Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief . |
| 2 | Is he further aware that he carries the good wishes of the party behind him in the difficult few months to come and should go to the talks in great confidence , knowing of the great contribution that this country has made to Europe since the days of William Pitt ? |
| 3 | Initially , a swift , artistically rough job was contemplated , a ‘ tendentious piece ’ which would take a few months to write and would enrage ‘ the nihilists and Westerners ’ and set them ‘ howling about me that I 'm a retrograde . |
| 4 | Social harmony and peace would prevail as everyone would have their range of roles to play and would know how to play them . |
| 5 | This procedure will take upwards of six months to complete and may result in costs , if a potential scheme is delayed . |
| 6 | All the authorities have twenty eight days to appeal that could result in the final cap being higher , lower or staying the same . |
| 7 | Quite often these trusts are on the lookout for new buildings to restore and may have some resources at their disposal . |
| 8 | We 're waiting for new stocks to arrive and will forward the mini hi-fi to you as soon as stocks are delivered . |
| 9 | The Jaguar XJ two-twenty has already sold out , even though it costs more than four hundred thousand pounds to buy and may cost another twenty thousand pounds a year to insure . |
| 10 | The new assembly plant at Rover 's Cowley works in Oxford cost two hundred million pounds to build and will safeguard five thousand jobs . |
| 11 | Set up through a partnership between the NHS and private industry , the centre cost half a million pounds to build and can care for fifty patients . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew there were only seconds to go and could feel my strength failing with each moment , and a drifting kind of sleep coming on me which whispered , ‘ Give up , Minch , give up … ’ and it was only the knowledge that I was of Callanish , the greatest of the sites , that kept me fighting those few more seconds . |