Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] [modal v] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If any party on the management committee does n't like the split it will five member it back through the whole structure to this county council and we shall have proceeded no further .
2 At the time , you sent us a delightful card , which I still have , offering good wishes and expressing the hope we might one day meet .
3 He kept thinking of Jelka , and of the grandchildren he would some day have .
4 He will send the Conablaiche to kill every male child in Ireland , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ for he believes that in that way , he will kill the child who will one day rise up to challenge him . ’
5 Ifor the idol he would one day have to dislodge .
6 The airlines themselves will next week step up their recruitment drive for pilots in North America and western Europe , where they have also chartered aircraft , by extending their search for flight crews to South Africa and central Europe .
7 And the happier you are , the higher the price you may one day have to pay .
8 Or to try and improve the lives of the people who would one day be his subjects ?
9 He has devoted time and energy to people because it is the people who will one day be his subjects , and he feels a sense of responsibility towards them ; but he will also be King of the British Isles , and has a responsibility to safeguard those Isles for future generations .
10 ‘ When you 've lived as long as me , ’ said Lydia , speaking like the crone she would one day doubtless turn into , ‘ you 'll know just how stupid people can be . ’
11 Confident that the anointing they have all received is the person of the Spirit of the Anointed One , who remains with them ( 2:27 ) , John knows he can safely leave their instruction to that same Spirit who is true and who shows them how to abide in Christ , the Christ who will one day return ( 2:28f ) .
12 The thought they would one day lose Lizzie never occurred .
13 When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth .
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