Example sentences of "[modal v] do the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later years , offered the objection that celibacy is not always possible , Lewis the radio evangelist was to be quite unambiguous : ‘ faced with an optional question in an examination paper , one considers whether one can do it or not ; faced with a compulsory question , one must do the best one can … |
| 2 | It was now clear to her that France was alone and must do the best it could by its own efforts . |
| 3 | Having said that , each and every Rottweiler who is taken out into the public 's glare is an ambassador for the breed and we must do the best we can . |
| 4 | To do this you must do the following : |
| 5 | To do this you must do the following : |
| 6 | I learned how to cope with it and they must do the same . |
| 7 | Kowalik said : ‘ I reached the World Championship semi-finals last year and I must do the same again to prove that my career is on course . |
| 8 | multiply that side by a hundred and twenty so we must do the same on the other side of the equation . |
| 9 | ‘ We must do the same , to be true to the Master . |
| 10 | You must do the same . |
| 11 | But if I and mine prepare to defend the kingdom , you and yours must do the same . |
| 12 | But erm you know o , I mean it 's , there 's so much analysis and what not , I mean I I think most , most people must do the same a lot of them have made their minds up and the ones who have n't either do n't really care |
| 13 | In short , he must do the little jobs about the place which a reasonable tenant would do . |
| 14 | Some parents worry that rewarding good behaviour is a type of bribery , and believe that a child should do the right thing as a matter of course , simply because it is right . |
| 15 | As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her . |
| 16 | In her book Bullying At Work ( Virago £6.99 ) she suggests that workers should do the following : LOG instances in which you are attacked , with dates , times and locations . |
| 17 | Now , is it the intention of the people who asked us to take this action that we should just boycott Nestles products , or we should do the whole range of the conglomerate that owns all these people like Rowntrees and Cross and Blackwell , and many other companies as well . |
| 18 | But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so . |
| 19 | He noted that the USA was already in search of bilateral aviation agreements , with the aim of obtaining air rights on a piecemeal basis , and he advocated that the UK should do the same . |
| 20 | Some far-sighted Nationalists in South Africa itself are wondering whether they should do the same . |
| 21 | And just as you would keep a watch on your neighbour 's house if they were away , you should do the same for unoccupied caravans on the site and report anything suspicious immediately . |
| 22 | I said to Ruth that we should do the same . |
| 23 | For the sake of British science , we should do the same . |
| 24 | You should do the same should you be stung in the mouth by a bee or a wasp . |
| 25 | I say that we should do the same , if need be . ’ |
| 26 | You should do the same when shopping . |
| 27 | This can best be seen in the demand made by princes who had subscribed to the treaty that those who lived in their lands should do the same . |
| 28 | Henry VIII of England , busy destroying monasteries and confiscating their wealth , suggested in friendly fashion that his nephew should do the same in Scotland . |
| 29 | If chain shot were capable of removing a ship 's rigging it should do the same for the jungle . |
| 30 | It is perhaps understandable why these men , who earn their livelihood in the very embrace of the Goddess of the South Seas , should take her so seriously , but it came as more of a surprise that the Sultan of Surakarta should do the same . |