Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The acquirer may want to have conduct of the collection of those debts , so that the seller does not use an unduly heavy-handed approach and damage the goodwill of the business after sale . |
| 2 | That Labour leader John Smith should try to take advantage of the current tide of moral unease in Britain is perfectly understandable , since his party 's policies generally are hard to distinguish from those of the Liberal Democrats and even of the Conservatives . |
| 3 | Exercise teachers should try to counteract misuse of the body by encouraging class members to work in a balanced position with the right base support , so that there is no unnecessary muscle tension and the muscles can work more efficiently . |
| 4 | It is difficult , however , to see why the directors should have to take account of the interests of the as yet unidentifiable persons who might acquire shares in the company at some future date . |
| 5 | He appealed , submitting that ( 1 ) the judge should have excluded evidence of the oral admissions ; ( 2 ) the judge should not have permitted the Crown 's application to re-elect and amend the indictment . |
| 6 | Both Stalin and Hitler should have taken note of the aesthetics . |
| 7 | You must have lost count of the number of men who have seen your charms . ’ |
| 8 | She does n't , of course , mention it , but as a researcher living among the Masai she must have become part of the total social fact herself . |
| 9 | The brick built and slated roof mill was built around 1840–41 , in what must have formed part of the garden , and was obviously steam-powered from that date . |
| 10 | Elfed must have got hold of the diary . |
| 11 | ‘ So somebody must have got hold of the list . ’ |
| 12 | The programme runs to August 31 and customers must agree to take delivery of the new-generation system by March 31 next year . |
| 13 | ALAN BOND , the troubled Australian entrepreneur , will pay the £27.5m he must find to remain part of the consortium behind British Satellite Broadcasting , the UK rival to Rupert Murdoch 's Sky Television . |
| 14 | But now Mr Wolski had been asked to see her , and it was because the Curator , in his kind but mistaken way , thought he might like to take leave of the old eagle . |
| 15 | Or I 'll have to get hold of the police . ’ |
| 16 | In this they might have taken heed of the Reich 's experience , but instead they went ahead and repeated that experience in miniature . |
| 17 | Mr McSharry is supposed to have suggested that jubilant M Delors might care to take charge of the negotiations himself , since he had caused the mess in the first place . |
| 18 | AS oil companies continued assessing the impact of Budget tax changes on North Sea operations , British Petroleum indicated that the measures might help to hasten development of the huge oilfield found last year in waters west of Shetland . |
| 19 | But under the circumstances I 'd prefer to have news of the ship . ’ |
| 20 | Michael Sandusky has argued that United States troops could have assumed control of the greater part of Korea had Korea been identified as a priority and had MacArthur been willing to modify his decision to concentrate American forces in Japan prior to the official surrender on 2 September at the ceremony planned by MacArthur . |
| 21 | Even so , it is impossible that he could have evaded knowledge of the reality . |
| 22 | If we 'd lost we could have gone bottom of the table and that would have been disastrous for a club like Everton . |
| 23 | Only now did it occur to her how easily he could have taken advantage of the situation . |
| 24 | Only the very rich could afford to get hold of the real product , bottled and matured in the region itself . |
| 25 | They , along with the newcomers , may hope to take advantage of the best of both rural and urban worlds . |
| 26 | The court heard that Mr White may have lost control of the motorbike because of his guilt over the accident that killed his friend . |
| 27 | A tract entitled The Manner of Passing Bills in Parliament , published in 1685 , may have formed part of the same work . |
| 28 | While this may have formed part of the rationale for the application of natural justice , the major reason for the development of the doctrine was the protection of property rights and interests akin thereto . |
| 29 | The departure of a ‘ special ’ child may be particularly problematic because he or she may have invoked part of the parents ' own history , or because the child performed a vital role in the family such as ‘ go-between ’ or communicator . |
| 30 | Because had we had them any other way , you may have fallen into the dilemma as you 've suggested , that the shop stewards may have become part of the management . |