Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buying process roles are considered , and attention is then turned to the issue of how suppliers may effectively sell products to Companies using multi-individual buying procedures . |
| 2 | Expert witnesses may only express opinions on matters properly within their field of expertise . |
| 3 | She 's told him trying to get her back may only make life in Pakistan more difficult for her . |
| 4 | There will be times during a good investigative session when they need to draw several quick diagrams perhaps , or they may suddenly see connections between things which they can not yet explain but need to indicate immediately . |
| 5 | In a revolution , where any decision may suddenly raise questions about freedom , justice , in a new form , and where every aspect of life may be brought under scrutiny , it could follow that all action , all weighing of pros and cons , is unprincipled . |
| 6 | Obviously , such a current can not affect the transport of material in the swash zone , but it may greatly help transport by saltation and suspension in the breaker zone . |
| 7 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 8 | In an emergency this may prevent a dog from straying into a potentially dangerous situation , for example if you should suddenly encounter riders on horseback when you are out for a walk along a narrow path . |
| 9 | That will be the next stage we shall be working on over the next half-year or so , and what we do want to do is to seek the help of all the local authorities and teachers in this work , because one should perhaps put things into context , we 're a committee of twenty-two people , we have a staff , which when they 're all fully employed they 'll be about fifty , we have a budget of two million , but we have got to communicate with something like four hundred to five hundred thousand teachers , something like erm five thousand secondary schools and twenty-six thousand primary schools . |
| 10 | ‘ My jewellery case and all its contents to my daughter Sabine ’ , her will had read , with the added proviso that the bequest should only take place after Hugh Russell 's own death . |
| 11 | The criteria adopted by the Court of Appeal in Newell ( 1980 ) were that courts should only take account of characteristics with which the provocation was concerned ; permanent characteristics such as race and , probably , religion may be taken into account , but transient conditions such as intoxication and exhaustion may not . |
| 12 | Sun 's technical approach with WABI means they must literally re-invent Windows from scratch . |
| 13 | These big events must be properly controlled if ever they take place and they must only take place with police permission and proper licenses . |
| 14 | One must not give way to despair . |
| 15 | Was n't it Mr. Justice Cocklecarrot ( or was it Mr. Justice Wool ? ) in Misleading Cases in the Common Law who observed sternly to that persistent litigant , Mr. Haddock , ‘ People must not do things for fun . |
| 16 | Any protection screen designed for this purpose should be at least 800mm in height above floor level , and must not contain gaps in excess of 75mm . |
| 17 | Letter post items must not exceed 610mm in length by 460mm in width . |
| 18 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
| 19 | It is doubtful whether Kierkegaard himself held this view , certainly by the time of his last and great work Concluding Unscientific Postscript , where he insisted that ‘ faith must not rest content with unintelligibility ’ . |
| 20 | But we must not confound motive with consideration . |
| 21 | She must not allow thoughts of Jake to disturb her and upset her precious peace of mind . |
| 22 | But local authority associations , professional bodies and voluntary groups must not become scapegoats for government complacency and inaction . |
| 23 | Action : Modules of type FOREIGN must not have headers with versions earlier than 2.2 . |
| 24 | Probable misconceptions about a consultant supporter 's role have to be handled , credibility and relevance of one 's own experience need to be established in a non-assertive but authoritative way ; appreciation of the teachers ' professional expertise needs to be conveyed , together with an awareness of the difficulties that can prevent them from exercising it to its fullest extent ; and it needs to be spelt out clearly what such a group would be able to offer and what , together , one may reasonably hope to achieve — one must not raise hopes of cures for all ills . |
| 25 | If there is any suspicion that the building may be inhabited entry must not take place without police assistance . |
| 26 | He must not write letters on behalf of the council or sign public notices . |
| 27 | Fans must not seek consolation from comments such as ‘ … we dominated but did n't score … ’ or ‘ … with a bit of luck we 'll do better … ’ . |
| 28 | More women than men are excluded on this basis because of the rule which states that men should normally claim benefit on behalf of the women they are living with ( whether they are married or not ) . |
| 29 | You should just elect people to Parliament and have collective responsibility . |
| 30 | Contractors and skip firms should not deliver skips to customers unless the customer ( whose responsibility it is ) has obtained a permit from the roads department . |