a goal can change everything . |
| 6 | so I 've shared a room with erm this chap Tom who was er he had been in the First World War and er though he seemed old to me at the time , I suppose he was probably in his thirties and erm he joined the Home Guard and erm lived , because he was bombed out where he lived in he moved out to Coptock had accommodation out there and er he was in the unit at Coptock and so that used to take up quite a bit of his time and other erm members of staff were , of course also had fire watching and erm various civil defence activities , quite apart from the work on the A R P shifts . |
| 7 | Both the State and the family would like to avoid this happening , and a fiscal package is being put together that would enable the huge death duties owing to be paid off partly in kind . |
| 8 | He says one problem is that the new scheme for support from the DOT involves putting packages together that must cost at least £2 million and it 's quite hard to find a package of cycle-ways that actually cost that much ! |
| 9 | We have something together that can crash barriers , go beyond the boundaries you must have accepted in your tawdry affair with Jones , since I suspect that he 's capable of only the most limited kind of passion . ’ |
| 10 | Nevertheless his reaction now was less than might have been expected , for he was an impressionable man where women were concerned . |
| 11 | those are driving quite sensibly and can stop . |
| 12 | Proposals to curb litter and waste did not go far enough and would land local authorities with extra bills but no additional resources . |
| 13 | If that were all Olson were saying , then it would be reasonable enough and would provide an interesting basis for historical study of the reasons for specific literacy practices in specific cultures . |
| 14 | Either the union is strong enough and can stand it , or it can t , and hard luck . |
| 15 | A sensible dog soon learns that barking is not enough and will attract his master 's attention in some other way . |
| 16 | Obviously in the winter it still may not provide enough and will have to be supplemented with concentrates and this assumes that the pasture has been well maintained and is not overstocked . |
| 17 | If the plant lifts , you have not firmed enough and will have to do the job again . |
| 18 | If we knew enough and could identify all the individual animals alive , say , one hundred million years ago which were ancestral to existing mice , we would expect to find those animals all belonging to a single species ( although , if we went back far enough , we might not call that species a house mouse ) . |
| 19 | So now perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will answer my first question ; what does he have to say to those of his right hon. Friends who say that he has gone far enough and should stay where he is ? |
| 20 | I also wish to renew the suspension for something slightly better and would like to know what one you recommend and how easy it is to fit . |
| 21 | ‘ From these organisations have come community leaders who often were never involved in anything prior to this experience , people who too often believed that others knew better and could make better decisions . |
| 22 | Watch the seed carefully , as it ripens suddenly and will fall without warning ; alternatively cut the flower stems just as the smell of the seeds start to change and become pleasant , and hang to finish ripening in paper bags . |
| 23 | Virgin 's boast is that it has grown organically and can continue to do so . |
| 24 | But even the happiness Mother and Father felt at being able to live together under the same roof at last was tinged with sadness , because they both liked Stainmore very much and would have preferred to stay in the area . |
| 25 | The BA hopes to produce the directory annually and would welcome suggestions for new entries , corrections or additions by 28th February , with the incentive of a draw for a bottle of champagne . |
| 26 | Edward assured her that he also desired to speak with Philip personally and would arrange a meeting ( 7 April 1304 ) . |
| 27 | The twenty workers who build his houses have been taken on because Les knows them personally and can vouch for their reliability . |
| 28 | The risk in doing so would be that new patients might well not see the need to do so and might feel that this would be an inappropriate intrusion into the realm of individual freedom of choice in their personal lives and , further , that life might not be much fun in the straitjacket of abstinence from all these substances as well as from their prime drugs of choice . |
| 29 | The majority further contend that a wife who has reported a rape by her husband to the police may subsequently regret having done so and may wish to be reconciled with him . |
| 30 | ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again . |