Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would become subject to the same conditions of claiming benefit as men : for example , it would be a matter of discretionary decision on the part of the allocators of SB as to whether the existence of children or other dependants at home would relieve them of the need to register for work ( DHSS , 1978a , p.95 ) . |
| 2 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 3 | Otherwise , such business will remain subject to the Own Funds and Solvency Ratio Directives . |
| 4 | The Lurgan schoolteacher is keeping his fingers crossed that his club Clan na gael will lift the Armagh senior county football title and that Derry will emerge triumphant in the All Ireland final . |
| 5 | If you think you will get bored with the same kind of exercise , experiment with different types . |
| 6 | If , however , we accept that the effects of non-reinforced exposure can become context-dependent in the same way as associative learning itself can , then the entire pattern of results can be accommodated . |