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

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1 The doctors may broadcast their scripts to a drug-hungry nation like showers of autumn leaves , but they still act as an intolerable bottle-neck between manufacturers and their clients , the latter , poor sods , often not even knowing what wondrous remedies are to hand for the asking .
2 Concentration on user characteristics may deviate our efforts on the more central issue of effective retrieval for all the various types of searches .
3 Where that does not resolve any difficulty , the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors ' Complaints Bureau .
4 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 .
5 The persons who wish to issue a prospectus must make their submissions to the Authority on the basis of uberrimae fidei .
6 We must make our minds into a festival of lights like those of Boston .
7 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 .
8 It 's only natural they should cover their tracks after a setback like that . ’
9 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 .
10 Perhaps the new committee should concentrate its efforts on the ends of the age spectrum and ignore the middle .
11 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 ) .
12 It is right that every household should know its rights under the NHS .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Prior to running Update Baseline , the user must identify which modules within a specified approved package structure ( baseline ) have later approved versions than are currently referenced and which need to be embodied in order to generate a new baseline .
18 The Acts include a general clause which says that the corporation should keep proper accounting records and should present its accounts in a form laid down by the relevant Secretary of State .
19 They should present their policies to every member of the electorate .
20 They must present their arguments to the public , using whatever honest strategies they consider appropriate .
21 The Duchess of Kent on suggestions that Australia should break its links with the Queen
22 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 .
23 Anybody who wants to communicate with Ken should send their letters to the What Personal Computer office , at the usual address .
24 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 .
25 I most scrupulously carried out my promise to her , despite the dishonest if well meant advice of various people who suggested that I should deposit her letters in a great library .
26 Supposing the sentence read : ‘ It is also argued that it is inconsistent with human dignity that a man should use his muscles as a crane for transporting someone else 's goods ’ ; or ‘ that a woman should use her vocal cords for the delectation of others ’ ; or ‘ that a person should use his or her brain to work out someone else 's income tax ’ — would these substitutes carry convictions ?
27 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 .
28 I want them to think we 're good enough to beat anyone , but we must keep our feet on the ground .
29 You should prune your roses in the spring .
30 All Winners will be notified within four weeks and must claim their prizes at the very latest by Friday 22nd June .
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