Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 2 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
| 3 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 4 | In the north and east the Curled or Lesser Octopus Eledone cirrhosa may treat you with a colourful appearance . |
| 5 | You should treat it as a straightforward job of work and get on with it . |
| 6 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
| 7 | ‘ But what I really do n't understand is why on earth you should think anyone of a sound mind would actually want to gain entry into your very confusing family ! ’ |
| 8 | When she came back to him he must present her with a positive plan of action . |
| 9 | Head of Department : ‘ Quadruple sessions are needed , particularly for ‘ O ’ Level groups , as they must pace themselves for a 3 hour drawing exam . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Blueharts game should provide them with a confidence-building win . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The basic argument was that traditional conservatism should re-establish itself by an uncompromising opposition to liberalism and socialism and by combating the supposed international Jewish conspiracy whose sole purpose was the undermining of the British Empire . |
| 22 | The package module must contain itself as a SELECTED version , and the issue number must match the last entry in the MODIFICATION-RECORDS-ARE field . |
| 23 | Whilst treating anyone with remedies they should avoid anything with a strong smell , scent , aroma or perfume . |
| 24 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 25 | This should assure him of a bright future with ‘ The Stiffs ’ and , in all probability , lead to the club captaincy next season . |
| 26 | If the knots wo n't come out with that then she must take him to a professional grooming salon where the knots will be removed safely and painlessly . |
| 27 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 28 | ‘ People can either do the walk in one spell or a bit every weekend , though they should complete it in a 12-month period ’ said Bill . |
| 29 | The tail should resemble something like a rounded surfboard tail . |
| 30 | Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently . |