Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , everyone may have the same wage rate , w , per hour and the same unearned income , M , but there may be differences in the tastes for leisure leading to differences in hours worked , L. As a result , measured income may vary — even though all individuals have the same endowments and market opportunities . |
| 2 | Again such taxes discriminate against the poor because everyone must pay the same regardless of their actual wealth . |
| 3 | To them must belong the last word . |
| 4 | Thus it seems that the only understanding that the persons in the original position can reach is that everyone should have the greatest equal liberty consistent with a similar liberty for others . |
| 5 | that he thinks that erm of all of these forced motivations class interest is the most damaging and he argues there 's a remedy for this , we 'll see why it 's a remedy in a minute , that certain people ought to be given more than one vote so that although everyone should have some votes , not everyone should have the same number of votes . |
| 6 | It is right and proper that everyone should have the same opportunity , but this can be controlled by one officer in my belief . |
| 7 | No-one should forget the disastrous collapse of Greece 's infrastructure during World War Two and the bitter Civil War that followed . |
| 8 | No-one should underestimate the enormous gain in freedom for millions who had been trapped in the oppression of communist dictatorships , but the speed with which the liberation of eastern Europe occurred was so stunning that it raised what we can now see to have been unrealistic expectations of the transition to peace , democracy , and prosperity . |
| 9 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 10 | France has shown some sympathy ; an independent nuclear power , it has never accepted the notion that Russians and Americans between them should run the nuclear affairs of the world , let alone the post-Soviet world . |
| 11 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 12 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 13 | I may spot the unnatural symmetry which a real stick would not have . |
| 14 | I may inform the right hon. and learned Gentleman that a single man on average earnings in 1978-79 was paying 42 per cent . |
| 15 | Anyway , who knows , I may get the odd half-hour just to pop down the gangway and explore those fascinating little shops down there . ’ |
| 16 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to wear the wretched thing after all , just to give a talking-point . |
| 18 | ‘ I ought to collect the little ‘ uns from their minder , too . |
| 19 | Faced with the absurdity of British public life , I sometimes think I ought to do the same , turning this space into a museum of grotesque items displayed without comment . |
| 20 | ‘ Thought I ought to present the right image — ’ |
| 21 | But if I and mine prepare to defend the kingdom , you and yours must do the same . |
| 22 | I must advise the hon. Gentleman , however , that the phrase in Big Farm Weekly , ’ Goodbye to the BSE scourge ’ was not mine , but that of the chief veterinary officer . |
| 23 | I must tell the hon. Gentleman that , as a new Member of Parliament , he should be more concerned with the possibility of improving the delivery of health care to his constituents . |
| 24 | I asked if you were sleeping with him , and since you have done everything to evade a straight answer I must assume the worst or the best , depending whose side you are one . ’ |
| 25 | I must quote the first two subsections : |
| 26 | Kowalik said : ‘ I reached the World Championship semi-finals last year and I must do the same again to prove that my career is on course . |
| 27 | I think I must make the ordinary orders to costs , well what I will do is erm doctor must I think pay the costs of the appeal against the order of master erm both here and below on the other hand the defendant seems to be able to bear the costs of the appeal against the September order , that 's the order , that 's the order of , is that Mr ? , er sorry when I say the doc doctor bears the costs must er in fact he must , right , it is the August , that 's the August decision both , both before erm the taxing officer and on this appeal and er the , I dismiss the defendants appeal against the September board with costs |
| 28 | To do so I must sketch the bare outlines of the opposing views on the conceptual issues , to see which one harmonises more with evolutionary conjectures about language . |
| 29 | The same if I brush one arm against a wall or a lamp-post ; I must brush the other one as well , soon , or at the very least scratch it with the other hand . |
| 30 | I must apply the same rules to those on the Front Benches as to those on the Back Benches . |