Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adj] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Mr Major has signalled that he wants to leave the choice up to backbenchers , he is understood to favour the new Speaker coming from the Tory ranks , dashing Labour hopes that they might be able to nominate the next occupant of the Speaker 's chair . |
| 2 | I 'd be happy going the fourteenth of February . |
| 3 | When reclaiming such land , it may be necessary to provide the first pioneer crops with a direct injection of nutrients through chemical fertilizers but it should always be remembered that the aim is to build up the life in the soil so that it can provide its own fertility within the land potential . |
| 4 | In SWDs and SSDs , it would be possible to accept the first definition almost unreservedly . |
| 5 | I put in when I planted the garden because I thought that would be useful to know the next year . |
| 6 | Controlling activities arc so closely linked to Planning and Decision-making activities that it would be advisable to study the next two chapters in conjunction with Chapters 16 and 17 . |
| 7 | We would be inclined to use the first , because it gives a better sense of the feel of the anthology ; but this is a fairly arbitrary decision , where rule-books do not help . |
| 8 | We can say with certainty that we would be able to mount the first kind of display ; but at the moment we can not be so certain about the travelling display which , although the more attractive proposition , has much more significant resource implications . |
| 9 | Like an Elizabethan tickling the back of his throat with a peacock feather to induce vomiting so he would be able to face the next enormous course , he brought up another cloud of ghosts . |
| 10 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 11 | I hope will be happy to read the first lesson . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it is my opinion that when a decision-making body is called upon to reach a decision which arises out of the relationship between two persons or firms , only one of whom is directly under the control of the decision-making body , and it is apparent that the decision will be likely to affect the second person adversely , then as a general proposition the decision-making body does owe some duty of fairness to that second person , which , in appropriate circumstances , may well include a duty to allow him to make representations before reaching the decision . |
| 13 | You catch both balls and repeat until you have a very smooth action when you will be ready to insert the third ball . |
| 14 | I am sure that the Secretary of State will be able to explain the next point to me , because it is so simple . |