Example sentences of "to [adj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I think seven to eight would have fit you better . |
| 2 | Moreover , a date for the death of Eadwine in 634 as opposed to 633 would have the cumulative effect of pushing the year of Oswiu 's death from 670 into 671 . |
| 3 | A more commonly cited figure , however , was of total casualties of 100,000 , of whom up to 35,000 might have been killed . |
| 4 | The answer to that may lie closer to home with parents . |
| 5 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 6 | To draw attention to that would compound the woman 's error . |
| 7 | To know the answer to that would have been really interesting . |
| 8 | The answer to that will depend on their own performance , because persuading the other investors to part with a further 12 per cent of their equity will only be possible if they are going to get a good return on it . |
| 9 | But however similar the contracts may appear , the decision as to each must depend on the consideration of the particular contract , read in the light of the material circumstances of the parties in view of which the contract is made " . |
| 10 | After this the documents on paper which date to 1925 would form the second stage of the conservation campaign . |
| 11 | The government announced on Nov. 14 , 1989 , that males aged 18 to 30 would have to begin registering that month for national service which would comprise six months of military training and six months of non-military instruction , followed by a third unspecified period . |
| 12 | BR forecasts continuing increases in demand in the congested South-east , and half the planned investment of £2billion up to 1994/95 will go on new rolling stock . |
| 13 | 12,000 healthcare workers are infected annually in the USA , of whom 1,000 will become carriers and 200 to 300 will die . |
| 14 | I think I know how Armstrong 's answer to this would begin . |
| 15 | An exception to this might arise if a young fan has , as a Novice , shown special merit which has come to the attention of others . |
| 16 | An input unit attached to this will draw water into the pump , often through a filter or strainer which will catch any debris and filamentous algae likely to block the pump . |
| 17 | Despite Berkeley 's comment that ‘ a little attention ’ to this will enable anyone to see how successfully it makes his point , this argument has provoked a considerable amount of detailed discussion . |
| 18 | A successful conclusion to this will enable the railway to obtain a Light Railway Order and extend services to Nordon , west of Corfe Castle where the foundations of a park and ride facility are beginning to appear . |
| 19 | Your answer to this will affect your costings . |
| 20 | Bet the bloke listening to this can hear it smell it . |
| 21 | Something similar to this can happen in discussion if a speaker does not want to let another interrupt . |
| 22 | Answer guide : The answers to this should encapsulate the idea of the static nature of a stock measure , and the way in which that differs from the dynamic nature of measures covering periods of time . |
| 23 | Oh yeah you 're absolutely booked up , I have to , I 'm sorry I forgot you have such a taxing social life with Stuart yeah definitely , er people listening to this could get the wrong idea I think but this is , this is normal conversation |
| 24 | Leaving Howard to try and persuade Colonel Mortimer to take his men to the cemetery that night — reasoning that one American to another would get a better result Ace , Benny and Petion returned to the TARDIS , where Ace indicated the remaining pilfered weapons in her shopping trolley . |
| 25 | Transferring these animals from one shore to another may change their shell colour . |
| 26 | Also many frail but not necessarily disabled elderly people feel the need to steady themselves by touching various pieces of furniture with one hand as they move around their homes , and for them , carrying a telephone and manoeuvring the flex from one room to another may have its hazards . |
| 27 | The movement of a household from one locality to another may cause externalities in the form of added congestion . |
| 28 | Change from one state of a system to another may occur at different rates at contrasting levels . |
| 29 | Note , however , that although short-term loans from one bank to another may provide an individual bank with liquidity , they do not provide the banking system as a whole with liquidity . |
| 30 | Within the part , a functional analysis may take us further than at higher levels , for smaller units of discourse are more likely to be uni-functional , and transitions from one function to another may correspond to both overtly marked sections of the discourse like section , chapter , and paragraph , and also ( indeed particularly ) to sentences . |