Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 2 | Their message had been that boats should stay at least a quarter of a mile away from the whales and that sonar should never be used . |
| 3 | Graphics should include at least a display board featuring the product literature . |
| 4 | The Software Status Report ( SSR ) must refer to either a Software Performance Report ( SPR ) or to a valid module . |
| 5 | It is advisable that the social worker should have at least a knowledge of the laws of various churches on sexual and marital affairs which enables him or her to seek advice from the right source if a client might be affected . |
| 6 | Trainees should have at least a week to complete this but they can be helped with a list of the key components their responses should contain : |
| 7 | It is made from fermented soya beans and the whole process of producing the sauce should take at least a year . |
| 8 | Issues that should take at least an hour of discussion with colleagues , as well as with the pupil concerned , have to be dealt with in two minutes at the staffroom door during break . |
| 9 | And it is our judgment that you can and should pay at once a portion of Mistress Hussey 's dowry , so that her maintenance may be assured , and she may return to her father 's house from this court , as is her wish . |
| 10 | They should go they should go for quite a number of years . |
| 11 | You must you must get at least a ball a pioneer ball near your next two |
| 12 | By the mid-1990s , powerful compact machines will exist at prices that should allow at least a couple in each classroom and workshop plus plenty in staff and student work areas . |
| 13 | They should last at least a week . |
| 14 | Even the good ones might remain for only a matter of months . |
| 15 | The files tend to be very large , so you 'll need at least an 80Mb hard drive . |
| 16 | So I said There 's no way that what you 've just told me will go in an hour , I said It 'll take at least a couple of hours and what about all the small stuff he 'll have in the house ? |
| 17 | They 'll only be there for about twenty four hours , they 'll go for about a week but they 're spending most of it with er , Deborah down at erm , Bambury |
| 18 | in taxation but that still the peasant was , even though this might seem like quite a bit , the peasant was still in a better position than he had been previous because rents were at least thirty percent . |
| 19 | When you see a band 's name on our cover you know they 'll get at least a page , and usually a great deal more . |
| 20 | He says if they get a good description they 'll put to together an artists impression . |
| 21 | It 's argued that you 'd need at least a force of eighty thousand troops , that 's in Bosnia . |
| 22 | Non-swimmers wore coloured bathing hats ; those who could swim at least a length wore white hats , those who had passed the bronze medal wore black caps , and a very few wore silver for the silver medal . |
| 23 | The term " Unusual Attitudes " is taken to mean that the aircraft has adopted an attitude which could result in either a stall , spin or spiral dive . |
| 24 | From here we could see for quite a distance , but there was no sign of the hunt , nor any sound . |
| 25 | ‘ But does he look the sort of person who 'd sign with just an initial ? ’ |
| 26 | Issues to be considered include the use of water , water disposal and atmospheric emissions — in fact anything which could impinge on how a field may be developed . ’ |
| 27 | But now only the grim reality of a rebuilding task , which could take at least a generation , occupies the minds of those struggling to put their newly independent countries on their feet . |
| 28 | This time she could drink with scarcely a tremor . |
| 29 | Sighing , she looked around the elegant hallway , drastic cuts would have to be made but she could manage with just a cook and a maid , the others would have to be paid off . |
| 30 | He switched on the radio and learned that temperatures of minus 6 were expected tonight ; the forecaster believed they were due for a ‘ cold snap ’ which could last at least a week . |