Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High welfare benefits may attract electoral support from the recipients , but the high taxes to pay for them may lead to electoral unpopularity with the wider population ; balancing the two is a difficult political act . |
| 2 | Again , some of these processes occur in normal adolescence and indeed even all of them may occur in some people in the absence of drug use , although this is improbable . |
| 3 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 4 | Hong Kong says that only a handful of them should qualify as true refugees fleeing persecution , while the rest are ‘ economic migrants ’ escaping the pitiful poverty of their home country . |
| 5 | Grant that by my prayers and alms , I may give to each continent what it requires : to Africa , a native clergy of black hands lifting your body ; to Asia , a rich harvest from the red blood , seed of her martyrs ; to Oceania , a necklace of islands made into a Rosary for the faith ; to Europe , already so tired , a renewal of youth at the altar of God ; to America , an exchange of the pearl of great price for material riches . |
| 6 | I look forward to hearing thoughtful and far-reaching speeches such as that made by the hon. Member for Chichester when these matters are discussed at Maastricht , and I hope that views such as his will be reflected in Maastricht — a subject to which I may return in due course . |
| 7 | ‘ There is no doubt as to the general rule stated in Leake on Contracts to which I have already referred , that money paid voluntarily — that is to say , without compulsion or extortion or undue influence , and , of course , I may add without any fraud on the part of the person to whom it is paid , and with knowledge of all the facts , though paid without any consideration , or in discharge of a claim not due , or a claim which might have been successfully resisted , can not be recovered back . |
| 8 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 9 | I will leave them behind me and go only with the clothes on my back , and then I have two miles and a half and a byway to the town , and bring pretty well dressed I may come to some harm almost as bad as what I ran away from , and then , perhaps , it will be reported I have stolen something , and to carry a bad name to my dear parents … |
| 10 | ‘ I may die in five years time — hopefully someone else will be there giving the same message . ’ |
| 11 | It is , as I may say from repeated experience , a pure and unmixed pleasure to have a goodly volume lying before you , and to know that you … need not open it unless you please … |
| 12 | A DoT spokesman said : ‘ These trips of his may sound like jolly larks , but he is being very irresponsible . |
| 13 | If , as I must assume for present purposes , the plaintiffs have a good cause of action in professional negligence against the third party , then it must be at least possible , if not indeed likely , that the damages recoverable by the plaintiffs from the third party would include damages under at least some of these heads . |
| 14 | My Lords , that concludes my analysis of what I perceive to be the important British cases but before seeking to draw conclusions therefrom I must refer to certain Commonwealth and American cases . |
| 15 | I find all this difficult to understand , perceiving no dichotomy ; though I must confess to some predilection for the original letter or manuscript . |
| 16 | There is one other book which I must mention in this survey which is in danger of becoming a self-advertising catalogue . |
| 17 | ‘ I must admit at that time I had little sympathy for the victims , having heard gruesome evidence at court , but my feelings have now changed . |
| 18 | I must admit at this juncture that I 'm on Graham Taylor 's side on this one . |
| 19 | I must admit at this stage I though I had cracked it but I should have known after so many years of breeding fish , success is not guaranteed . |
| 20 | Er in so much as I mean I must admit with these increases , I appreciate your need to get the extra profits and I 'm looking at the ones where I think we can push them to get a bit more . |
| 21 | Nevertheless I must admit to some sympathy with that view . |
| 22 | Yeah I think so I must admit from one point of view I 'm quite glad that I have n't passed cos |
| 23 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 24 | I must think of some things for him to do , ’ says Elizabeth . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're a very brave girl ’ said Sir Benson , ‘ and I must think of some way of rewarding you for what you 've done . ’ |
| 26 | However insignificant in myself I am the Representative on this question of no mean body in this country who would be … disappointed and chagrined at the suspension of the question — But further — and this is a consideration far more really influential on my Conduct — I can not but feel myself the Representative of a Body who can not speak for themselves and for whom I must act without other guide than my own Conscience . |
| 27 | The upshot of it is that the appellate court , where the matter is one of discretion , as this is of course , will not interfere with the discretion of the court below unless it considers that the court was plainly wrong or it has erred in principle , that it has taken into account something it should not have done or has failed to take into account something it should have done , and on that narrow basis I must proceed with this appeal . |
| 28 | I must see about more help . ’ |
| 29 | But I must have aged 20 years out there . |
| 30 | Now I must deal with this lady . ’ |