Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These covenants may be : ( a ) absolute — where the tenant agrees not to assign or sublet at all ; or ( b ) qualified — where the tenant may only assign or sublet with the consent of the landlord ; or ( c ) fully qualified — as in ( b ) but the landlord may not withhold consent unreasonably . |
| 2 | I ought perhaps to add that Edward Spelman was the man who said : " Good God , doth any fellow of a College know anything of Greek . " |
| 3 | For such a strategy must eventually require that resources at the disposal of people who own them will be applied in one way rather than another . |
| 4 | If the computer is slow , the mail message should eventually appear and PI will then continue with its normal operation . |
| 5 | It appears that costs are awarded on the indemnity basis only in exceptional cases , for example ‘ major test cases ’ and ‘ cases in which the paying party 's conduct is considered to have been wholly unmeritorious , oppressive or in contempt of court ’ and the court must expressly direct that costs be awarded on such a basis . |
| 6 | We did n't want to change her words , but should perhaps explain that Geordies often use ‘ us ’ instead of ‘ me ’ . |
| 7 | On the other hand , Japan must not assume that membership of the IWC means a green light to catch unlimited numbers of whales . |
| 8 | ‘ You must not think that Sir Charles spoke to anyone about you , ’ I said . |
| 9 | As it stands and we must not forget that UNESCO tried something similar some time ago it would appear that purely political motives are making trade impossible . |
| 10 | Thus in discussing the role of " the teacher " , " the media producer " and " the librarian " , we must not forget that individuals acting in these roles may well have other qualifications and experience in addition . |
| 11 | So even if the new authorities are small in scale this must not mean that District Council staff are at any advantage in obtaining jobs in the new authorities — staff here must be able to compete on an equal basis ( 5.7 ) . |
| 12 | Questions must not presume that respondents have more knowledge than in fact they have , and must not lead respondents towards a particular answer . |
| 13 | We must not say that integrity is a special virtue of politics because the state or community is a distinct entity , but that the community should be seen as a distinct moral agent because the social and intellectual practices that treat community in this way should be protected . |
| 14 | The main communications network should not carry or traffic engineering data indiscriminately ; this type of data should only be provided against requests that have themselves been authorized . |
| 15 | On the timing of negotiations on the prospective EC membership of those European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) states which had submitted applications , the meeting stated that official negotiations should not start until ratification of the Maastricht Treaty had been completed and a decision on the Delors II package had been taken . |
| 16 | I should not think that Mr Kinnock would have the same need for such structures . ’ |
| 17 | Although the National Certificate , with its competence-based , internally-assessed modules , has almost become part of the educational establishment now , we should not forget that Scotland led the way in the development of this kind of award and our experience has been drawn on in subsequent moves to make all Britain 's vocational qualifications modular and competence-based . |
| 18 | Finally , the Secretary of State should not forget that parents do not form a uniform , obedient , like-minded body of consumers . |
| 19 | Again , we should not assume that developments amongst the London Tories , at the level of corporation politics , were typical of developments amongst Tories as a whole . |
| 20 | It may be , however , that the acceptance of dominant values is not as great as it might seem — we should not assume that actors conform because they wish to ( even if these wishes were manipulated ) . |
| 21 | When considering their applicability to particular organizations it is necessary to heed Clegg and Dunkerley 's warning that we should not assume that power resources will have equal utility to the members of all organizations in all situations . |
| 22 | But you should not assume that college teachers are all professionally-trained teachers . |
| 23 | An interesting feature of the general theory of relativity is that it should not matter whether time is running backward or forward : it is time-symmetric . |
| 24 | ‘ One should not complain that people are keeping their looks … longer than they ever have before . |
| 25 | You should not worry if part of the pill comes out as well , just wait and watch the child 's condition . |
| 26 | There seems no good reason why the same should not apply before county court proceedings are brought . |
| 27 | Where matrix structure exists it is important that the authority of superiors should not overlap and areas of authority must be clearly defined . |
| 28 | More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect . |
| 29 | With the problems of site and design settled and only the question of finance outstanding , there seems little reason why the scheme should not proceed as Molesworth had hoped , but as was to happen many times later , the repercussions of major political events were now radically to affect the progress of the scheme . |
| 30 | It is vital that schools should always remember that preparation for working life is one of their principal functions . |