Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of government intervention is less to tell people what they ought to like than to allow them better to achieve what they already like . |
| 2 | Students are helped to maximize their performance , to cope with academic and other difficulties that may arise and to prepare for the future beyond the Course . |
| 3 | Any agreement or any peace treaty , when it comes , must recognise that to humiliate either the Serbs or the Croats would be a great mistake . |
| 4 | If the child is in police protection the authority should consider whether to ask the police to apply for an EPO on its behalf ( s47(3) ( c ) and see Chapter 13 , 1(d) ) . |
| 5 | Mr. Collins asserted that they had either such a right or at least a right that Lautro should consider whether to hear them . |
| 6 | ‘ If the law has to have a proper effect then landlords and breweries should know that to serve young people like this , they are in danger of losing their licences . ’ |
| 7 | There are a number of matters which it will need to take into account : ( 1 ) The offeror must consider whether to proceed by way of a takeover offer or a Court Scheme . |
| 8 | Early appointment is obviously essential when an emergency protection order is made as the guardian must consider whether to apply for early discharge on the child 's behalf . |
| 9 | I must choose whether to live or die ? ’ |
| 10 | We must remember that to deny someone control of their own lives is to offer them a most profound insult , not to mention the injury which the frustration of their wishes and the setting at naught of their own plans for themselves will add . |
| 11 | Maureen decided that while Eileen and Stephen were home , the family should decide whether to tell Terry how ill his mother was . |
| 12 | There the European Court , consistently with the opinion of the Advocate General ( see p. 663 ) , declined to regulate the manner in which the national court should decide whether to grant interim relief following upon the European Court 's ruling on the main question concerned with the power of the national court to grant relief in the circumstances of the case . |
| 13 | One must decide whether to use a unification-based approach , an ATN system , a Marcus parser or a transformational grammar etc . |
| 14 | Bingley 's Richard Nerurkar , who finished second , should join him in the team , having achieved the qualifying time in the World Championships last year , but third-placed Paul Evans must decide whether to chase it in Europe before the team is finalised on June 28 . |
| 15 | Liverpool boss Graeme Souness must decide whether to opt for Hooper 's experience or the raw talent of £1.3m youngster David James as the Reds bid to overturn their 4-2 Cup Winners ' Cup second round , first leg against Spartak Moscow . |
| 16 | With David Batty unlikely to be fit , Wilkinson must decide whether to replace him with David Rocastle or Eric Cantona . |
| 17 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |
| 18 | However , where proceedings are commenced by way of charge , the police must decide whether to hold a suspect in custody or to grant ‘ police bail ’ pending the first court appearance . |
| 19 | Both discussed Kohlberg 's moral dilemma of a man who can not afford the expensive medicine which may save his fatally ill wife , and who must decide whether to burgle a pharmacy to get it . |
| 20 | By April 30th Carla Hills , the American trade boss , must decide whether to cite China as an ‘ unfair ’ trader . |
| 21 | Congress , over the next eight months , must decide whether to honour these wish-lists . |
| 22 | In this case , the human indexer will be provided with the terms not recognized by the computer , and must decide whether to list them in the golist or the stoplist , or perhaps to leave them unlisted so that they will be output for human indexer consideration on each occurrence . |
| 23 | When the signs of ageing come too soon , you must decide whether to make do or dye . |
| 24 | If , however , the amendments are rejected by the Commons , the Lords must decide whether to persist with these . |
| 25 | Now Souness must decide whether to persist with England Under-21 youngster David James or recall the more experienced Mike Hooper , who has proved his excellent temperament in the European cauldron . |
| 26 | He will be giving a demonstration of this art in the days running up to June 3rd , by when George Bush must decide whether to renew China 's trading privileges , known as most-favoured-nation status . |
| 27 | Thirteen-goal Trevor Morley is suspended after being sent off against Reggiana and Bonds must decide whether to play Clive Allen alone upfront or give rookie striker Steve Jones his first team debut . |
| 28 | Surveyors must decide whether to meet this challenge themselves or employ others to do so . |
| 29 | Local authorities are no different in this respect from other large concerns , whether public or private , who must decide whether to provide all the components of their activities within their own organisations or to obtain some from outside suppliers . |
| 30 | The forecaster must decide whether to exclude such events from the analysis of trends where these are being used to forecast for the future . |