Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some may seek to argue that a lesser crime is committed , because they would like the law to be sufficiently flexible to allow the ‘ mercy-killer ’ to avoid facing a charge of murder . |
| 2 | If this Council means what it says about devolution and customer er customer contracts , it must begin to see that the over-riding need for local divisional pay determination and sub-divisional pay determination that relates reward to the volume , value and standard of service delivered . |
| 3 | Moderator I should like to move that a full stop be placed after the word commentary and that the remainder of the words in the deliverance be deleted . |
| 4 | I have tried to emphasize the positive in this book , and in that spirit I should like to repeat that the longer term counter to fighting , jealousy and acquisitiveness is to train the child , patiently and repetitively , to share , to wait patiently , to see that pulling hair hurts , to co-operate — in other words to be socially sensitive . |
| 5 | ‘ He should have accepted that the two beetles were following the natural curve of the surface — it 's simpler . |
| 6 | Does he agree that it is a sign of considerable leadership that , right in the teeth of the complexity of the negotiations at Maastricht , the Prime Minister should have recognised that the awesome events on the other side of Europe may have an even larger say in the history of Europe ? |
| 7 | ‘ I should have realised that a lovely man like you would never have … ’ |
| 8 | Having played all the courses in the area regularly , I must point out that if Mr Ward feels that Stranraer is less of a challenge than Portpatrick he should have realised that the 18 holes to the right of the clubhouse was the putting green , not the course ! |
| 9 | I should have hoped that the hon. Gentleman would respect the principle of academic autonomy . |
| 10 | Newton , and others , should have realized that a static universe would soon start to contract under the influence of gravity . |
| 11 | All in all she got herself in such a state that it was a distinct let-down when she was met by Mike Booker , the team manager , although why she should have thought that the reigning world champion would bother to come and meet a flight at Nice airport was a question she was n't too happy to answer . |
| 12 | I should have thought that the right hon. Member for Chingford , who believes , apparently , in freedom of choice in all matters , would have supported the right of freedom to choose independent legal advice . |
| 13 | I should have thought that the present requirement of the whole civilised world is relatively simple . |
| 14 | I should have thought that the hon. Lady would now recognise that the description that I gave was entirely apposite . |
| 15 | I should have thought that the hon. Gentleman would apologise to the House for the last Labour Government 's appalling record . |
| 16 | I should have thought that the hon. Gentleman , who cares about these things , would welcome that . |
| 17 | I should have thought that the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury , as much as my hon. Friends , would strongly support that . |
| 18 | He said that ‘ the parties must have intended that the first defendant would be entitled to a full indemnity in respect of all costs incurred by it or by the receiver . ’ |
| 19 | Many of those who witnessed the execution of Charles I and the founding of an English republic in 1649 must have anticipated that the foreign policy of the new staunchly Protestant state would have a strong religious orientation . |
| 20 | Whatever lay ahead , it must have seemed that the worst was over . |
| 21 | But for 15 minutes before the curtains went up the audience must have thought that the obnoxious Sheriff of Nottigham was sitting immediately behind me … |
| 22 | The vendor should resist assuming that the full earn out will eventually be paid and concentrate instead on the formula and past performance to consider the realistic expectation . |
| 23 | Regarding international aid , we might want to observe that the International Fund for Ireland has only recently produced a ‘ disadvantaged areas initiative ’ . |
| 24 | Social historians might want to know that the average phone in the US was used for twenty minutes a day in 1992 , whereas the average phone in the UK was used for only four minutes . |
| 25 | What is perhaps more surprising is to find five Frenchmen and five Russians among the group , for in these countries one might expect to find that the religious and intellectual perspectives would be rather different . |
| 26 | Members might like to note that the first half hour is usually a chance to chat ; we try to get the talks under way by eight o'clock . |
| 27 | While you 're working that one out , you might like to know that the other things Taylor regrets were the way he handled two television interviews . |
| 28 | Put another way , after human slaves have been liberated , then one might attempt to argue that a fair way to decide between competing social policies is to count everyone 's interests and count equal interests equally . |
| 29 | A geneticist might wish to claim that the direct influence of the genes is upon the nervous system that mediates the stone-choosing behaviour , not upon the stones themselves . |
| 30 | Although one might wish to believe that a profound understanding by teachers of their actions would be the sine qua non of educational action ( Kelly 1982 , Easen 1985 ) , the presence of various forms of teacher-proof materials in use suggests otherwise . |