Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the very least , ’ it says , ‘ Microsoft must enhance its credibility on the server side to maintain its desktop position . ’ |
| 2 | That should concentrate their mind on the need to give any affected party the opportunity to make submission on any such departure and also to facilitate the communication of the nature of the departure to the affected party . |
| 3 | I should welcome your guidance on the use of private notice questions . |
| 4 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |
| 5 | Directors should keep their finger on the pulse of a production throughout it 's run . |
| 6 | Serota , whose husband Nicholas is director of the Tate Gallery in London , is determined that Rambert should regain its place on the number one theatre touring circuit in Britain — but the Edinburgh Festival Theatre holds special attractions because of the size of its stage . |
| 7 | They should abandon their insistence on the worship of the mythical creator of the universe , and seek their understanding of God within the confines of human knowledge . |
| 8 | It is a fitting conclusion that God , who has so clearly guided at every stage , should set his seal on the marriage in the deep love of Isaac for Rebekah . |
| 9 | However , the company concerned must note our interest on the account before a copy is taken and we must reserve our right to audit the original invoices at any time . |
| 10 | Opening provisions of the Treaty on European Union stated that the Union should assert its identity on the international scene " through the implementation of a common foreign and security policy which shall include the eventual framing of a common defence policy " . |
| 11 | A woman should place her handbag on the floor next to her to avoid the possibility of sitting defensively crouched over it on her lap . |
| 12 | On the other hand , Burton Raffel ( 1983 : xxii ) writes in his translator 's introduction , " The translator must turn his back on the original … in order to be ultimately loyal to it . |
| 13 | ‘ If I like , I 'll throw my dinner on the floor and put clams in my hair and have tantrums , and … ’ |
| 14 | For example , an inductivist might take as his universal criterion the degree of inductive support a theory receives from accepted facts , whilst a falsificationist might base his criterion on the degree of falsifiability of unfalsified theories . |
| 15 | Much as he wished that Aunt Tossie might keep her mind on the Form Book , where their interests in beating the Handicapper ran together , he had nevertheless acceded to her insistence on a party , a small house party , for Nicandra 's first real ball . |
| 16 | ‘ She 'll celebrate her birthday on the twenty-eighth , wo n't you , my lovey ? ’ |
| 17 | Rachel has told me that if I 'm not back inside the hour she 'll have my suitcase on the pavement . |
| 18 | Your mentor might lose his head on the block , or be handed a P45 in today 's language . |
| 19 | Not being an expert herself in the art of model construction , the kids went too — and we 'll get their verdict on the home of Lego tomorrow . |
| 20 | I do n't come on till eleven , and I 'll put your name on the door . |
| 21 | Right , exactly sixty seconds to go , then I 'll bring you the eight o'clock news , then after that , we 'll continue our conversation on the main topics of the morning , according to you . |
| 22 | The technique is to lean left ( the wrong way ) on entry until the 90 degree right turn is complete ( or else yer 'll bash yer 'ead on the righthand rockface ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Let's trace our route on the maps , ’ said Caspar , dismounting and tethering his horse to the low branch of a leafless Tree . |
| 24 | Let's keep our mind on the job at hand . |
| 25 | Ed 's comment : Regular readers may remember my attack on the practice of dying Glassfish in an editorial last year calling for a complete ban . |
| 26 | He may keep his hand on the ball while kicking it ’ . |
| 27 | She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years . |
| 28 | At one level , he finally found a spiritual home , a sanctuary from which he could vent his spleen on the oppressive bourgeois institutions which had duped him . |
| 29 | He had asked Christina to attend this meeting too , saying he 'd value her opinion on the revised pool plans which Paul was bringing in . |
| 30 | He had suggested she take up Jessica 's constant offer , considered she could do her revision on the beach or wherever , had smiled comfortably at her half-serious suggestion that Jessica might ‘ lead her astray ’ , or at least have a good go at it . |