Example sentences of "of [adj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the right to work would depend solely upon individual ability to do the job ; the renewal of an annual driving licence after the age of 70 would have to be replaced by measures which are not triggered simply by people reaching a certain age . |
| 2 | Even women of 70 can benefit from this protective effect of HRT . |
| 3 | There have been repeated calls for reopening , but the destruction of many miles of trackbed would seem to make this a pipedream . |
| 4 | The appellant appealed on the ground that the co-defendant 's plea of guilty should have been excluded by the trial judge in the exercise of his discretion under section 78(1) of the 1984 Act . |
| 5 | high I 'm only coming out with a ten flush , pair of aces , and a pair of eights would have been mine whichever way you played it . |
| 6 | None the less , his fall from favour and loss of revenue farms and offices under the restored Commonwealth of 1659 may have been what stood him in best stead in the following year , rather than secret payments to the Royalist cause before May 1660 , for which there is no evidence beyond inference . |
| 7 | Had there been any accumulated revenue account surpluses , then the deficit of 2,037,500 would have been netted off them . |
| 8 | A severe critic of the statutes of 1861 might respond to the question " Why did Alexander II free the serfs ? " by saying that he failed to do so . |
| 9 | Even if the matter were still proceeding before the justices ' court , either for the purposes of committal for trial or for trial of an information , it would be my opinion that neither section 5(1) nor section 10(1) of the Act of 1980 would apply to give the justice hearing a proceeding under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 a power to adjourn that proceeding . |
| 10 | Sales of each could top $1 billion a year . |
| 11 | Native versions of each will appear , followed by a Tivoli-style edition . |
| 12 | It was understandable that the government of each should have tried to reappraise its policies and priorities , and been anxious to explore its range of options . |
| 13 | Today , for example , in Unilever , employees over the age of fifty may choose to work progressively less with the firm and more with the community until in their last year before retirement they work only one day a week with the firm . |
| 14 | ‘ I had thought so but recently he hinted at another asset he hoped to dispose of that would bring in quite a lot of money . |
| 15 | Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that . |
| 16 | The only mechanism that people could think of that would produce such large quantities of energy seemed to be the gravitational collapse not just of a star but of a whole central region of a galaxy . |
| 17 | All of that would seem set fair to ensure that , even in straitened circumstances , BBC Scotland would remain distinctive and discrete , its command of its own affairs at least preserved . |
| 18 | I hope that figure is right er , I have to confess that I have not added it up and er the copy that I have , the five and the nine could be mistaken for other figures , but I hope that there the right figures to that must be added first the general damages a calculation which like all by other calculations need to be carefully checked , I would er calculate the interest on general damages to date would be five thousand , two hundred and seven pounds future care totals six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and seventeen pounds suitable accommodation , seventy one thousand , one hundred and fifty two pounds , transport costs thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds , that makes a total of one million , two hundred and six thousand , three hundred and thirty eight pounds that is the amount which I would be minding to award , I understand that the parties in the light of that would wish to have further discussions about the matter |
| 19 | It was still his belief that part or all of that would come back when the tunnel was completed . |
| 20 | Still , she had promised to send him a postcard and the wording of that would need careful consideration . |
| 21 | Of course , much of that would have been done in his lectures , to which the anti-Aristotelian Exercises are an appendix . |
| 22 | This was done without the knowledge of Napoleon III , who was astonished by the amount and , interestingly , remarked that ‘ half of that would have been more than enough ’ . |
| 23 | As discussions proceeded , the sale of the land became tied to the payment of Hamilton 's pension , for the Charity Commissioners decided that if the land could be sold for a chief rent of £58 10 0d [ £4 per cent of its market value ] , then the pension could be £125 — but £50 of that would have to come from the salary of the new Headmaster ! |
| 24 | Any of that would have done . |
| 25 | All of that would have been well known to the Ephesians , who had been converted from false gods who had no glory , to be followers of the one true God whose glory had been demonstrated in the splendour , the brightness and the beauty of the Saviour . |
| 26 | No cos then the rest of that would have to be black would n't it ? |
| 27 | But all of that may change . |
| 28 | The winners go on to the national finals in York , the winners of that may have a chance of selection for the Paralympics in Barcelona . |
| 29 | We were gon na wax his fucking legs argh , he did n't ar , he did , he was n't screaming cos the thing we said like if you move this , your , your will be slit sort of that 'll keep him dead still right |
| 30 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |