Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMERICA 'S recession may have a silver lining . |
| 2 | The basket of shares in the index is seldom identical to the market portfolio and so the basket of shares corresponding to the index may have a beta value ( with respect to the market portfolio ) that differs from unity . |
| 3 | The contract may impose a time limit for notification of claims : The Buyer will inspect the goods as soon after delivery as is reasonably practicable and will notify the seller of any shortages , defects in the goods or any other complaint in respect of them within three days from delivery . |
| 4 | Or , the contract may impose a time limit on bringing proceedings : We will be discharged from all liability arising under this contract unless proceedings are commenced within 12 months from the date of delivery of the goods . |
| 5 | 1.3 The employee 's duty not to make preparations in order to compete with his employer after he has left or to enable another to do so The employee can not make preparations during his employment , either during the working day or in his spare time , with a view to competing with his employer once his employment is over if such preparation may have a material effect on his employer 's business . |
| 6 | Well then , in that case let's send a copy letter to the local station |
| 7 | The course may have a water jump . |
| 8 | The returns may explain a family relationship , they record each person 's occupation , and at the very least they demonstrate that an ancestor was still alive at that date . |
| 9 | Bowing to the logic we have suggested here ( UX Nos 381 , 384 ) , Silicon Graphics Inc will take a 10% stake in Control Data Systems , and NEC Corp may take a 5% stake to seal a deal under which the new company will commit to NEC 's versions of the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC . |
| 10 | The Solid Fuel Advisory Service sponsor both this and the ladies ' race and the contestants must wear an SFAS t-shirt . |
| 11 | Most good delicatessens should carry a one-year-old farmhouse Cheddar on the rind , and , in my opinion , this is really the only way to buy the cheese . |
| 12 | On 28 July of that year there appeared in The Seaman a leading article headed " Shall We Shake Hands " , making no apology for the conflicts of the past , but offering to the Federation , as one powerful organisation to another , the hand of friendship provided that it was willing to set aside its " preposterous contention " that all seamen should carry a Federation ticket and further suggesting a joint board along the lines operated for many years by the Durham miners . |
| 13 | As an alternative to restrictive covenants ( eg the buyer may build only one single-storey dwelling on the land hereby agreed to be sold ) , there may be positive covenants that the buyer is to be required to observe ( eg the buyer must erect a larchlap fence on the length of the left-hand boundary of the property ) . |
| 14 | A suite of software development tools for digital signal processor should include a cross assembler , a linker , a software simulator and a high level language ( HLL ) compiler which usually means a C compiler . |
| 15 | Mr Goodman 's solicitor suggested that his contract should include an arbitration clause because the parties had failed to agree all the terms of his employment before he started work . |
| 16 | With leading scorer Chris Armstrong Cup-tied , Coppell must field a patchwork attack because Paul Williams and Chris Coleman are definitely out and youngster George Ndah is struggling for fitness . |
| 17 | Because the Cabinet still hesitated , the AFPFL insisted on further concessions : the next election must choose a Constituent Assembly ‘ for the whole of Burma ’ . |
| 18 | The second part must contain a classification code of maximum length 40 printable characters , including spaces . |
| 19 | The second part must contain a classification code of maximum length 40 printable characters , including spaces . |
| 20 | Third , all but the smallest local authorities should appoint a management board of between five and nine members . |
| 21 | ‘ What we need is statutory legislation that says local authorities must fund an advice service , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Those who receive an offer of a place at the University should receive an accommodation booklet and the associated application form ( AF1 ) with the offer letter . |
| 23 | Those who receive an offer of a place at the University should receive an accommodation booklet and the associated application form ( AF1 ) with the offer letter . |
| 24 | ‘ But surely the garages must have an emergency service or something ? ’ |
| 25 | Probably Tolkien would have accepted the thesis ( not unfamiliar to medievalists ) that all great works of fiction should contain a kernel scene or a ‘ lyric core ’ : to use the terminology of Marie de France , whose ‘ Breton lays ’ Tolkien imitated in ‘ Aotrou and Itroun ’ , 1945 , every conte or story comes from a lai or song . |
| 26 | The life cycle of the cuckoo raises the question of why host birds should accept a brood parasite 's eggs , and why they should feed this alien monster in their nest ? |
| 27 | When tempted by didacticism , the writer should imagine a spruce sea-captain eyeing the storm ahead , bustling from instrument to instrument in a catherine wheel of gold braid , expelling crisp orders down the speaking tube . |
| 28 | Instead of the audit , FRAG proposes that the accounts should contain a compilation report on their preparation , which would be furnished by an accountant who is suitably qualified but not necessarily independent of the company . |
| 29 | In the case of DEC Rdb/VMS a registered user must have a VMS account which has privileges and quotas as specified above in the section , ‘ User Access to DEC Rdb/VMS ’ . |
| 30 | people should be encouraged to make provision for themselves and their families , and state support should provide a safety net for the very poor , without stifling private initiative and self-help . |