Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ predicts that the old and weak must eventually succumb to the young and strong , and that this is necessary for the future vitality of the species . |
| 2 | Having tried everything , the British could then exit with honour , leaving a civil war situation . |
| 3 | But he did in actuality what the British could now do in India only in fantasy . |
| 4 | Books of adventure , of which Dr Sambataro was a generous lender , convinced me that nothing exciting would ever happen in Fontanellato . |
| 5 | The weave is so tight , wet will never get through it . |
| 6 | The duppy can only operate at night and will expect a reward on returning to its grave . |
| 7 | At the same time as the context was rarefied , the Minimalist object was turned into a high-tech , mass-produced commodity — now the container and the contained can both go into circulation . |
| 8 | Those who came to the conclusion that such total apostasy is possible might then speculate on the cynicism , and the intellectual vacuum at the top of the party , which prompted such a sudden shift . |
| 9 | The following may also appear beside the tag to indicate the current state of the media unit in the Offline cycle : |
| 10 | To these questions the following may also need to be added . |
| 11 | But what the Allies could do , the Japanese could also achieve at that time ; only in later months would American sea and airpower prevent the Japanese reinforcing their island garrisons . |
| 12 | I did not know what to say in reply , so I took his hands and held them beside my own , showing first the backs , then the palms , then measuring them one against the other , palm to palm — something the Japanese would often do in comparing their smaller , lighter hands with my grosser ones . |
| 13 | True , if understood to relate to candidates as persons : my third preference for Brawny can never count against my first preference for Beefy . |
| 14 | Any EC national may now reside in any member state to seek or take up employment , accompanied by his family ( Directive 68/360/EC ) , establish firms or provide services ( 73/148 ) and remain in that territory after having been employed in that State ( 70/1251 , 72/194 ) . |
| 15 | Secondly , in the absence of further punishments , the subordinate would gradually slip into reading his newspaper again , even when you were around . |
| 16 | that nothing rude would ever happen to me again . |
| 17 | Given time , Rollerskate Skinny may well mature into the kind of discipline outfit who could give the American noise set a run for its money . |
| 18 | He then dealt with those who were late and those who were late would then appear to be six or seven minutes late because of these other preliminaries . |
| 19 | We are talking major league performance here , even in 1990 ; in 1965 nothing road legal would even look at a Cobra in a straight line . |
| 20 | The standard shop bought 48″ × 12″ × 15″ deep would also give about the same water area and content . |
| 21 | St Austell is smack in the middle of the party 's natural heartland which Liberal Democrat strategists are increasingly confident will largely revert to its traditional Liberal colours on Thursday . |
| 22 | I have therefore devoted little space to the problem in this study , but those who feel that it is important might well look at Dr Johnson 's comments on Macbeth — he disliked ‘ the Butcher 's knife ’ — and also at the correspondence between Gerard Manley Hopkins and Robert Bridges . |
| 23 | The more adventurous could even fly into Shoreham Airport in their own aircraft ! |
| 24 | She would play along , another intimacy in their relationship was always of value to her — one of the opportunities her looks alone would never yield to her . |
| 25 | ‘ Church people were all too often narrow-minded , censorious , judgemental , intolerant , conventional … so the people for whom the world was too harsh would never think of turning to the Church … |
| 26 | Harris ( 1982 : 52 ) points out , for instance , that the occurrence of self with the infinitive reveals the existence of what he calls a " subject " , so that , in transformational terms , " To hate oneself is unwise can only come from For one to hate oneself is unwise " . |
| 27 | They suggest that the principal growth fault in the Mesozoic may simply propagate from the subcrop of the thrust and extend towards the surface at a steeper angle , as illustrated by the Mere Fault ( see also Lake 1975 , in connection with the structure of the Weald ) . |
| 28 | The powerful molecular techniques now available should soon result in great advances in our understanding of Paget 's disease . |
| 29 | Pupils would receive a certificate on completion of the course , and gentlemen in general should only call in certified practitioners . |
| 30 | Thomas Paine was one radical who accepted the inevitability of representative rather than direct democracy , but urged that in order " that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors , prudence will point out the propriety of having elections often " . |