Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She 's very kind , but we ought to stand on our own feet . |
| 32 | They spend the day concealed under stones , preying at night on smaller invertebrates , which they seize with their pincer-like claws and may paralyse with their tail sting . |
| 33 | There have also been hints that Tommy Thompson , chief coach at the Hopman 's Resort , where the Capriati family live , may assist in her tactical and practical training during major tournaments . |
| 34 | The requirement of knowledge in paragraph ( c ) is clearly of ‘ actual ’ rather than of constructive knowledge , though a person who ought to know of his animal 's vicious characteristics may , of course , still be liable for negligence . |
| 35 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 36 | On the other hand , there are three points which may count in its favour : First , it provides a straightforward account of the very varied uses of adjectives in English , and points to a quite direct correlation between observable facts and a highly economical set of assumptions about basic grammatical relations . |
| 37 | The ideas , practical applications and topics presented in our magazine may appeal to your members . |
| 38 | Advertisements may appeal to our senses — smell , taste , touch , hearing , sight . |
| 39 | Or they may appeal to our feelings — advertisements that evoke nostalgia , or involve appealing children and animals ; that make us laugh or rely on sex appeal , are all playing on our emotions to persuade us to buy . |
| 40 | To demonstrate , then , that prices are inflexible in the sense that we mean in the remainder of this chapter , it has to be established that the price may deviate from its equilibrium value over a given interval . |
| 41 | The provincial presses , though they may lag behind their metropolitan brothers in equipment and technique , have a great story to tell . |
| 42 | As all third parties do , we may delight in his indiscretions — but Charles Boyd did not , nor did any Scots of allied sympathies . |
| 43 | One of these effects can be what Britton ( 1981 ) refers to as the phenomenon of re-enactment as an unwitting professional response to the dynamics of a child 's situation , the difficulty that exists for professionals not to re-enact — and thereby aggravate — what the child already experiences , and the ease with which they may collude with his sense of hopelessness and negative feelings . |
| 44 | If the recovery is faltering he 'll clearly want to be more keen to cut interest rates , and also he 'll want to take into account the effect of any tax increases he may introduce in his budget . |
| 45 | In this way the man and his sheep may linger in our minds , even if we do not remember the economic difficulties so clearly — ‘ The Last of the Flock ’ would make a good title for a Victorian narrative painting . |
| 46 | WILLIAMS : I hope I may trust to your discretion not to let Mr. Belville know from whom you had the information . |
| 47 | However , by-products are by-products , and we ought to concentrate on its intended use . |
| 48 | We ask that they may know of your daily provision of all kinds of needs , and especially for Rob 's studies , that he may be able to learn and think with Your mind at all times . |
| 49 | ( ’ One may know by your kiss that your gin is excellent . ’ ) |
| 50 | Are we prepared to discipline ourselves to restrictions and regulations that we feel we ought to impose for our own good ? |
| 51 | When this study was mounted participants were advised in writing that all findings would be reported to their medical practitioner , whom they should consult for their individual results . |
| 52 | " Now that I 've recovered we must think of your reputation , Mrs Lang . " |
| 53 | " You must think of your child . " |
| 54 | PATHOLOGIST , seeking improvement to his department , at staff committee : ‘ We must think of our public image . |
| 55 | I do n't know what he must think of our house , some of our furniture is over a hundred years old ! |
| 56 | But we must go further and when men speak of dark skies , we must think of our own bright interior skies . |
| 57 | As the figures show , Conservative supporters are keenest that their party should govern on its own . |
| 58 | You should browse in your local art shop . |
| 59 | He must persist with his present course . |
| 60 | It has been proposed that a reduction in pay rises of 1% could create 200,000 jobs but before the jobs are created the demand must exist for our goods . |