Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figure 3.1 shows the important position which planning should occupy as a preliminary to decision making and implementation . |
| 2 | So we multiply by a hundred on that side so we must multiply by a hundred by a hundred on the other side to keep |
| 3 | The investigation should begin with a 2 × 2 grid . |
| 4 | If the rent is payable monthly it is usually best that the tenancy should begin on the first of the month . |
| 5 | When you play for United you know you must perform to the best of your ability every week . |
| 6 | All of this supports the growing insistence of many gerontologists that we should conceive of the elderly as a resource not as a burden . |
| 7 | If teachers are to assume a greater role in the control of their own organisations a far wider range of knowledge and skills is required than if they are to remain ‘ in the classroom ’ — they must move from the restricted to the extended approach . |
| 8 | Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer . |
| 9 | Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer . |
| 10 | Setting these and other tricks and experiments aside , we must turn to the second of the two chief methods of covering a book which , oddly enough , is by binding it . |
| 11 | There is , for example , no Annie 's Bar where we may gossip with the mighty over a vodka — although we do have access to a well-stocked cafeteria , where the waitresses are uncommonly polite . |
| 12 | In other words , Firbas , like Halliday , acknowledges that a unit of information may consist of a given plus new element , or of just a new element . |
| 13 | It may refer to a scaled down version of reality such as a model car , or to a form of symbolic representation such as a map . |
| 14 | Although , as Ferril readily admits , many of the rites performed by the ‘ twenty-two young priests of perfect physique , might appear to the uninitiated as a chaotic conflict concerned only with hurting the oval by kicking it ’ , the pattern of worship is highly stylized . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’ |
| 16 | He 's gon na see him again , do n't get me wrong , Doctor said he 'll send for the both of us , right ? |
| 17 | It 's the last I 'll see of the outside for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | And I thought we might look at a few of them . |
| 19 | Then you 'll hear from the second of officers namely the officers that went into the flat that were carrying the guns , carrying and who conducted the operation and from their evidence you 'll be able to judge whether or not the force used was reasonable and was necessary . |
| 20 | I 'll go for a tied up cat . |
| 21 | Otherwise I 'll pay for the fine for being on a yellow line . |
| 22 | That might seem like the wackiest of wacky ideas but it becomes ever more fascinating as it is explored in a barrage of speculation , invective and anecdotes , all designed to prove that money , in a practical rather than puritanical sense , is the root of all evil . |
| 23 | Let's look at a few of these confusing clouds and their real meanings . |
| 24 | Let's look at the five in turn and see how they apply to you and what you can do to counteract any harmful effects they may be having on your life . |
| 25 | ‘ He showed them Viet Cong a thing or two , I could do with a few like 'im round 'ere . ’ |
| 26 | You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape . |
| 27 | She did a series of sketches , trying to capture all his moods , thinking that , though they were n't very professional , they were to her , because she could see in every one of them all those complicated , aggravating , irresistible facets that made up his personality . |
| 28 | Merritt finished the MCC second innings off with figures of 7 for 28 off nine overs and gave his side a win by an innings and 122 runs , which showed the Kiwis could compete with the best in the land , and were hungry for greater success . |
| 29 | But when she was very sad she understood that sorrow casts out fear , and then the murderer could call with a few of his friends and she would tell them wearily to bugger off and they would go , since , after all , there can be no satisfaction in murdering the dead . |
| 30 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |