Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because he believed that Charles just is n't going to make it — and the sovereign 's relationship with her heir has always been difficult — Prince Philip urged her to assert that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne , that she must and will remain for the duration . ’ |
| 2 | Only a small proportion of our patients could and would participate in the study . |
| 3 | Furthermore , all three activities could and should work to the advantage of environmental conservation by encouraging people into new landscapes and thus heightening their environmental awareness so that they themselves become part of the environmental protection movement . |
| 4 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 5 | It involves making judgements about how people will and should behave on the basis of gender stereotypes believed to be determined by their sex . |