Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concentration on user characteristics may deviate our efforts on the more central issue of effective retrieval for all the various types of searches . |
| 2 | Where that does not resolve any difficulty , the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors ' Complaints Bureau . |
| 3 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 4 | The persons who wish to issue a prospectus must make their submissions to the Authority on the basis of uberrimae fidei . |
| 5 | The basic negotiating position of the United States , presented to the IMF in November 1972 , was that countries should peg their currencies to the SDR , but that they would be obliged to devalue or revalue if their reserves fell below or rose above certain predefined warning levels . |
| 6 | This discrepancy , however , disappears when we recognize that it is not in individual nerve impulses that we must seek our representations of the world , but in their patterns . |
| 7 | Perhaps the new committee should concentrate its efforts on the ends of the age spectrum and ignore the middle . |
| 8 | In particular , the Panel is concerned that it should be made clear in the offer document , acceptance form and subsequent documents whether shareholders must lodge their certificates by the closing date of the cash underwritten alternative in addition to their completed acceptance forms in order to receive cash ( see para 11.3.16 below ) . |
| 9 | It is right that every household should know its rights under the NHS . |
| 10 | Similarly , the board of the selling company must consider its responsibilities to the company , its shareholders , its employees and , where insolvency is a possibility , its creditors . |
| 11 | The election of a unashamedly right-wing leader , John Smith , should free its members from the loyalty oaths of the Kinnock era , particularly if shadow cabinet jobs are crudely dished out to his supporters . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the 1980 Act makes it abundantly clear that , though districts are the development control authorities , they must direct their decisions to the implementation of the structure plan for their area . |
| 13 | I know that the hon. Member is trying to keep in order , but he must direct his remarks to the Bill and the revival motion . |
| 14 | They must present their arguments to the public , using whatever honest strategies they consider appropriate . |
| 15 | The Duchess of Kent on suggestions that Australia should break its links with the Queen |
| 16 | Anybody who wants to communicate with Ken should send their letters to the What Personal Computer office — you 'll find our new address at the front of the magazine . |
| 17 | Anybody who wants to communicate with Ken should send their letters to the What Personal Computer office , at the usual address . |
| 18 | In a month when Harpers & Queen magazine devotes several pages to the lost art of manners , it may seem strange that parents should send their daughters from the most polite nation in the world to this newly graceless country . |
| 19 | But first , watching my time , I must run my hands over the edges of the blocks , must do a sun dance on top of one , pee from another , photograph the rest , and send thrilled gibberish to the lookout posts somehow built on to the sheer rock face across the valley . |
| 20 | I want them to think we 're good enough to beat anyone , but we must keep our feet on the ground . |
| 21 | You should prune your roses in the spring . |
| 22 | All Winners will be notified within four weeks and must claim their prizes at the very latest by Friday 22nd June . |
| 23 | That is why we must have complaints procedures that can be worked and really do work , why authorities must use their powers in the proper way and why we must have constant vigilance . |
| 24 | First know your boundaries , since you must limit your operations to the exact area allowed to you . |
| 25 | They must exercise their powers in the interests of the exchange , rather than for their own benefit . |
| 26 | Ideally you should float your purchases in the bucket and gradually mix the water as you would for any newly-stocked fish . |
| 27 | Healthcare professonals working with drug users should reconsider their policies on the use of bleach . |
| 28 | Take special care with long quoted passages ( more than a couple of sentences or more than a few lines of a poem ) , as a lengthy quotation which is not then followed by detailed analysis and discussion is probably being used ( illegitimately ) as a way of replacing rather than supporting your argument ; you should guide your readers through the significance of what you have selected for their attention . |
| 29 | In appreciating the contemporary cultural mosaic , therefore , we must appreciate its foundations in the accommodations between communities and their environments in the creation of social structures as ‘ machines for living ’ . |
| 30 | I know there is a public perception that everyone should sell their shares at the first opportunity , but I think this could be a big mistake . ’ |