Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Mr Major argued that as good Europeans we should tie it to the strong German mark to lick inflation and sustain recovery .
32 It simply did not , and does not , offer a framework on which to hang a convincing story … the geographer , when he analyses the material properties of the man-environment systems , must base himself on the central functions of that system , rather than on the traditional divisions of physical geography .
33 We must do everything with the utmost precision , and beauty of tone .
34 If the Minister is genuinely concerned about maritime safety , he must do something about the massive proposed cuts in the coastguard service .
35 ‘ You should soak it in the Sacred Spring , ’ he said .
36 ‘ You must send it to the best art gallery in London . ’
37 It goes without saying that you should study it with the utmost care .
38 You think I should show it in the future years ?
39 She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public .
40 When she came back to him he must present her with a positive plan of action .
41 Head of Department : ‘ Quadruple sessions are needed , particularly for ‘ O ’ Level groups , as they must pace themselves for a 3 hour drawing exam . ’
42 In this new life which had been thrust upon her , she felt that she must surround herself with a little group of servants whom she knew to be loyal to her .
43 NEXT time Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen 's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum they should do it in a great cathedral .
44 yeah I think , I do n't , she must lock it from the inside window back through
45 They should identify themselves to a responsible official before entering , except in very rare cases where information which ought to be disclosed in the public interest could not otherwise be obtained .
46 What is surprising is not that the rural past should be called up , but that the writer should invest it with the imaginative and emotional power that he does .
47 INSTEAD of destroying their bumper crop of potatoes , farmers should give them to the needy .
48 Godparents , these state that you should keep them on the straight and narrow
49 Ants can be kept in large glass jars filled with soil or in a wormery ( Chapter 6 ) , but to see them best you should keep them in a special kind of housing .
50 That and the Governments troubles should keep us off the front page for a day or two .
51 I am very desirous to get all the species of this genus which I can , and am making observations on their flowers and fruit : for Doctor Linnaeus has joined these to his genus of Rhus [ sumach ] , with which all the species of Toxicodendron , which I have yet examined , will by no means agree ; for these are either male and female in distinct plants , or have male flowers in separate parts from the fruit on the same plant , which , according to his own system , must remove them to a great distance from the Rhus .
52 It is most important that the pupil , especially if he has difficulty with spelling , should see you as a sympathetic helper who wants him to learn , and not as an examiner who only tells him he 's wrong .
53 And that should see us through the difficult times . ’
54 Immediately following on the principle that it must establish an effective intelligence system , he placed the further principle that it must provide itself with a legal system adequate for the needs of the moment .
55 If it is accepted as a defence , the purchaser should limit it to the actual knowledge of specific key individuals involved in negotiating the purchase rather than the knowledge of all its employees and advisers .
56 The Blueharts game should provide them with a confidence-building win .
57 A bottle will keep for a couple of hours once out of the fridge , but if you need to keep it for longer you should store it in an insulated cool-bag until it 's needed .
58 Bearing in mind that this fish consumes large amounts of vegetation in the wild , you must reconcile yourself to a plantless tank , unless you like the plastic variety .
59 She had no idea , until then , why she was acting as she was , or what she suspected , or why , indeed , she should suspect anything but a straight pick-up , and one so simply and attractively engineered as to be quite unalarming ; a normal minor wolf on the prowl , with a long weekend to while away , and an eye cocked for congenial company , preferably intimate , but in any case gratifying .
60 Hence Durkheim insisted that to understand one set of social phenomena we must see them in the round — in their wider , social context .
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