Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [prep] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " suggested that arrangements should be made under which the Technical School should work in co-operation with the Grammar School . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) If the case is reported in the Law Reports it may be thought sufficient to cite only the Law Reports ; but if it is not in the Law Reports the main ‘ collateral ’ reports should be cited in which the case appears . |
| 3 | But these descriptions should be confined to what the heroine sees after her adventure had begun , and in them you want to aim for reality without its customary tackiness . |
| 4 | In contrast to a conventional revolutionary , Jesus must be seen as what the Gospels themselves acknowledge him to be — a claimant to the throne of David , a rightful king , whose sceptre , like David 's , implied both spiritual and temporal sovereignty . |
| 5 | Customer research is important , too : the product or service must be geared to what the customer actually needs . |
| 6 | The latter must give their departmental organisations purpose and direction but this must be rooted in what the authority as a whole is trying to do' ( 1988 , pp. 14 — 15 ) . |
| 7 | So on one page , you 'll be reading about what Africans do in Upper Volta , and on the next page , you 'll be reading about what the ancient Aztecs did that is similar . |
| 8 | Twenty years ago , the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) , in evidence to the Robens Committee on Health and Safety at work , said : ‘ At a company level , if a readily applied simple formula could be devised by which the financial loss caused by accidents and diseases could be measured … it would make a valuable contribution towards reducing industrial accidents and occupational ill health ’ . |
| 9 | But the widow of a vassal was commonly at the disposal of the vassal 's lord : so long as her consent was obtained ( by whatever means ) and so long as she was not disparaged , she could be married to whom the lord chose . |
| 10 | The permits could be traded for what the seller wanted — technology , energy-efficiency equipment , development programmes , and so on . |
| 11 | Alternatively , one of its Regional Offices may be contacted for which the address and telephone numbers can be found in local telephone directories . |
| 12 | Alternatively , a computer-initiated dialogue may be used in which the operator is presented with a series of questions that advances the user through the program in a linear fashion . |
| 13 | It may be inferred from what the judge said on a later occasion that counsel indicated that the Crown was prepared to accept a plea of guilty to manslaughter and the judge did not dissent from that course . |
| 14 | All that , of course , would be based on what the sceptics insist on calling the ‘ HIV hypothesis ’ : there is no other , and thus no choice . |
| 15 | As more energy is put into the hammer without a check ( in other words , as the player plays more loudly ) a critical point will be reached at which the hammer retains enough energy after hitting the string to bounce up and hit the string again . |
| 16 | If it can be proved that the pattern exists , then there is a strong possibility that by tracing this pattern , certain locations will be revealed to which the metal detectorist would be well-advised to direct his search . |
| 17 | Quality is the most important factor since your brickwork will be exposed to everything the elements can throw at it . |
| 18 | These behaviours will be contrasted with what the baby does in the presence of stationery objects which are just out of reach . |
| 19 | We guarantee that all prize money is held by our bankers on deposit and will be paid to you the participant named overleaf , in the event of one of your exclusive Prize Draw code entries being the winning one . |
| 20 | As with 28 , situations can be imagined in which the questions in 30 and 31 can be truthfully answered either negatively or positively : |
| 21 | It is most important to remember that no double-stop can be played of which the higher note is lower than since this would require both notes to be stopped on the same string simultaneously . |
| 22 | Furthermore , we have only the patient 's word for what he or she smoked ; such estimates are often wildly ‘ out ’ and can be affected by what the patient thinks the doctor wants to hear . |