Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [vb infin] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | SIR — As a convicted British tribalist , Scottish branch , may I urge the new Government of Great Britain not to make the same mistake as the British tribalists , English branch , who failed for so long to find a use for County Hall in London after Livingstone et al. |
2 | May I suggest the other way around ? ’ |
3 | As he and Du Camp tramped along , he would introduce his friend to the trees and the bushes with mock gravity : ‘ May I present the young phenomenon ? ’ |
4 | May I draw the Economic Secretary 's attention to a study that I have just received from the House of Commons Library 's statistical section ? |
5 | How may I serve the Benedictine Order and those who ride in their company ? |
6 | May I extend the grateful thanks of Mr. and Mrs. Emery of Eye in my constituency , whom I visited this morning and who have just had their home insulated under the Government 's home energy efficiency scheme ? |
7 | May I remind the honourable member that there is no reason why he should not tear to pieces these four statutory instruments if that 's what he wishes , but that is what he must do not deal with all the others . |
8 | May I remind the Prime Minister that the predecessors of his Back-Bench colleagues waved their Order Papers for a Prime Minister who promised ’ peace in our time ’ , just as he has promised ’ no single currency in our time ’ . |
9 | As a Scottish lawyer , may I make the simple point that the Lord Advocate looked carefully at the question of a prosecution for culpable homicide ? |
10 | May I make the further suggestion that when it is all over on 9 April we get the right hon. Gentleman a new job — a walk-on part in a re-run of ’ Crossroads ’ or as a substitute for Ken Barlow . |
11 | From a different political viewpoint , may I congratulate the Prime Minister on his ability and the authority that he demonstrated during the negotiations that secured this agreement , which , despite all the odds , will be beneficial to the United Kingdom . |
12 | May I congratulate the Prime Minister both on his performance at Maastricht and on his performance here today ? |
13 | ‘ May I introduce the great master of medicine and royal physician , Duncan MacAirth . ’ |
14 | ‘ May I ask the young lady 's name ? ’ |
15 | On the question of Libya — I realise , an unpopular cause and a delicate issue — may I ask the Foreign Office to reflect again on what I have said , which is rather different from the subject of the Adjournment debate ? |
16 | May I join the Prime Minister — and , I am sure , the whole House — in sending good wishes to Her Majesty , and in expressing the admiration that I know is felt throughout our country , the Commonwealth and , indeed , the wider world for the wisdom , strength and dedication that Her Majesty has invariably shown throughout the four decades in which she has been our sovereign ? |
17 | May I join the hon. member for Rutland and Melton ( Mr. Latham ) in condemning the cowardly attacks made on the character of my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) . |
18 | May I thank the Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to vote as they wish on the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill on Friday 14 February , St. Valentine 's day ? |
19 | MAY I thank the following persons who gave their services free at a recent function held by the Royal Victoria Heart Club : Barnbrack , Sylvia Paris , Yvonne , Mary Ann , Bobby Crowthers , David Patterson ; the committee and staff of the Ulster Sports Club , High Street who gave their premises free ; the prize donors ; and , finally , those who attended . |
20 | " May I have the first dance , Janet ? " |
21 | No word spoken before he said : " May I have the first dance ? " |
22 | What changes must I tell the Legal Aid Board about ? |
23 | Or should I contact the Social Services department at the council ? |
24 | What should I use the Quick Guide for ? |
25 | What should I use the Quick Guide for ? |
26 | The area now looks a total mess , as does the River Wey ( or should I say the dry bed of the River Wey ) that runs through the town . |
27 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
28 | Also vital is the ability to create a key disk , which you can use to boot from should you lose the real key . |
29 | Leaving notes aside for the present , how should you approach the printed word ? |
30 | Or should you take the best parts out of each ? |