Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A good thing you were near Gullholm when the engine failed or you 'd never have survived . ’ |
| 2 | In a trial each subject stands to benefit ( though in the event no benefit may arise or there may even be risk of harm ) , but in non-preventive or non-therapeutic research the experimental subject is simply assisting the researcher to obtain biological data — for example , how a particular drug is excreted . |
| 3 | You will have to be organised or you 'll never find anything but it is worth it . |
| 4 | Within a specific environment problems may be solved or they may only minimised depending upon external constraints imposed . |
| 5 | Counselling skills can be learned but they do require practice and Burnard warns that counselling techniques should not be overused or they may indeed impede listening and communication . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a good thing for you I 'm driving or I might just show you whose woman you really are . |
| 7 | Once he frogmarched a knocker out of a press conference , although it transpired that he could hardly wait to see what the victim wrote next . |
| 8 | So far I 'd managed to avoid giving him the exact address , but now he asked for it with a determined note in his voice — " Just in case I 'm down that way " and I was forced to invent one , praying that he 'd never check up on it . |
| 9 | By denying that we could empirically identify the linguistic framework employed by other agents ( or , indeed by ourselves ) , Quine challenged the claim that we can have a substantive prior conception of truth which can be used to formulate questions for transcendental reflection . |
| 10 | I contrasted two quotations : an epigram of Goethe , saying that through reading Plutarch he learned that we were all human beings , and a passage from Hegel denying that we can ever understand the men of classical Antiquity because they represent a different stage in the evolution of the human mind . |
| 11 | They have suggested that the powerpack would be so designed that it could readily be repaired and with suitable maintenance would be capable of running for some 20 years . |
| 12 | Some writers suggest that one can easily overestimate the significance and influence of the embryonic pre-independence African press . |
| 13 | N brief , I suggest that we can best understand the form of modern doctrines by situating them in a broader dialogue within liberal political philosophy concerning the relation between the citizen and the state . |
| 14 | Department of Health guidelines ( DHSS , 1988b ) suggest that they should also offer parents an opportunity to have their views and wishes heard and that parents should be invited , where practicable , to attend part , or if appropriate the whole , of the case conference . |
| 15 | It may be that causewayed enclosures and henges of the Neolithic period were used in this way , and current ideas about hillforts suggest that they should also be viewed in this light . |
| 16 | I suggest that it would now be best for everyone to concentrate on its merits and on its implementation . |
| 17 | This theory has recently been investigated scientifically , and the results suggest that it could well be correct . |
| 18 | Recent changes in the party system , however , suggest that there may still be situations in which it may be necessary for the Prerogative of appointment to be exercised in accordance with the independent judgment of the Queen and her advisers . |
| 19 | At the Feb. 27 Országgyüles session , one representative called for seats in parliament for minorities , and another proposed that there should also be church representation . |
| 20 | cos Jenny did n't even know that you could bloody put on weight by drinking . |
| 21 | The sense of dispossession sustained an underworld of thugs , drug pushers , and thieves ( I wanted to write about crime in Hawaii , but the godfather of the North Shore let me know that he 'd rather I did n't ) . |
| 22 | But I do n't know that I shall ever make much use of these languages . " |
| 23 | Do n't you know that I would never hurt you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No one likes playing in the reserves and everyone at Sunderland should know that I would always give 100 per cent . ’ |
| 25 | I do not know the answer , but I do know that I 'd rather win or lose . |
| 26 | Though I must say I do n't know that I 'd very much mind having this little sweet one for a couple of weeks to myself . ’ |
| 27 | Even moving from high to low cost areas can raise difficulties — employees may doubt that they will ever be able to move back to their home areas or other more expensive regions once they have committed themselves to living in a lower cost housing area . |
| 28 | However , it must be stressed that you must still practise the manoeuvre if you are to stand any chance of success in an emergency situation . |
| 29 | Celia had already stressed that she would never countenance her husband at the birth . |
| 30 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |