Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one cat is always given a completely monotonous ( but nutritionally complete ) diet , day in and day out , always the same brand of canned cat food , it may eventually refuse to touch any other , new kind of food , no matter how tasty . |
| 2 | Scudder ( 1964 ) , however , has emphasized the need to apply modern concepts of homology based on experimental studies of development ; such an approach , combined perhaps with the use of genetic markers for homologous segmental regions may eventually help to resolve some of the persistent difficulties in this field ( Sokoloff and Hoy , 1968 ; Fletcher , 1970 ) . |
| 3 | We may eventually need to relate these factors to one another or to other events in a child 's life , such as educational progress , length of stay in care or destination on exit . |
| 4 | Seven farms had been enclosed in 1512 in a move that must effectively have crippled this tiny hamlet . |
| 5 | As Eliot was very sparing of exclamation marks , and must rarely have employed two in juxtaposition , it was clear to me that , with the particular reservation he made , he was far from thinking my letter ineffective . |
| 6 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 7 | St Patrick must greatly have simplified Irish thought , a turn for the better , when he introduced Christianity . |
| 8 | We should perhaps stop promoting European films and promote local ones instead . |
| 9 | For example , journalists should perhaps consider redefining traditional concepts of ‘ newsworthiness ’ and ‘ news values ’ . |
| 10 | For a complete account we should perhaps have to add further criteria . |
| 11 | ‘ We should perhaps have started this indoors , but my mother is there . |
| 12 | It should only aim to record that which is necessary for accurate reporting of a pupil 's progress according to the agreed reporting format of the school as a whole . |
| 13 | The rescue service , which describes its staff as the ‘ new knights of the road , ’ boasts women alone should only have to wait 20 minutes . |
| 14 | Jorg Sambetn , a Givaudan engineer who investigated the accident after it happened , says it should only have taken 15 minutes , and can not understand why the workers omitted it . |
| 15 | She must finally have become bored with school . |
| 16 | ‘ We must not start accusing each other of murder . |
| 17 | Entrants must be aged 16 to 25 , and must not have done any professional modelling or have an existing portfolio . |
| 18 | First the fire of God 's anger burns so fiercely among them , that parts of the camp are destroyed ( again we must not try to rationalize these events : they are meant to be seen as miraculous , and whatever we think of such miracle , we must accept the terms in which the story is written ) . |
| 19 | Early in their relationship Peter learned that he must not try to take more than Kate was prepared to give . |
| 20 | We must not try to treat all four CO groups together , as the two pairs are not equivalent . |
| 21 | Strange he should just happen to mention these artistic luminaries.A more direct hint comes when I ask him if he has influenced Government policy . |
| 22 | However , I should not care to put any money on even a single defeat . |
| 23 | This was given practical effect through the Court 's warning that in implementing the duty of non-recognition , States should not refuse to apply multilateral treaties where the adverse consequences of non-performance would fall directly upon the people . |
| 24 | Music lovers should not start feeling apprehensive , for the whole circus moves to London when it is time for the Aldeburgh festival . |
| 25 | I should not advise raising this topic at the present time . |
| 26 | ‘ a judge has not and should not appear to have any responsibility for the institution of prosecutions ; nor has he any power to refuse to allow a prosecution to proceed merely because he considers that , as a matter of policy , it ought not to have been brought . |
| 27 | However , in a semi-strong efficient market as the International Stock Exchange in London we should not expect to find any evidence for P/E ratio being a reliable predictor of returns or volatility of returns . |
| 28 | In these areas we should not expect to find deserted , shrunken or moved villages , but the equivalent for hamlets and farms , and this is indeed the case with hundreds of such sites identified on Dartmoor and in west Somerset , for example ; this will be discussed further in Chapter 7 . |
| 29 | Sometimes a more matronly dame may preside at a table whereon is a large basin of curds , jugs of cream , a number of strong dessert-plates and horn spoons , and a goodly array of oaten cakes ; so you may thus have curds and cream in the land of brown heath — and if lovely scenery lends a zest to wholesome fare , you should not fail to patronize this vendor of good things . |
| 30 | Major 's difficult domestic position was one of the factors leading German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , who met Major on June 9 , and President Mitterrand of France , who had talks with Major on June 24 , to agree that the Luxembourg summit should not attempt to enforce binding decisions . |