Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of the several names owned by another recipient had strayed into someone 's word-processor to create a further deserving don , the knowing reference to whom must have ruined the new year for more than one senior scholar . |
| 2 | Traffic wardens and police patrols have been given instructions to keep a careful watch for motorists who may attempt to break the new rules . |
| 3 | In France and Spain , therefore , notices of medieval and Renaissance music on record are usually written by critics who may have studied the historical performance of the repertory in question less than the performers whose work is being reviewed . |
| 4 | Police hoped this would jog the memories of people who may have seen the two . |
| 5 | Today 's prayer was written by someone who must have experienced the terrible sense of desolation that Cardinal Newman spoke about — it was written by the great composer , Beethoven , at a time when he realised that his deafness was incurable . |
| 6 | He was certainly not of weak intellect , being a mature businessman who must have known the precise circumstances in which he found himself . |
| 7 | One day , a woman turned up who must have seemed the very embodiment of that nature he was tussling with daily . |
| 8 | As for advising someone else who might want to do the same thing as myself , I do n't know what to say . |
| 9 | If we were really lucky we 'd be able to go to conference and try and sell hundreds of them to other Green Parties who might want to do the same . |
| 10 | The bunkers ate into the fairway at around the 240-yard mark to cool the aggressive ardour of the professional golfer who might try to cut the slight dogleg and set himself up for an easier shot into the two-tier green . |
| 11 | Police are appealing for anyone who might have seen the red London coach on the M40 before the accident to come forward . |
| 12 | Well , Moscavisi 's argument , and I must say , I agree with him , is that they tended to be denigrated by both groups who might have taken the biggest interest in them . |
| 13 | Who could fail to notice the resplendent little cock wheatears by the roadside ? |
| 14 | Where Roberts had commended Prince Albert 's provision of three bedrooms because the use of the living-room as sleeping quarters led to unwholesome crowding , the realists began to point out that the crowding occurred in any case , since even those who could afford to rent the extra rooms , could not afford to furnish them . |
| 15 | The greatest unfairness , she thought , was that the women who could afford to buy the beautiful clothes simply did not do them justice , while she , who showed them off so well , had to save for weeks , even given her staff discount , for the most modestly priced item . |
| 16 | Throughout the spring , talk of invasion was on everyone 's lips ; those who could help to fund the new military force did so , while others , providing they were householders or ‘ such other Persons as shall be recommended by two Householders ’ , were invited to enlist at the George Inn , ‘ … where such persons as are willing to join the Frome Selwood Volunteers , either cavalry or infantry , are requested to attend and sign their names ’ . |
| 17 | At that time the bones of a saint were important : the Abbeys would vie with each other to see who could claim to have the best holy relics , because bones performed miracles , which brought in the visitors . ’ |
| 18 | But who could have foreseen the amazing house-price boom of 1987 and 1988 ? |
| 19 | Like 13-year-old Joey Papineau , who could have told the baffled university dons : ‘ Neighbours is great because it 's not like real life . |
| 20 | When Lord Hunter asked those officers who could have planted the incriminating pieces of paper in the pocket of Griffiths 's overcoat ( which he was n't wearing that night ) and all of them , as one would expect , denied it , he could then delude himself into believing that no planting had taken place . |
| 21 | Erm , right , who 'd like to do the last one , Tracey . |
| 22 | ‘ Who 'd have thought the old bugger would come to life like that ! ’ she said to Nutty afterwards . |
| 23 | Who would rise to claim the Imperial throne ? |
| 24 | I would like to book Mrs Rena Jamieson and Miss Joyce Clifton , employees within this Department , who would like to attend the above conference on Thursday 9 September 1993 . |
| 25 | In order to secure a " constitutional premiership " that is less powerful and more accountable to the party and parliament , there are those within the Labour Party who would wish to change the British constitution so as to restrict the powers of a Prime Minister . |
| 26 | There were a few who would have asked the same question , looking at Joan Rush , senior project officer with the fund , a prime mover in the group which has beavered away at the subject to bring it into the mainstream of policy and practice . |
| 27 | When the boy rose at him on foot , none too steadily but with grim gallantry , and dripping blood from the finger-ends of his mail gauntlet , Owen vaulted promptly out of the saddle to match him , and waved off his companions , who would have borne the young man down by sheer weight . |
| 28 | Within a short time , however , most of Reagan 's proposed changes had foundered either because they were inherently unworkable or because of his failure to consult with those who would have to approve the necessary changes in the law , i.e. members of the state legislature . |
| 29 | I can think of only one other man who would have taken the political risks involved and that was the late Sir Hugh Fraser . |
| 30 | Hard to feel sorry for the laird , who would have watched the sweating workers from his window , hands in pockets , listening for the doorbell in case the king changed his mind and dropped in for a scone . |