Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] [verb] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , there are in some cases statements of principle in general terms , which do not form part of the ratio decidendi and in others statements in dissenting judgments which it seems to me should be considered when the present question has to be resolved . |
| 2 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 3 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
| 4 | I 'll be contacted when the time comes . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll be arguing that the end of imperialism and communism might be a wonderful thing , but that period of instability , that period of change can be very dangerous . |
| 6 | Indeed I shall be arguing that the drama will only be effective when its inner structure is felt by the participants . |
| 7 | You may be advised that the intended phraseology is appropriate and legally effective . |
| 8 | He was not sure that she would come , but felt that she should be warned that the old man was close to death . |
| 9 | Where we this is first order correlation , you may want to specify erm , some second order serial correlation in which case you 'd be seeing whether the residuals in T were related to the residuals in T minus one . |
| 10 | No doubt she will be hoping that The Corn is Green will draw more of her friends to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , when it opens for two weeks on Monday , April 27th . |
| 11 | All you have to do is indicate the number of guests you will be feeding and the sort of food you wish to serve and the Safeway team will do the rest . |
| 12 | The disadvantage of share schemes is , Mr Luder says , that ‘ it is all very well my being an employee of a subsidiary five tiers down of some major plc , and their saying ‘ Here is a dollar for a share option and you will be motivated if the share price rises ’ , but there is no direct link between cause and effect' . |
| 13 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 14 | If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking . |
| 15 | You will be informed when the date has been fixed for the appeal to be heard in Court when you must appear personally before the Court in support of your Appeal . |
| 16 | The Queensferry Association is already included on the structure plan mailing list and you will be notified when the document is available . |
| 17 | Erm , Chair , I think when we come to the capital programme you will be proposing that the P A G advise you and the Director in terms of producing a package which meets those guidelines , erm , and given the opportunity to look at them in some detail . |
| 18 | You may snort and think that this is very far-fetched but you can be assured that the majority of lecturers who appear before you not only know their subjects but are enthusiastic about them and about transmitting their knowledge to you . |
| 19 | The image of a body simply can not do justice , we are saying , to the reality of — and our complex emotional reaction to — overpowering physical realities like the sea or the night-sky ( however much we may be told that the stars are a twinkle in God 's eye ! ) . |
| 20 | What they seem to be saying about outcomes of adoption is quite positive but nevertheless we should be warned that the heady days of ‘ no child is unadoptable ’ are in the past . |
| 21 | Already we should be persuaded that the Bank has considerable power to influence monetary conditions . |
| 22 | Likewise , we might be disturbed if the social class distribution in the sample turned out to be very unlike the overall pattern . |
| 23 | Most of us are too polite to object , but imagine the embarrassment we could be saved if the authorities allowed people to ride in shirtsleeves in hot weather . |
| 24 | We shall be told that the time has been equally shared between the three parties , but there are many ways of belling the cat , and the timing of the viewpoints and the batting order can achieve the results they intend . |
| 25 | In an arrival statement at Cairo airport , Mr Christopher said : ‘ We have come to the region ready to do our best , and we will be assessing whether the parties are ready to do theirs . |
| 26 | ‘ We will be arguing that the long-term unemployed have suffered enough . ’ |
| 27 | Obviously , if probes in this region were deleted one by one , starting from the probes known as repetitive ( containing ribosomal DNA or belonging to telomeres in this case ) , less of them would be deleted and the overlap would be successfully detected . |
| 28 | the ability of superiors to deal with interruptions to the work they may be doing and the number of problems which arise and need to be dealt with ; |
| 29 | However , in an emergency , they may be used until the correct spring is available . |
| 30 | Consequently , they must be answered if the potential of the classical perspective is to be developed . |