Example sentences of "[vb infin] so [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Should n't think so for a minute , knowing him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment , ’ said Rufus , whose speech grew more precise when he was drunk . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | I should n't think so for a minute darling . |
| 5 | Despite the ominous row of trespassing hatchbacks , we saw nobody on the ridge at all , and luxuriated in the surprising solitude that one should n't expect so near a town like Fort William , which grows more like a Highland Gorbals every day . |
| 6 | Successful technology transfer requires that the people who provide the technology , or who act as facilitators of technology transfer , must do so as a business . |
| 7 | Their profitability must depend on successful technology transfer requires that the people who provide the technology , or who act as facilitators of technology transfer , must do so as a business . |
| 8 | But , if I were to identify a trend , I would do so on a retailing analogy . |
| 9 | If the sectoral approach and spillover were to achieve any great potential , they could only do so on a more limited front — that is , by the six states which had already agreed to the supranational principle by forming the ECSC . |
| 10 | The rule was that as a member in good standing of another church ( and I was a member of the Presbyterian Church of England ) one might do so on a temporary basis ; but that if one found oneself doing so for any extended length of time , one should ask oneself whether one should not be confirmed . |
| 11 | That is not Mr Lawson 's fault , of course , but he has to live with the danger that while the world 's capital markets will duly bridge the gap between Britain 's domestic savings and investment , they will only do so at a lower price for sterling . |
| 12 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 13 | As an alternative to placing your account with a bank , you may do so at a building society , many of which offer similar services . |
| 14 | Clinical manager Janet Powell said : ‘ We have tried to make our service as accessible as possible so that anyone who needs to see us , whether about themselves , a relative or friend , can do so at a time convenient to them , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 16 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 17 | Now , I can do so with a clear conscience : Col. Sutherland 's book is the only substantial and comprehensive single reference on SF from its obscure beginnings in the early days of the Cold War to its subsequent apotheosis in Vietnam , with its somewhat confused role in the 1980s . |
| 18 | A visitor arriving in Zurich for the first time will almost certainly do so with a preconceived idea of a feverishly busy city where austere-faced financiers wearing dark suits hurry past in search of the next billion dollars , where bankers huddle together in back rooms like a secret society , a place resembling a web from the centre of which threads reach out to manipulate the money markets of the world , and everything is subordinate to profit . |
| 19 | Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart . |
| 20 | ‘ We are going forward into the future and will do so with a united front , ’ he said . |
| 21 | If we ask the acoustic front end to leave some of the labelling to lexical access it will do so with a vengeance since it has no way of knowing what dilemmas need resolving at the lexical level . |
| 22 | Those 48 companies in the top 100 that provide balance sheets must do so for a reason . |
| 23 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 24 | No , I shall not do so for a second , because it will prolong matters . |
| 25 | Beatrice Webb signed the Appeal , although as she recorded in her diary for 1889 , she was impressed by a reply she received from a woman who complained that her lodger could vote but she could not , and that while she could vote for her parish council and her local Poor Law Guardians , she could not do so for an MP . |
| 26 | Not only must they care for distressed and disturbed young people , but they must do so under a cloud . |
| 27 | No one who contemplates the brutal war that has racked Croatia over the last few months can do so without a deep feeling of sorrow and shame : sorrow that such devastation and misery should disfigure our continent in 1991 , and shame that we have been unable to do anything to halt the carnage and destruction . |
| 28 | To help the patient gain control of his leg movements , the physiotherapist places the hemiplegic leg in certain positions , and asks the patient to maintain the position , checking that he can do so without an increase in spasticity . |
| 29 | This study will examine such problems , as and when they arise — and will do so through an ethnographic grasp of cultural differences and misunderstandings on topics that might range from the price of butter to question of minorities , language , drugs and terror . |
| 30 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |