Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , although examining magistrates may conduct a fresh investigation and take a detached look at the police evidence , it is difficult to establish whether this takes place to any serious extent . |
| 2 | At this point it is likely that we may make a second mistake and go for a purely positivist view of law , the view that the nature of law can be appreciated purely by reciting the elements of positing and applying law without reference to its objectives or functions , so that we have a legal system as long as there are institutionalised ways of selecting mandatory rules and some arrangement for an authoritative application of those rules to particular situations . |
| 3 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 4 | If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor . |
| 5 | It is stupid to rush into the sort of vigorous exercise that may aggravate a medical condition and , of course , it also depends on how fit you are already . |
| 6 | In this spirit , and doubtless moved by these very arguments , early in 1987 Kenneth Baker set up his committee under the chairmanship of G. R. Higginson , the Vice-Chancellor of Southampton University , to recommend principles that should govern A level syllabuses and their assessment ‘ in the light of the Government 's commitment to retain GCE Advanced level examinations as an essential means for setting standards of excellence , and with the aim of maintaining or improving the present character and rigorous standards of these examinations ’ . |
| 7 | They should eat a proper breakfast and supper as well , though , since the meals have to be kept hot en route to the recipients and some of their original vitamin content can be lost . |
| 8 | The candidate 's professional career must show a clear progression and unquestionable achievements . |
| 9 | For you , teacher , it is not just beating out the time , or keeping the class in order ; you must show a lively interest and response . |
| 10 | Given an intention to make a business agreement enforceable in the courts and the necessary legal capacity , the parties must show a valid offer and acceptance have been made . |
| 11 | The current high profile of the sport in the province should ensure a big crowd and there should be some tremendous hurling . ’ |
| 12 | It is shareholders who , at least in theory , appoint the chairman and should ensure a balanced board and therefore have perhaps the primary role in enforcing the Cadbury code . |
| 13 | On Jan. 22 Havel withdrew his proposal that the federal parliament should comprise a Federal Assembly and a Federal Council , independent of and acting as a brake upon the Federal Assembly . |
| 14 | Interested applicants who meet all the above requirements should send a covering letter and curriculum vitae to the following address in order to be received no later than June 27 , 1990 . |
| 15 | It is a golden political rule for Chancellors that they must ensure a pre-election boom and should never waste one post-election . |
| 16 | They must transfer a horizontal plan and height line to the sloping ground level , through the angle α . |
| 17 | The author should provide a clear index and an illustration list ; the author should be involved in the recording of taped material , since here he is concerned with spoken , as opposed to written language . |
| 18 | People in the country should provide a warmer welcome and be more socially aware towards visitors , the Countryside Commission has recommended in a new report . |
| 19 | They feared lest Germany should become a socialist state and the revolution spread to France and Britain . |
| 20 | He suggested that Danzig should become a Free City and a ward of the League of Nations . |
| 21 | Must like a good laugh and be fun to get on with . |
| 22 | But the officer must maintain a certain flexibility and be able to deviate from usual practice where necessary , especially to avoid the risk that an administrative convention may be established which can subsequently be used by others with conflicting interests as a resource in their own negotiations . |
| 23 | Perhaps she should try a different club and she would certainly receive a warm welcome should she come to ours here in Maidenhead . |
| 24 | That way they should develop a rounder picture and perhaps some insight into the way simple actions must be patterned before we recognise them as ‘ sensitivity ’ , ‘ passivity ’ or whatever . |
| 25 | When the system is decelerating the motor must produce a negative torque and therefore each phase must be switched on after the rotor has passed the phase equilibrium position . |
| 26 | The lowest shrub of all the sorts here mentioned is the Scotch Rose which rarely grows above a foot high , so that this must be placed among other shrubs of the same growth , which should have a moist soil and a shady situation . |
| 27 | ‘ They should have a good reputation and be prudent accountants . |
| 28 | The men should have a good supper and rest . |
| 29 | A kilogram or two of surgical plaster or plaster-of-Paris depending on the size of the housing ( you can buy powdered plaster at a chemist 's shop ) ; a dish to act as a mould for casting the plaster block-the dish can be any size from 10 cm × 20 cm up to about 20 cm × 20 cm , but should have a flat bottom and sides that slope slightly outward ; a sheet of glass to cover the housing ; a sheet of black cardboard ; Plasticine ; small blocks of wood or small plastic boxes ( the round boxes used for typewriter ribbons are very suitable ) ; cotton-wool . |
| 30 | The third characteristic envisaged for the polytechnics , namely that they should have an ‘ applied philosophy ’ , means that their courses should have a vocational orientation and be designed with specific career outlets in mind , thus distinguishing them from many university courses which are sometimes described as ‘ pure ’ . |