Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story about the scourging of Jesus may relate to the comment in Isaiah : ‘ … by this scourging we are healed ’ ( Isaiah 53:5 ) . |
| 2 | To which I reply , ‘ All right , let's think of the circumstances in which you might wish to say ‘ I 'm happy ’ in the most general sense , without limitation to any implied purpose or situation … ’ |
| 3 | The referent or antecedent of an anaphor may arise from the sentence in which the anaphor occurs or from an earlier sentence in the text . |
| 4 | On the disappearance of the archedictyon , or of an individual vein , the macrotrichia may persist on the wing-membrane in their original positions ; their presence there is regarded by Tillyard as evidence of descent from more densely veined ancestors . |
| 5 | Because of the obvious symmetry , we may concentrate on the singularity in region II . |
| 6 | Shore crabs may predominate in the catch in estuaries and harbours , and sometimes better results can be obtained after dark . |
| 7 | As for Louise and Miriam , they had decided they must stay in the Residency in order to lend their assistance at the hospital , where the dispensers and orderlies could no longer cope . |
| 8 | Such studies should focus on the workload in comparable practices — for example , practices in high and low deprivation areas with similar levels of commitment . |
| 9 | The government believes that the informal , voluntary and commercial sectors should substitute for the state in welfare provision . |
| 10 | So any explanation of why it started must focus on the collapse in investment . |
| 11 | The developer or his land buyer should act as the catalyst in such situations . |
| 12 | ‘ That you should refer to the child in the neuter . |
| 13 | Prices should refer to the pictures in the ad — so if the monitor has a colour screen , a colour screen is what you should get . |
| 14 | Prices should refer to the pictures in the ad — so if the monitor has a colour screen , a colour screen is what you should get . |
| 15 | With Robert Jones and Aled Williams a dominating half-back force , Wales coach Alan Davies will need little prompting about the men he should choose for the Test in two weeks time . |
| 16 | But shooting should begin during the spring in New York . |
| 17 | To explore this more thoroughly we must look at the changes in the social relations of cultural production which came with these new technologies . |
| 18 | To overcome this barrier , I suggest , one must look at the approach in action ; only then will it be possible to see what it has achieved , and to assess what it might achieve if taken on its own terms . |
| 19 | First we must look at the situation in Vietnam . |
| 20 | It is important to understand that the ratio decidendi of a particular case is not wholly to be found in the case itself ; rather one must look to the way in which later courts interpret the case . |
| 21 | One wonders why you even bother reading the NME — perhaps you should stick to The Sun in the future . |
| 22 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 23 | Until comparatively recently there was a general belief or tacit agreement within the community that the later years of life were a time of " all passion spent " — that sex stopped or should stop with the menopause in women and that it continued into later years only in old men who were awarded the epithet " dirty " . |
| 24 | Unhappiness and feelings of unfulfilment , therefore , must stem from the way in which we move in this world . |
| 25 | In theory the entries should correspond with the entries in the cash book of the business ( but on opposite sides ) ; in practice , however , it is found that the cash book balance and the balance as shown on the bank statement rarely agree . |
| 26 | But having spent all his career in a family business , Sir Adrian has inevitably given a lot of thought to the responsibility a company should have for the community in which it operates . |
| 27 | Fortunately Eliot declared himself unequivocally , in an essay , ‘ Reflections on Vers Libre : ’ … the ghost of some simple metre should lurk behind the arras in even the ‘ freest ’ verse ; to advance menacingly as we doze , and withdraw as we arouse' . |
| 28 | Guests ' bills are written up daily from the duplicate vouchers which are debited to the visitors ' tabular ledger and it follows that the balances shown on the guests ' bills must correspond with the balances in the visitors ' tabular ledger . |
| 29 | Is he further aware that he carries the good wishes of the party behind him in the difficult few months to come and should go to the talks in great confidence , knowing of the great contribution that this country has made to Europe since the days of William Pitt ? |
| 30 | You must go through the way in which you are not . ’ |