Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may relate new information to what has already been given in terms of causes ( so , consequently , because , for this reason ) or in time ( formerly , then , in the end , next ) or they may indicate a new departure or a summary ( by the way , well , to sum up , anyway ) . |
| 2 | Thames Water insist with demand for water growing by 40 per cent over the next quarter century , they must build a new reservoir . |
| 3 | Resistance was prolonged from December to February 1947 when at length Sukarno secured approval for the change by putting his position to the test : if they refused , they must find a new president . |
| 4 | I do n't think they should open a new motorway without adequate facilities |
| 5 | Because no one in any of the North Yorkshire area has been canvassed as to whether or not they should have a new settlement . |
| 6 | She says she 's hoping that they 'll find a new kidney donor . |
| 7 | For some this related to their abilities with their present enterprises whilst for others it related to the future when they might undertake a new enterprise . |
| 8 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |
| 9 | Perhaps they could make a new life there together . |
| 10 | We decided not to kill them ; they could begin a new life on the island . |
| 11 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ The former leaseholder of the cottage , who is a good friend , asked the Duchy of Cornwall if they would like a new tenant when he moved on . |
| 13 | He also announced in the same speech the Government 's first considered response to Strangeways ; they would introduce a new offence of prison mutiny with a maximum penalty of 10 years . |
| 14 | Wherever it sank , there they would found a new kingdom . |
| 15 | They would empower a new Press Commission to impose penalties for offences defined by the report , and would back it up with an ombudsman , chosen by the Lord Chancellor , and given statutory authority to enforce fines by court order . |
| 16 | We shall be spared Labour 's radical and dangerous plans for constitutional reforms , although if the Tories are wise they will display a new sensitivity and imagination in their government of Scotland . |
| 17 | I shall stay until the next General Election when I would expect they will select a new candidate at South Derbyshire . ’ |
| 18 | But if England lose the second Test , they will need a new captain as well as a new-look team Gooch would surely not survive any longer . |
| 19 | ‘ Father says they can graft a new hand onto the nerve ends . |
| 20 | She argues that they can constitute a new perspective for the social sciences and goes on to show a continuity with the anti-positivism and rejection of the knowing subject in structuralist and post-structuralist approaches to understanding . |