Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that such liability is firmly established , the question becomes whether persons who give advice or perform services should be liable to all persons who may foreseeably rely upon their work being properly performed with all due care . |
| 2 | Please do not take it as an example that you may all leap to your feed to make your bids . |
| 3 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 4 | It is Ego that thinks we should constantly fret about our family and the future , in case God decides we are taking life for granted , and hurls down a bolt of lightning . |
| 5 | Accordingly , we should only interfere with his decision if we are satisfied that he applied an incorrect test , or was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion or was plainly wrong . |
| 6 | You must not speak to my daughter again — ever ! |
| 7 | He said that the defendant had never been told he was being entrusted with secrets , there was no express covenant covering business secrets and the defendant never knew that he must not talk about his work outside his employment . |
| 8 | He had been more than good as it was ; she really must not trespass on his hospitality . |
| 9 | What will the Germans think when they arrive in Glasgow with players still fresh from a ten-week break in the Bundesliga and a legislative system which means that if any of their players has called off from this game they must not play for their club sides next weekend ? ’ |
| 10 | The basic fiduciary duties may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) The " no conflict " rule : the fiduciary must not place himself in a position where his own interest conflicts with that of his [ customer ] , the beneficiary ; ( 2 ) The " no profit " rule : the fiduciary must not profit from his position at the expense of his [ customer ] ; ( 3 ) The undivided loyalty rule : a fiduciary owes undivided loyalty to his [ customer ] , the beneficiary , and therefore must not place himself in a position where his duty towards one [ customer ] conflicts with a duty that he owes to another [ customer ] . |
| 11 | Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after . |
| 12 | JACKEY : [ drawing his sword ] By this sword thou shalt not leave till my aunt permits . |
| 13 | Maybe I should just stay in my tank , and make the most of the City . |
| 14 | Janet Hill ( 1973 , p.69 ) says that ‘ Reading is essentially a private , personal activity , and in our anxiety to make sure children are finding what they want , we should not intrude on their privacy ’ . |
| 15 | You should not rely on your memory about important issues or decisions . |
| 16 | They correctly argue that the club should not suffer for his indiscretion while at Chelsea . |
| 17 | Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things . |
| 18 | She was also advised that she should continue to try to reduce weight and should not return to her work ( which involved standing all the time ) until she had been seen in the Outpatient Clinic in six weeks time . |
| 19 | The forfeiture of the literary proceeds can be seen as an application of the maxim that an offender should not benefit from his crime , the application of which has , for example , prevented murderers from collecting the proceeds of insurance for the victim 's death or from inheriting under a will . |
| 20 | The dividing line between altruistic and selfish ends is often thin , but any person who considers the aim of a fast to be selfish should not yield to its pressure , even though the person engaged in the fast might die as a result . |
| 21 | Being infected should not add to her credibility , while not being so should not disqualify her from comment , she says . |
| 22 | It was unfortunate for spectators that Chamden were unable to raise a full side but this should not detract from our victory , although all praise to the five Chamden lads for holding our rampant attack to a slender 2–1 . |
| 23 | Now what the Capitulary of Thionville actually says is : ‘ When famine or plague occurs , men should not wait for our edict but should straightway pray to God for his mercy ; as to scarcity of food in this present year , let each man help his own people as best he can , and not sell his corn at too high a price . ’ |
| 24 | Alex Tate , 34-year-old ship 's cook , was told by Judge Alan Simpson that the assault merited a short prison sentence but that it should not interfere with his work . |
| 25 | victims of aggression , no matter how brutal , should not count on their help . |
| 26 | Debate over the far-reaching consequences of the attempted confiscation action should not die with their acquittal . |
| 27 | These implied ancillary rights may be excluded by agreement ; but the tenant 's adviser should not agree to their exclusion unless the tenant has access to delimited loading bays and an express right to load and unload . |
| 28 | Those in authority had decided that Marcus should intermit a year of his education , in order to recuperate , and that he should not live with his father , a man of uncertain temper , of whom he had expressed extreme and unreasoning terror . |
| 29 | But party insiders last night warned Mr Major should not bank on their support . |
| 30 | When it comes to installation , sound advice can be obtained from the Electricity Council , for electricity is a good servant but a poor master and the inexperienced should not tamper with its installation , especially in the presence of water . |