Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Prospects : A pattern which may evolve out of the failures above ; its failure , however , could produce a turning of the tables and the triumph of :
2 Other negative feelings may arise out of the learning situation itself , or the student 's total ignorance of the language to be learned .
3 Er after deliberate first we wondered whether they ought to go through onto the racecourse and then we decided no probably the best place for them would be round the back of the main stand .
4 I ought to go down to the police station .
5 Unfortunately , puppies in particular may rush out through the door in this situation , often ignoring the visitor , and could end up on the road .
6 But the brokers between the private sector and the community , such as BITC , say these sources may dry up in the recession .
7 They ought to stand up to the goons . ’
8 Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off .
9 Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky .
10 About 1 in 10 has now followed this route over the country as a whole , and in the costly Southeast as many as 20 per cent may opt out of the NHS .
11 For some reason , this letter so unnerved her that she thought she must rush down to the sea at once , and run the thudding in her head quite out of it .
12 Every user of LIFESPAN must log on to the system via a unique user name and password , allocated in this way .
13 Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend .
14 The LIFESPAN Manager should log in to the LIFESPAN RDBI process directory ( i.e. where the 59 .
15 Again , you should log in to the VAX as the LIFESPAN Manager , and type :
16 ( c ) The causation of the public nuisance or the threat to public order must arise out of the use of the premises for the sale of alcoholic liquor .
17 If you must jump out of the loop , you should use UNTIL TRUE to " pop " the stack .
18 But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement .
19 But if a statement such as ‘ John is tall ’ is to be true , then the predicate ‘ is tall ’ must latch on to the world , just as ‘ John ’ does .
20 However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract .
21 If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent .
22 She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes .
23 Since May was seventy-two when his book was published , it is clear that many of his recipes must date back to the days of Queen Elizabeth 1st .
24 His widow , Margaret , said : ‘ Alfred told me that I should carry on with the case if he died , and that is exactly what I will do . ’
25 Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy .
26 If he wants a depressing story , he should look back to the housing expenditure of the last Labour Government .
27 There are several costs involved in remortgaging which you should weigh up against the savings you will be making .
28 We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night .
29 The details of the timetable motion allow for just five days ' debate on a Bill which is 103 pages long , contains 94 clauses and nine schedules and which must report back to the House by 26 February .
30 Gripping and polished — it should clean up at the box office this autumn .
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