Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] in [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , one citizen can not benefit from the successful formal objection of another citizen ; he must object in due time himself . |
| 2 | But in order to do this he must decide in each case what these conventions declare the law to be ; in order to do this he must decide what the content of each convention really is . |
| 3 | There is one other book which I must mention in this survey which is in danger of becoming a self-advertising catalogue . |
| 4 | We must examine in fine detail our own structure . |
| 5 | I did n't want his title or his money , although I must say in all honesty I did enjoy the London season . |
| 6 | As far as those artists go you must ask in each case what proportion of their careers were actually spent here and did their stay in America fundamentally affect their work ? |
| 7 | The plan to limit entitlement under the green form scheme may result in detained people who would otherwise have secured a discharge remaining on a section . |
| 8 | America 's Federal Highway Administration said it might invest in smart roads which could warn drivers of traffic jams and electronically collect tolls for using the road . |
| 9 | And that cab you 'll see in other photographs we 've got . |
| 10 | However the voting might go in these circumstances there could be no PR of wet , damp and dry votes , because there would be no means of knowing how far these had been attracted by the candidates ' presumed wetness , dampness or dryness . |
| 11 | Er we 'll start in fifteen minutes I think . |
| 12 | That would give the electricity supply industry the free run of the distribution network , while consumers could signal in any way they liked on their own mains wiring without bothering anyone . |
| 13 | He was a star by the early Sixties , and then he could move in any circle he wanted . ’ |
| 14 | If only we could draw in nine dimensions we could make each dimension correspond to one of the nine genes . |
| 15 | So I brought them home with me so I could , I could take in actual fact I could take them back . |
| 16 | We received many letters when she died , and one was from a girl called Janine , a 17 year old taking A levels , saying if she could help in any way she would willingly do so . |
| 17 | In these swims , on either the Thames or the Trent ( which were the only barbel rivers in the country at that time ) the barbel used to gather in huge shoals which the lucky angler decimated , usually with a trotted lobworm from a boat moored across the river . |
| 18 | we never used to come in this room you know , nobody would come in this room |
| 19 | That 's another thing they used to do in those days they never do now , a lot of men when they bought a pair of boots , they had them what they called plumped . |
| 20 | Anyway erm so erm you sometimes also find with family situations , let's suppose in some situations you have some you have a daughter in the household who 's being abused by say the father or step-father , maybe if there 's a brother once he gets old enough to start becoming interested in sex , in some cases , although he 's round about the same age as his sister , can be um as it were inducted into the into the cycle of abuse erm can actually start participating when the dynamic 's already there . |
| 21 | In this chapter I shall consider in more detail what is involved in this task , how context acts upon grammar so that the specific meanings of particular expressions are realized and communicative outcomes brought about . |
| 22 | So in return we shall specify in more detail what we expect from you . |
| 23 | Then the Trade when this ardorous contest is o'er Shall raise in full spendour its head , And colting and cutting and squaring no more Shall deprive honest workmen of bread . |
| 24 | No one would travel in that manner who could help it — who had time to go leisurely over hills and between hedges , instead of through tunnels and between banks ; at least those who would , have no sense of beauty so acute that we need to consult it at the station . |
| 25 | So if the lady was on fire , you 'd leave it basically to the Fire Brigade , obviously if you could help the lady , get a ladder up to the window to get her out of the room or something like that , you would do that , you would help in any way you can , but the real experts are the Fire Brigade so we leave all the er real technical stuff to the Fire Brigade . |
| 26 | In my experience , the teams will throw in any ball they land their hands on — no-one really knows whether it is the playing ball or not . |
| 27 | A business relies on a driving personality taking it forward , and the confusion about getting somebody on board who is working with you in the business and who is putting money board , is that they feel to some extent , proprietorial to that business , and you can find that that will result in those individuals who have done that tearing apart the business because they are trying to go in different directions . |
| 28 | He is a talented lad who shows great respect for his elders and will play in any position I tell him to . |
| 29 | The next section will examine in more detail what is meant by ‘ corporate power ’ , and the different areas in which it has an impact . |
| 30 | If the context shows that a word is used in an unusual sense the court will determine in other words what that unusual sense is . |