Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 2 | SIR — Following your article on the Liberal Democrats ( April 1 ) , may I ask when the media are going to stop ‘ being nice to Paddy Ashdown ’ ? |
| 3 | Meanwhile , may I enquire how the commission would go about its task ? |
| 4 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 5 | and the other is , why should I clear up the mess that this guy 's made . |
| 6 | So should I put together a truncated anthology and add not an extra word ? |
| 7 | Why should I accept even the very small risk of living near a dump site for nuclear waste when I believe that nuclear power is costly , dangerous and unneeded ? |
| 8 | How the hell should I know how the noble Count de Sciorto chooses to amuse himself ? ’ |
| 9 | So I said , should I fill in a quick-fix report or a noncompliance report , to say that the quick-fix form , or is it a noncompliance report is wrong . |
| 10 | So , although it is possible to conceive of any event as an incarnation of the totality , insofar as it must itself make up a part of that totality in its determination , unlike the case of the boxing match , where we can define the overall entity ‘ boxing ’ , it still remains unproven that an overall entity , ‘ History ’ , can be said to exist at all . |
| 11 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 12 | Should she pick up the baby whenever it cries or leave it until it settles of its own accord ? |
| 13 | The East German crisis — or should one say simply the German crisis ? — is thus essentially a political crisis , and the answers to it , if there are answers , must also be political . |
| 14 | Why , in particular , should we rule out a fourth possibility , that the origin of life is a far more probable event than is suggested by Statement 3 ? |
| 15 | Our Appointed Repairers Scheme is designed to supplement this inspection service and if you live in an area covered by the Scheme and you intend to make a claim under the policy for damage to your motor car we suggest that you consult one of our Appointed Repairers who will offer you the following advantages should they carry out the repair : — |
| 16 | But why , policyholders may well ask , should they give up a 40 per cent stake in the business ? |
| 17 | Or should he go completely the other way ? |
| 18 | Should he lock up the house ? |
| 19 | Should he take over the Barrington mantle , a small part of the credit will go to the ‘ old master ’ , admits Marshall . |
| 20 | Should he dash off a few writs ? |
| 21 | On the other hand anyone who could establish a real ascendancy over a monarch might himself become almost a surrogate ruler : the extraordinary position achieved by Prince G. A. Potemkin in Russia through his personal hold on Catherine II for some years before his death in 1791 is an outstanding case in point . |
| 22 | ‘ Could I 'ave just a scrape of marge with me bread ? |
| 23 | How could I pass up a chance of hiring the most beautiful bargee in the solar system ? ’ |
| 24 | I think it will be helpful if er the group and members and could I suggest please the members be myself , my Chairman , Mr the leader of the er Labour group and Mr as being a local independent member and possibly Mrs and possibly er Mrs to join us |
| 25 | Nor could I shake off a feeling that Aunt Louise was sitting beside me , enjoying it too . |
| 26 | ‘ How could I pay back a loan ? |
| 27 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 28 | North Yorkshire in the P P G. And can I put for erm in the P P G. Could I put forward a scenario to you , which I have n't really thought through . |
| 29 | In fact we 've had an underwhelming response , I think at this present minute , and so could I put out the er , request again to members er , to consider coming to this seminar . |
| 30 | Could I raise just the one minute of the Tail Conference , David ? |