Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Therefore I think it would be a better idea if units could be set up and the children could be taken out of an ordinary school for perhaps one or two or three years , according to how much time is required , where they could give the individual attention and the specialist teaching to help them to overcome this particular problem . |
| 32 | He remained hopeful that something could be worked out and the continuity of service could be maintained . |
| 33 | A circular lid could be lifted off and the fire then sent up its released heat to Mrs Curdle 's kettle , stew-pot or frying-pan . |
| 34 | The real pump could be whipped off and the exploding one clipped on . |
| 35 | Some changes may come in the ‘ bottom-up ’ review now bubbling through the Pentagon ; others could be brought in when the organisation gets a new boss . |
| 36 | Perhaps er school children could be brought in when the theatre start 's during the day who actually see how the theatre runs see what theatre 's all about and they might be interested in the theatre . . |
| 37 | I think that there exists the framework within which an agreed settlement could be brought about if the parties are anxious to see that happen . |
| 38 | And the m th chap in sitting in the top , he 'd be turning round and the other one would be walking down slowly backwards er grabbing a rope wi to join the two to make it into a a double rope . |
| 39 | If he does not appear the proceedings may be struck out or the district judge may proceed with the review in his absence or may order the action or matter to be struck out ( Ord 17 , r 5 ; Ord 21 , r 1(2) ) . |
| 40 | Excessive foliage may be cut back when the stakes are removed in late autumn . |
| 41 | Debris of all sizes up to great boulders may be swept along until the flood subsides . |
| 42 | Although these missions may be scaled down if the alliance 's Patriot missiles continue to destroy almost every incoming Scud , a fear remains that Iraq might be able to replace the conventional warheads with chemical ones . |
| 43 | Some of you may be pissed off that the game was n't on R5 , but you ca n't be as pissed off as me . |
| 44 | This may be left out and the main clause will still make sense : Christchurch College , Oxford , which we visited yesterday , is one of the largest in the University . |
| 45 | These sticks would be twisted round until the bag was tightly pressed and the essential oil oozed out of the petals . |
| 46 | Afterwards the plaster would be washed off and the brooms , now brittle twigs , would be used for months to come to sweep the floor . |
| 47 | He adds for good measure that the public-sector deficit would be wiped out if the country stopped paying its foreign debts . |
| 48 | They would fill the waggons from the hoppers at the shaft stations on Deep Level , then after coupling them together , say , in sets of three , the horse would be hitched on and the train hauled out to the grizzleys at the dressing floors . |
| 49 | If the policy was successful , its effects would be picked up when the next analysis was undertaken , and projected into the future . |
| 50 | If it were to become an actual consistent condition , the very purpose of life itself ( which is growth towards perfection through the struggle between opposites or growth towards total ‘ order ’ ) would be cancelled out and the evolutionary process would cease to be of significance . |
| 51 | It is very likely that the posturing will be toned down after the exercises are over . |
| 52 | There is no way that the repairs will be completed on time , but we have been assured that the hall will be patched up and the festival will be running as planned . ’ |
| 53 | And so exotic fruit out of season will be sought out because the patient fancies it , and other such fairly innocuous things bought . |
| 54 | As the course lengthens the bed of the distributary will be built up and the situation may arise where a levee is breached and a new shorter course to the sea made available . |
| 55 | The current debt burden will be written off and the organisation liberated from the public finance system . |
| 56 | After the printed sections having been collated , the spines will be ground off and the cover glued on . |
| 57 | As far as the alleged infringer is concerned , this can be a useful ploy as the proceedings will be drawn out and the proprietor of the patent will be put to extra expense in defending his patent . |
| 58 | Since the electoral registration officer is authorised by statute to sell copies of the electoral register , address lists from this source are fairly and lawfully obtained ; objections to trading in other address lists can be circumvented if , at the time of the initial collection of information , it is made clear that addresses will be passed on unless the data subject expressly objects . |
| 59 | Category A debt 's interest will be paid on time with the principal repaid as cash comes in ; interest on B debt will be rolled up and the capital not repaid until all A debt is redeemed . |
| 60 | He should not intervene in little local difficulties in Cambridgeshire which , sooner or later , will be sorted out when the authority spends its additional resources sensibly by devoting them to raising the quality of education . |