Example sentences of "[modal v] give the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must give the small , inefficient , part-time continental farmers an option to leave the industry , not a subsidy to produce . |
| 2 | A claim for group relief must give the following details : the identity of the claimant company ; the accounting period for which relief is claimed ; the identity of the surrendering company or companies ; the relevant accounting period(s) of each surrendering company ; amounts claimed in respect of each ; and the total amount of the claimant company 's profits claimed to be covered by group relief . |
| 3 | Non-British and non-Commonwealth citizens must give the following information : |
| 4 | The government must give the necessary guarantees to enable the Omani order to be placed . |
| 5 | You must give the total gross SSP payments you have made to each employee on your P14 End-of-Year Return . |
| 6 | You must give the exact critical values , right , if those critical values that you are using to compare with the regressionally significant whether you have serial correlation or not erm so they 're very very important and they ought to be included erm because otherwise we do n't know whether a test statistic is er statistically significant or not . |
| 7 | There , electoral law requires that a constituency candidate shall be chosen by secret ballot either in a meeting of party members specially convened for that purpose , or by an ad hoc committee itself elected by secret ballot ; and party officers must give the returning officer a solemn assurance that these procedures have been observed . |
| 8 | The Queen must give the royal assent to all legislation . |
| 9 | There is no specified consultation period but the employer must give the specified information to the union " long enough " before the sale to enable consultations to take place . |
| 10 | ‘ As I have said repeatedly I believe that in a one-off Test you must give the visiting side a 50–50 chance , even us after our isolation . |
| 11 | I felt that somebody should give the other side … how such a tragedy brings all kinds of penalties in its wake . ’ |
| 12 | At a conference in Stockholm in late September 1986 , nonetheless , a last-minute agreement was reached that each side should give the other advance warning of troop movements , and that on-site verification should be permitted on a limited basis for the first time . |
| 13 | The ministers also agreed to an Indian proposal that each member state should give the other most-favoured-nation treatment in trade , manufacturing services and tourism . |
| 14 | Enquiries at local hospitals , your local Age Concern group , the community health council and social services should give the broad outline of what exists . |
| 15 | Punters who burned their fingers on Picton at Romford should give the unlucky Kim Marlow runner another chance . |
| 16 | for fear that he would start a separatist movement in the south — there was some point to his suggestions that Bao Dai should be better advertised ; that he should have an American adviser and that American technicians should give the Vietnamese government a ‘ new look ’ . |
| 17 | Concatenating the two together should give the full pathname of the Process Directory , and you should have read and write access to that directory . |
| 18 | If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape . |
| 19 | Where a person appearing to be a mental patient attends court without a guardian ad litem , the court may give the necessary directions under Ord 13 , r 2(1) of its own motion . |
| 20 | Then look at each one very carefully , removing any yellowish pieces , which may give the finished dish a bitter taste . |
| 21 | Highlighting these few bureaux may give the misleading impression that they are out of line with the mainstream . |
| 22 | The danger of this approach is that it may give the erroneous impression that companies are constantly embroiled in internecine strife , and that investors and creditors are habitually maltreated by dishonest or incompetent company controllers . |
| 23 | These characters become real , and may give the lonely viewer the benefits normally derived from being with other people . |
| 24 | If you allow more than one or two days to elapse you may either lose your nerve , or find that you have missed your opportunity , or you might give the prospective employer the impression that you are not really interested . |
| 25 | Only the other day Robson was criticising Paul Gascoigne for attempting a similar back-heeled flick during England 's B match against Yugoslavia … could be costly , might give the other side a goal , must cut out that sort of thing , and so on . |
| 26 | Something like ( 39 ) might give the correct impression : ( 39 ) but this is unreasonably cumbersome . |
| 27 | And above all , it was vital not to do anything which might give the Soviet authorities grounds for hindering the return of our own men . |
| 28 | There had been something predatory about it ; the sort of smile a fox might give the remaining chickens when he left the hen-house . |
| 29 | With the hood down my summer sun bleached hair might give the wrong message ? |
| 30 | Clearly labelled appliances , frequent , itemised bills , and ‘ smart ’ meters that keep track of where the power goes might give the concerned consumer a chance . |