Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [art] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a sketchy lifestyle because I ca n't work and I must make a living the best way I can |
| 2 | It seems reasonable to assume , for instance , that he was — at least in part — influenced by the calculations of his own defence establishment from 1943 ( calculations which could not easily be challenged until the United States acquired nuclear weapons ) to the effect that the defeat of Germany must make the USSR the dominant military power in Europe . |
| 3 | IF THE Home Unions XV are tempted — as they may be after all the disruptive absentees and injuries — to go into tonight 's Parc des Princes Bicentenary bash less than seriously , they should consider the way the French are treating it . |
| 4 | If you make the voltage higher , it 'll keep the resistance the same , what happens to the current ? |
| 5 | Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! |
| 6 | F equals M A. Divide both sides by M so the acceleration , this is a bit like our Ohm 's Law thing , let's keep the mass the same , we 're dealing with say a Mini , we 're not going to change that . |
| 7 | Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) That the court 's discretionary jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances ; that , while the longer the delay was the greater was the likelihood that the prosecution was at fault and that the defendant had suffered prejudice and the less the prosecution could explain the delay the easier it would be to infer fault , the question whether the defendant had discharged the heavy burden of demonstrating that it would be an abuse of the process of the court for the proceedings to continue , was to be considered in the light of all the circumstances without applying shifting burdens of proof ; and that , accordingly , since the district judge had correctly taken into account all the relevant factors , and had made no error as to the burden of proof , there were no grounds on which the High Court judge could have reversed the district judge 's decision not to grant a perpetual stay of the 1989 prosecution ( post , pp. 261B , 264E–F , G–H , 265A–B ) . |
| 9 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 10 | Without them , I do n't think we could buy the hospital the vital equipment it needs . |
| 11 | But with a bit of luck , Sean is a rider who could win a stage the best way — with a long solo break . |
| 12 | And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison . |
| 13 | ‘ And that was because I could see the way the economic cycle was going . ’ |
| 14 | The exercise was given added spice when pupils carried out their tests ( to see which machine could hurl a missile the furthest ) on a site visit to a real medieval castle where such machines would have been used . |
| 15 | There was even the same poker game going on in the back room , a game I could n't get in on but which I could glimpse every time the same barmaid took refills through . |
| 16 | Well if I could have a bungalow the same as I' ve got now I would n't care . |
| 17 | Now this was strange , Twoflower realised , because although he could read the message the actual letters were completely unknown to him . |
| 18 | Failing that , he assured all and sundry that he 'd get the Duchess the best darn-tootin' ‘ deal ’ . |
| 19 | Although he had set his loaded rifle at his shoulder in readiness as he entered the thicket , before he could squeeze the trigger the wounded seladang was upon him . |
| 20 | I used to wear a bra the same size as my mother 's , size 40 it used to be , but I just seemed to dry up completely . |
| 21 | Undoubtedly , he would think an action the better the more it augmented happiness , but it seems that it is only wrong , for him , if it actually augments unhappiness . |
| 22 | It 's a strategy that would make the embassies the potential flashpoint for war . |
| 23 | The five-year plan would make the plant the first of its size to meet the target of the Netherlands ' 20-year national environment plan . |
| 24 | Were this plan to go into efect , it would make the opposition the strongest group in the government . |
| 25 | Were the plan to come into effect , it would make the opposition the strongest group in the government . |
| 26 | In a classic piece of political misjudgment he even told his party conference in a speech that the poll tax would win the Tories the next election . |
| 27 | They were accused of attempting to bribe opponents into losing so their chairman would win an election the following day ; illegal signing-on payments were made ; they were accused of ‘ trafficking in players ’ ; their books never tallied , and they seemed constantly on the verge of bankruptcy and relegation . |
| 28 | The new body would assume the functions the Occupational Pensions Board currently performs , plus certain of the Inland Revenue 's supervisory responsibilities . |
| 29 | 10.2 The benefit of Condition 10.1 is granted to the Purchaser by the Seller only in the event that the Purchaser shall give the Seller the earliest possible notice in writing of any such claim being made or action threatened or brought against it , shall make no admission of liability or take any other action in connection therewith , shall permit the Seller to have the conduct of the claim pursuant to Condition 10.1 , and shall ( at the Seller 's expense ) give all reasonable information , cooperation and assistance to the Seller ( including without limitation lending its name to proceedings ) in relation to the conduct of the claim . |
| 30 | One was configuration — that is , the right size with the right payload from the routes on which a jet would give an airline the greatest advantage . |