Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidelines may relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult language books ) or to more specific categories of books within the function ( e.g. within recreational reading , to romances or popular biographies ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's stay here for a while . ’ |
| 3 | To give an example , incest may exist simply as a prohibition at the level of the formal system but at the practical level , breaches of the prohibition are explained , joked about or criticized . |
| 4 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 5 | As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library . |
| 6 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 7 | ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray . |
| 8 | The initial effort concentrated on the applicability gap , where the working party recommended : ( i ) that there should be a programme of collaborative research between the IT research community and the other engineering communities supported by the Engineering Board , ( ii ) that the research projects should be jointly funded by ITAB and the Engineering Board , and , ( iii ) that funding should build up to a total of £10 million per annum over five years . |
| 9 | ‘ I must stay here for a while , ’ Edward went on . |
| 10 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 11 | Sweden could still claim top place in Group Four , which would diminish England 's hopes of being seeded in Italy next summer , but the Swedes must win here in a fortnight and on yesterday 's evidence that could be difficult . |
| 12 | His gouverneur or chief guardian was General Frossard , but it was the wish of the Emperor and Empress that apart from obligatory public appearances , which were confined to a minimum , the child should grow up in a family atmosphere . |
| 13 | Those 48 companies in the top 100 that provide balance sheets must do so for a reason . |
| 14 | Successful technology transfer requires that the people who provide the technology , or who act as facilitators of technology transfer , must do so as a business . |
| 15 | Their profitability must depend on successful technology transfer requires that the people who provide the technology , or who act as facilitators of technology transfer , must do so as a business . |
| 16 | Not only must they care for distressed and disturbed young people , but they must do so under a cloud . |
| 17 | do you think your mother , your grandma should dress up with a mop on the back |
| 18 | The Bill does nothing to increase the powers of the courts if order should break down inside a prison , although it touches in a new way on some of the matters relating to aiding and abetting an escape outside a prison . |
| 19 | Most seemed to know what one should do there in a variety of situations in order to be an accepted member . |
| 20 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 21 | The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16 , but the odds are now stacked against Howard Kendall 's men after the way they lost their grip on this fiercely-contested fourth-round tie . |
| 22 | All the same she did n't see why she should give in without a fight . |
| 23 | So they 're going to finish u they should finish up with a quarter so again this sharing sometimes it works okay and we just get a normal counting number . |
| 24 | Suppose , however , that God decided that the universe should finish up in a state of high order but that it did n't matter what state it started in . |
| 25 | But while the breaking of convention may be agreeable , and therefore laughable ( cf. certain views of Freud , below ) , there is never any questioning of what is " right " and what is " wrong " : for that sort of conundrum one should look rather to a romance like Marie de France 's lay Eliduc . |
| 26 | Is the wiring in good condition ? — it should run directly into a switch and fuse ( no plugs and sockets ! ) . |
| 27 | Although some degree of ’ tailoring ’ of individual systems may be possible ( or even desirable in some cases ) , the basic techniques on which the system relies must work consistently across a range of domains . |
| 28 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 29 | I was very tired but I knew that I must look out for a trap . |
| 30 | Shelley reflected that they must look less like a doctor and a nurse discussing their clinic rota , and a lot more like a couple in love murmuring sweet nothings . |