Example sentences of "[vb mod] they [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Really , he thought in disgust , must they even cash in on Christmas ? |
2 | Can maths teachers be entrusted with drawing inferences , trends etc. from significant data , or must they automatically stick to anodyne data which will offend no one but will automatically remove true significance from their work and lead to many students being bereft of motivation ? |
3 | In the British mind the distinction between constituency MdBs and list MdBs will seem sharp : must they not divide into two classes , first and second ? |
4 | They have they have t why should they even have to contemplate taking this type of industrial action ? |
5 | Students are also able to extend their course to take extra credits should they not meet degree requirements within the standard three or four years , again by returning part-time . |
6 | In the next few weeks the scientists of the West were split into two groups : should or should they not try to make an H-bomb ? |
7 | As museums keep asking for more public money , should they not heed public opinion , which is that works of art exist to be seen and should not be stashed away in cellars but should be got up and out and on view ? |
8 | ‘ Should they not take precautions to prevent themselves inhaling this dust ? ’ |
9 | Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario . |
10 | This article also sets out an opportunity for management and labour to conclude contractual relations including agreements at Community level , should they so desire . |
11 | THE LAW COMMISSION 's report on computer hacking is to be published on Tuesday , two months earlier than planned and in time to allow ministers to put proposals for legislation into the Queen 's Speech , should they so wish , writes Mary Fagan . |
12 | Should they then turn around to bite the hand that takes down their volunteered confessions , they will fail . |
13 | the evidence that we 've found out already from C H C is that the operation of the N H S reforms has restrictive patient choice because crucially those referrals to London teaching hospitals which used to made as a matter of course if treatment is unable er , unavailable in Harlow have actually been largely stopped , I got the detailed figures from the purchasing director erm er , recently in the C F C minutes and it shows a miniscule number of patients being referred to London teaching hospitals erm , and this is clearly the reason as this points out in this paper that London teaching hospitals are in serious financial problems and four of them , indeed are being threatened with closure by the Tomlinson report and I think many patients in Harlow would much rather as er , people have pointed out , go to er , Middlesex and U C H , should they still exist than to go to Colchester and er , but this is this a key question , so on the the basis of the this consortium does n't meet those criticisms indeed , make the situation worse I move that we oppose it in principle that Vince reports on that line . |
14 | Graduates from ET , or other training and educational courses , should immediately be given another personal needs assessment should they still find themselves without employment . |
15 | The pictures are in my head should they never end up on paper . |
16 | In that case should they perhaps think of variations in human culture as expressions of permutations in the working of the human mind ? |
17 | Pupils exposed to this type of participatory , exploratory approach to literature can acquire a firm foundation from which to proceed to more formal literary responses , should they subsequently choose to do so . |
18 | From the bottom of my heart , I take this opportunity of asking Joseph and Gertie , should they ever read this book , to forgive me . |
19 | Or should they merely reflect the will of Parliament ? |
20 | The smart trainees started secretly copying down client details from their second week , to take with them should they suddenly leave or be sacked . |
21 | And thirdly , his world contained a great number of Christian knights , professional warriors , lords of unrule : if he could but find a holy cause , a just war , God 's war , for them to engage in outside the frontiers of Europe , what might they not achieve , what peace might not come to Christendom ? |
22 | Might they not think it more sensible to throw in their lot with their fellow Germans west of the Elbe , who know as much about running a liberal capitalist society as anybody , and have abundant reserves of capital , not to speak of generous welfare benefits ? |
23 | If he was hanging in a slaughterhouse , then might they not choose to use the implements of the slaughterer on him ? |
24 | If the police were to question Gladys again , might they actually believe her evidence ? |
25 | If the sellers had known they were supplying an unventilated hopper , could they reasonably have regarded illness in pigs as a not unlikely consequence of that breach ? |
26 | If anyone would like a photocopy could they please write to Woodworker sending an s.a.e. and a cheque for £1.00 made out to Argus Specialist Publications . |
27 | If anyone would be interested in being part of a prayer support group for either of our link families could they please contact either Freda Kennedy or Bill Howieson . |
28 | If anyone is interested could they please contact me at |
29 | If users of editions have no need for this particular intrusion , could they please let editors and publishers know , so that this now superannuated tinkering with the composer 's own notation can be brought to a belated but welcome end ? |
30 | Could they please have instructions ? |