Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever we may think of their evocative names , ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ and ‘ Peace ’ are much too boisterous to be given room in genteel society . |
| 2 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
| 3 | Otis Ferguson was aware that the film depicted a ‘ phony strike ’ and that there was no real analysis of labour-management problems but he still felt that it had ‘ this air of life whatever we may think of its social content ’ . |
| 4 | Whatever one may think of its application to the particular case , there can be little doubt that Banfield has at the very least described in an ideal form a society in which thrift , enterprise , trust and cooperation are impossible , and therefore one in which political and economic development along liberal democratic and capitalist lines are grossly inhibited . |
| 5 | Whatever we may make of its influences , Leonard is clear that he ‘ never recovered ’ from its dénouements ; its ‘ illumination of human behaviour ’ ; its horror ( which he termed ‘ metaphorical ’ ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " Now that I 've recovered we must think of your reputation , Mrs Lang . " |
| 9 | " You must think of your child . " |
| 10 | PATHOLOGIST , seeking improvement to his department , at staff committee : ‘ We must think of our public image . |
| 11 | I do n't know what he must think of our house , some of our furniture is over a hundred years old ! |
| 12 | But we must go further and when men speak of dark skies , we must think of our own bright interior skies . |
| 13 | A student of mine who saw the Hollywood film Witness , which featured the Amish community , wondered whether we should think of their way of life not as a residue of the past but the way of the future ! |
| 14 | For managers to be able to resolve ethical dilemmas , says Ms Nash , they should think of their business in terms of covenants — with employees , customers , suppliers and so on . |
| 15 | Above all , they must know of your part in the destruction of my Lord of Buckingham as , God be my witness , I know mine ! ’ |
| 16 | Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order ; the court must act of its own volition . |
| 17 | He could n't fathom why she was so anxious that no one else should know of his interest in her . |
| 18 | It was also said that if the bow should move of its own accord after it had been draped it was a bad omen . |
| 19 | It followed that no individual should boast of his role ‘ but be thankful that he has been permitted to be useful ’ . |
| 20 | When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . ' |
| 21 | It had seemed a good idea at the time , a bit of expensive and unusual fun with some of her friends , and sure , she had been intrigued when she had been told that she should beware of her fiery nature 's setting alight a situation which would become frighteningly uncontrollable , but that was three days ago . |
| 22 | It may surprise the reader ( who after all is charged with the task of making an important decision ) , that I should talk of my time at university as a happy one and yet still speak of my dominant emotion as fear , but then the worst is yet to come . |
| 23 | ‘ I wonder what they 'll make of our humble little home . ’ |
| 24 | This was not as easy as they hoped ; they knew that , however much it might disapprove of their activities , the English government certainly had no power to get its orders obeyed on the western side of the Atlantic , but their charter , which they hoped would make them independent of England , and on which they relied for the legal basis of their community , said — like all the other charters — that they must not pass laws that were not consistent with English laws . |
| 25 | I 'll think of her name in a minute . ’ |
| 26 | I 'll think of your body tonight to warm my cell . |
| 27 | Why was she worrying so much about what the fuddy-duddy Dr Grant might think of her appearance anyway , when what mattered surely were her professional capabilities , and certainly she had no doubts about those . |
| 28 | No matter what Louise might think of her tactics in dealing with this crisis she believed she had handled the situation in the best way possible . |
| 29 | This talented , if washed-up musician was n't harbouring Rose — though he might know of her whereabouts . |
| 30 | We hated to give them any encouragement but something might come of his uncle , if he existed . |