Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may appear less than thorough yet it is on the basis of these estimates , and those of other estate agents acting in the same way , that the Tories ' new Council Tax ( the sequel to the Poll Tax ) will be based . |
| 2 | ‘ That may mean some shift in the regional balance of expenditure . |
| 3 | Even that may represent some revival after its Viking sufferings ; in 955 king Eadred had bequeathed 400 pounds to relieve the people of the south , the money to be distributed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his clergy . |
| 4 | It presents a host of problems — medical , moral , ethical , and legal — that may confront any patient , relative , and doctor when coping with death and dying . |
| 5 | There is a danger of treating a historical phenomenon ( the lyric poem ) as sui generis , and that may restrict any absolute definition of the kind of text I shall be examining . |
| 6 | If Zbo did rescue some of the earlier work , that may explain some of the muddle about the authenticated chronology of Modigliani 's work . |
| 7 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 8 | That may take some time , and in a waterway as busy as the Thames a floating body is likely to be seen . |
| 9 | Right , in the long run , they 've got to cover all their costs , right , they will be driven out of business , but that may take some time . |
| 10 | That may tempt more Governments to introduce more Bills there . |
| 11 | And then , and that , that may solve all sorts of problems for you , if you were going to do that sort of seven days a week , let's say from seven in the morning until , I do n't know , nine at nigh , at night or something . |
| 12 | Actually seeing her physically pregnant may increase this response , and so when she has had her baby and gone back to her usual size , it is easier to relate to her as a daughter again . |
| 13 | Rather than respond defensively Labour should see this as an opportunity to break out of the strait-jacket politics of the Thatcher era . |
| 14 | In deciding whether MAS should attend such a meeting , it will be important to consider whether our presence may hinder the achievement of objective ( a ) . |
| 15 | The group is hoping that 1993/94 should see some increase in advertising revenue . |
| 16 | That must mean more openness in the way it conducts its business . |
| 17 | That must give some of the girls a shock — a pleasant one , perhaps . ’ |
| 18 | And that must have some extremely dubious coffee in it . |
| 19 | This book was also a revelation , but work goes on , as does enlightenment , in God 's kingdom , work I 'm sure that must take many forms . |
| 20 | It also made respectable the unfamiliar doctrine of ‘ positive discrimination ’ — going beyond weak doctrines of equality ( perceived as the removal of artificial obstacles ) , to strong doctrines ( based on the conviction that the socially disadvantaged should receive more than , not the same as , their more fortunate contemporaries ) . |
| 21 | We must look at the standards and work in schools from an objective standpoint , and that should involve some outsiders , which means non-educationists , looking , inspecting and reporting . |
| 22 | Erm that should mean that everybody 'll get a a copy of their own team 's entitlement . |
| 23 | SUMMERCHILD : I do n't think that should present any problems . |
| 24 | instead of just obeying instructions you just say well that should go that way and that should go that way and to me that 's immaterial if you just see it going , see it , if its working that 's it , know where the tops and bottoms of it all I mean I see |
| 25 | instead of just obeying instructions you just say well that should go that way and that should go that way and to me that 's immaterial if you just see it going , see it , if its working that 's it , know where the tops and bottoms of it all I mean I see |
| 26 | That should change this year , for in the first innings of Lincolnshire 's match against Norfolk , Love put himself on to bowl his offbreaks and took 6 for 18 . |
| 27 | that says , tt , six pound , er , tt , three pound ten insurance and six pound ninety registration so that should sort that out |
| 28 | Anywayz , Im glad the corner count was so convincingly superior … that should shut most people up … |
| 29 | That should save some time . |
| 30 | And that should find all files written today . |