Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheringham should be way ahead of him , as should most of the strikers in the premier league … |
| 2 | They arrived with a flourish , laid the cases on the floor , opened them and dragged them around the room to be oh 'd and ah 'd over by the guests . |
| 3 | Section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 , even if it applies to composite rate tax , is not applicable for a number of reasons , not least that no valid assessment could be made under an invalid regulation , that no assessment was in fact made and that , even if made , the assessment could not on the facts of the present case have been said to be ‘ excessive by reason of some error or mistake in a return : ’ section 33(1) . |
| 4 | Could either of the trends be described as ‘ linear ’ ? |
| 5 | It is erm on a highway and we have to be very sensitive to the erm not treating anybody whether erm it be a member of parliament or a councillor in anyway which would not to the authorities . |
| 6 | The technology required to cope with this would far beyond the capabilities of the microcomputers present in school and the cost of hardware and software needed to run such system would be prohibitive . |
| 7 | They say they will spend as much time as they can together in the interests of their children . |
| 8 | Fitting such a claim into the requirements for a derivative action would , however , demand greater judicial creativity than can perhaps in the circumstances be realistically expected . |
| 9 | In devising titles , avoid over-florid forms , however , as well as epigraphs ( i.e. quotations placed between the title and the main body of text ) , since these can make the essay appear to aspire to a grandeur or scale that it can not in the circumstances fulfil . |