Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , everyone may have the same wage rate , w , per hour and the same unearned income , M , but there may be differences in the tastes for leisure leading to differences in hours worked , L. As a result , measured income may vary — even though all individuals have the same endowments and market opportunities . |
| 2 | It is right and proper that everyone should have the same opportunity , but this can be controlled by one officer in my belief . |
| 3 | that he thinks that erm of all of these forced motivations class interest is the most damaging and he argues there 's a remedy for this , we 'll see why it 's a remedy in a minute , that certain people ought to be given more than one vote so that although everyone should have some votes , not everyone should have the same number of votes . |
| 4 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
| 5 | I must apply the same rules to those on the Front Benches as to those on the Back Benches . |
| 6 | But even if Flaubert had described himself as a lethargic meliorist , I should make the same point : what a curious vanity it is of the present to expect the past to suck up to it . |
| 7 | You see , I kept blaming you for everything , but that was n't fair , a lot of it was my fault too , and I might make the same mistakes all over again , and I could n't bear that . |
| 8 | And I guess my mother thought I might go the same way . |
| 9 | ‘ I might ask the same thing of you … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Any bastard starts shooting at me , I 'll do the same back at him . ’ |
| 11 | I could do the same thing with rich people I suppose , I could paint yuppies . |
| 12 | I could do the same thing with rich people I suppose , I could paint yuppies . |
| 13 | I could feel the same horror burning through Tom and Terry — the impotence , the rage , the fear and shame at doing nothing for our friend . |
| 14 | ‘ If I could have the same result again , I would be delighted , ’ said Yorath after naming his squad for the November 18 game . |
| 15 | ‘ I could say the same thing to you about a photograph of Svend ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I could ask the same thing of you , ’ she countered crisply . |
| 17 | I quickly found one who agreed to supply me with a dozen apples for threepence as long as I could guarantee the same order every day for the next month . |
| 18 | If I could produce the same effect on other people as Louis Armstrong does with that song , then I 'd be really happy . |
| 19 | Exactly like , I could see the same patterns — faces , almost — in the damage . |
| 20 | ‘ I never thought I 'd get the same satisfaction from coaching as from playing , but I have because of the players and the group that has evolved and the atmosphere . |
| 21 | ‘ In your state of health , I 'd say the less stress , the better , ’ he added , softly patient . |
| 22 | If I had the opportunity , which I have not had , to go round the rest of Scotland , perhaps I would form the same view of the rest . |
| 23 | I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much . |
| 24 | Even if I try getting out of bed on the other side tomorrow morning , I am sure I would feel the same way . |
| 25 | ‘ I would feel the same sense of pride and commitment as the other guys if I was to run out at Murrayfield with a Scottish shirt on . |
| 26 | So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't |
| 27 | I would find the same difficulty in putting down words for a dragonfly above a summer pond or a new spider 's web hung with dew on a spring hedgerow . |
| 28 | I would like the same amount of performance as from the petrol engine therefore I do not really want a Land Rover Diesel . |
| 29 | No , I do not think that I shall make the same mistake again . |
| 30 | I suppose that I shall say the same thing to my family when the time comes . |