Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [noun prp] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason , I proposed that Russia should join the fund , and that has the support of other members . |
| 2 | They proposed that AEA should be re-organised into strategic business units which should be encouraged to prove what they could achieve under a strategy described as ‘ pushing the limits ’ . |
| 3 | He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station . |
| 4 | Towards the end of March , the Italian Consul in San Sebastian , the Marquis of Cavaletti , contacted the President of the autonomous Basque government , José Antonio Aguirre , and proposed that Italy should act as the mediator between Franco and the Basque government , in order to achieve a negotiated end to the war in the north . |
| 5 | John Major promised that Britain would now speed up ratification of the treaty . |
| 6 | Mr Hinchliffe promised that Wilkes would reveal today how large a profit it had made on its shareholding in Neill . |
| 7 | Sharon delivered a speech in Moscow 's central synagogue on Sept. 8 , when he promised that Israel would build 500,000 apartment units to accommodate Soviet Jewish immigrants . |
| 8 | Zou promised that China would do " its share " to raise Sino-Japanese relations to a new level . |
| 9 | He also denied that China had in the past " advocated , encouraged or engaged in the proliferation of nuclear weapons " and promised that China would seek to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and work for nuclear disarmament . |
| 10 | He promised that China would continue to strengthen bilateral co-operation with the UK on the basis of the Joint Declaration and the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the construction and financing of a new airport in Hong Kong , a highly sensitive issue [ see p. 38340 ] , on which more bilateral discussions were to be held in July . |
| 11 | On Nov. 27 German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised that Germany would recognize the two republics " before Christmas " . |
| 12 | He promised that Poland would become " an element of the peaceful order in Europe " , would seek friendly relations with its neighbours , and would continue the dramatic market reforms launched in early 1990 [ see p. 37194 ] . |
| 13 | The Tangier initiative demonstrated that Spain would not interpret this as a passive state . |
| 14 | Innocent maintained that Philip should have gone to Rome for absolution but for the moment he let the matter rest . |
| 15 | No one doubted that Mosley would be a contender for the future leadership of the Labour party . |
| 16 | Somebody mentioned that Billy used to ride a bike . ’ |
| 17 | When British Telecom was approached on the subject , we found that DDI can only be operated on a digital system ; the existing system is analogue . |
| 18 | In practice , however , he found that Karen could n't be provoked easily . |
| 19 | But it was a death in line with the pioneering Lord he followed ; a fitting martyr 's death for a very courageous man who found that God could be trusted with his weakness and fear . |
| 20 | In response to a petition by Knesset member Avraham Poraz , the court found that Sharon should have sought approval for the construction programme from the Knesset . |
| 21 | She then introduced a little milk and butter into her diet and found that Jamie could now tolerate this . |
| 22 | On May 17 1988 , Computergram Number 930 reported that DEC would give IBM OEM pact for 3480s * * * Siemens and Nixdorf backed IBM-DEC-Hewlett-Packard alternative Unix plan * * * Network Equipment was in dispute with Excelan over acquisition * * * Wang would unbundle VS operating system . |
| 23 | The resumption of trade with Ukraine , suspended since March 1 [ see p. 38828 ] in a dispute over the price of Turkmen gas , was announced on Sept. 26 following a meeting between Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Konstyantin Masik and Turkmenistan 's President Saparmurad Niyazov ; Ukrainian radio reported that Ukraine would pay transport costs for the gas in addition to the price of 3,000 roubles per cubic metre . |
| 24 | China had formed a Leading Group on Intellectual Property , headed by State Councillor Song Jian , and on Oct. 20 , the China Daily reported that China would join the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention before the end of 1992 [ see also pp. 38339-40 ] . |
| 25 | The Financial Times of March 22 reported that Treuhand would " no longer be able to close large plants without agreement with the relevant east German local authorities " . |
| 26 | And then when he moved and Ellie could see who the caller was , she did n't believe her eyes . |
| 27 | But I doubted if Ted could say anything about all this joy and good times . |
| 28 | This close to Christmas it would be packed solid and I doubted if Eddie would be out on time , but I was n't going to risk it . |
| 29 | Maurin tried but Durance would not be stilled . |
| 30 | The ‘ Economist ’ , in March ‘ 78 , doubted whether Thatcher could ‘ forge a new majority of the right ’ and reckoned that her ‘ crusade to balance the books and roll back the government ’ was not finding much popular resonance . |