Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The new packages you mentioned will certainly help .
2 If trusts , as is often said , depended on the testator 's intention and little else , then to launch into a discussion of the wordings they employed may well seem perverse .
3 The flapping of their wings and the strange cries they make would indeed have been eerie for those who Mew nothing of bird migration .
4 Only one shadow lay over Sally 's life , a secret shadow that none of the luxuries she enjoyed could quite banish .
5 Thereafter , engaging the family in a discussion of the problems they face can quickly indicate the current nature of family relationships and interactions .
6 The publications you produce may well fit into a set of identifiable categories ; brochures , newsletters , flyers , books , manuals and so on but it 's how you produce them that 's important .
7 Each of these sources provides new information that will enrich the ideas you start out with ; and the materials you explore will also provide a springboard into completely new ideas , that you are unlikely to have simply by contemplating the poems themselves .
8 It seems that there are some minds which travel will never broaden : vulgarity , riotous behaviour , high spirits and horseplay have scandalized the establishment since the birth of tourism — the 1980s Costa Brava lager lout had his parallel in the Victorian excursionist .
9 And when it comes to discussing the birds and bees with their parents , nearly half the boys we questioned would rather talk to mum .
10 The group begins discussing some of the other wets they hope will now get the push from Major 's cabinet : ‘ William Waldegrave , he 'll be out . ’
11 1.11 In Roberts v Sparks [ 1977 ] CLY 2643 , where the plaintiff was thrown out of the defendant 's vehicle , the court reduced his damages by 25 per cent because the injuries he suffered would clearly have been avoided by wearing a seat belt ; but it added back 5 per cent for the injuries he would have suffered if he had been wearing a seat belt .
12 ‘ The latest events you describe can only add to her unhappiness .
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