Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun prp] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 She planned a chart where Emma would receive an animal sticker to stick on a wall chart when she had completed any of these required tasks .
2 The sale of Speed or Macca would be unforgivable by the board or Wilko should either of these two depart then the club would face a wholesale revolt .
3 Rocastle did do well , but was n't quite as dynamic as Strach — he 'd do some very pretty stuff every now and then , but occasionally hold back a bit where Strach would have gone headlong into attack .
4 I have to find another flat , a quiet one , or else a country cottage where Marcus can be a hermit .
5 Britain would have to accept the decision or America would enforce it by arms .
6 The sale of Speed or Macca would be unforgivable by the board or Wilko should either of these two depart then the club would face a wholesale revolt .
7 The Althorps ' divorce went through in April 1969 and a month later on May 2 , Peter Shand Kydd and Lady Althorp married in a quiet register office ceremony and bought a house on the West Sussex coast where Peter could indulge his love of sailing .
8 But neither industry nor BT can afford to give free training so the bill must be paid by a foreign government or the International Telecommunication Union , which is based in Switzerland .
9 It was an ill omen that Grey should appear on this day of all days , so close to where Owen lay hidden , newly resolved to take Hotspur 's advice , bide his time for peace-making , and forbear aggravating the English further .
10 The black eyes were alight with some emotion that Theda could not fathom .
11 ‘ Jorge can take me , ’ Maggie said , feeling an incredible little burst of disappointment that Felipe would not be driving her .
12 It had been a chance perhaps worth taking to violate Belgian neutrality , but this had brought Great Britain , with her Empire and her naval supremacy into the War , with the inevitable result that Germany would , by blockade , eventually be brought to starvation .
13 The fact that the negative side receives very much more attention from him than the positive side , and that the attack is pressed home on only one of the two experiential explanations , has had the unfortunate result that Wittgenstein can be mistakenly thought to be giving the alternative experiential explanation , in terms of behaviour .
14 Concern was felt over ambitions that might be stimulated in Moscow with the result that Korea could become a focal point of tension .
15 He startled Philip with him , so impressed Emlyn Williams with a recitation on a London street in a blackout that Williams could recall it precisely forty years later , and introduced anybody he thought would appreciate it to the dark-vowelled , consonant-cracking language of the man whose most famous work would be Under Milk Wood , whose first performance — on radio and stage — would star Richard Burton .
16 After her coy glances and generous cups of wine , they were lured out into the dark so Rachel might speak where no spy could overhear .
17 Uri Lubrani , co-ordinator of Israeli government activities in Lebanon , stressed in reply that Israel would not exercise the same restraint in south Lebanon that it was showing in the face of Iraqi missile attacks .
18 It had never crossed my mind that Sunderland would be prepared to part with me so easily . ’
19 It should be kept in mind that TFIIA could also act as an anti-inhibitor either by inducing a conformational change of TBP ( 16 ) or by competing with negative components binding to TBP ( 15 ) .
20 It crossed his mind that Massingham might not have been too displeased had Kate Miskin already left her flat and been impossible to contact .
21 It crossed Rain 's mind that Eliot might have planned all along that Harbury should help but that Shildon had proposed her instead .
22 But it is unlikely that rises in Ca 2+ of this duration are necessary for the induction of LTP in view of the demonstration that LTP can still be induced even if the duration of the post-tetanic rise in Ca 2+ is restricted to less than 3s , using a photo-activatable caged Ca 2+ chelator .
23 It was very possibly from that actual spring that Mary would have made daily journeys to fetch water .
24 The plans are still being kept tightly under wraps , partly through the fear that Mowden might try to scupper them .
25 I have an irrational fear that Lucker will blank me .
26 Séguin , whose eloquence throughout the campaign was widely reported , stressed his fear that Maastricht would result in a loss of French sovereignty , especially over monetary policy .
27 She could see behind Rose 's phrase a fear that Steve might indeed know something about the bodies .
28 Of much greater importance was Philip 's support for David II of Scotland and Edward 's fear that Philip might launch an invasion of England on behalf of his Scottish ally .
29 With Korea came the added fear that America could become involved in Asian affairs to the detriment of European interests .
30 She was soundly defeated in her war against Turkey when Britain and France intervened for fear that Russia would establish her sway over Constantinople .
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