Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , drawing a line so roughly has its limitations : the eye can deceive and the heart may secretly desire a particular outcome . |
| 2 | On 24 November the lawyers replied ‘ respectfully to state our opinion that Your Majesty may properly grant a Royal Charter ’ , but it was not until 14 February 1844 that Thomas Turner was able to report to the standing committee of veterinary surgeons that their determined efforts had been rewarded and that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had been incorporated . |
| 3 | To operate in the PC environment you may additionally need a windowing environment like GEM or Microsoft Windows , an EGA or Hercules card and matching screen , a mouse and , in some instances , an AT rather than a PC . |
| 4 | Okay erm let's perhaps make a few comments then about the Vienna settlement itself . |
| 5 | The problem is that despite all the well-intentioned efforts of those who have devised the various syllabuses , whether for the old CSE/ ‘ O ’ levels or the new GCSE , what can be accurately assessed may only represent a small part of what arts education is all about . |
| 6 | Differences of opinion exist among scholars ; sometimes the appearance gives very little to go on — details may have been rubbed off or we may only have a small fragment of a large object to examine ; two or more origins may be possible contenders and it may be impossible to decide which on stylistic grounds alone . |
| 7 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
| 8 | So sometimes a horse may only have a bad habit in relation to a certain rider , and in that case it will be the rider who will need the extra training . |
| 9 | The transsexual , once stabilized in the role long seen as the only natural one , may naturally want a normal family life . |
| 10 | Since unc and all the ri are non-negative we must eventually reach a first integer l for which |
| 11 | This should arguably supply a greater surface for bacteria than gravel — internal and external as the media is porous — and wo n't cost a great deal more or less than gravel . |
| 12 | He sees no reason why those sharing a similar class situation should necessarily develop a common identity , recognize shared interests and take collective action to further those interests . |
| 13 | Instead of postulating a single link between CS and US we should perhaps imagine a whole collection of them ( the exact number depending on which attributes of the stimuli are noticed and encoded by the animal ) , all of which play some part in generating the CR . |
| 14 | At the same time it should be made clear that apart from false assumptions about matriculation , higher education should only have a small contribution to make to the range , standard and appositeness of 16+ and 18+ examination syllabuses and schemes of marking . |
| 15 | ‘ Should only take a few days . |
| 16 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 17 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 18 | As Levinas puts it , ‘ the idea of truth as a grasp on things must necessarily have a non-metaphorical sense somewhere ’ . |
| 19 | Lubrication may be provided by melting between mineral boundaries , but molten material must only form a small proportion of the asthenosphere since it is capable of transmitting S-waves . |
| 20 | Now you should all have a spare scrap of paper that 's blank on one side , out of my recycled paper box , okay . |
| 21 | They are drastic pieces of legislation which should rightly occupy a large part of the time of the House . |
| 22 | This is also a very violent film in parts that should rightly have a 15 not 12 rating and parents are strongly advised to bear this in mind . |
| 23 | There are only two human species left and the only bond between them is hatred : the one that crushes and the one that refuses to be crushed " when he pointedly remarked : " In a world brutally divided into those who rule and those who serve , the philosopher must finally acknowledge a long-concealed secret alliance with those who govern or else declare his solidarity with those who are governed . |
| 24 | To avoid customers being prejudiced in this way , a firm must not effect a contingent liability transaction unless it can show that it believes on reasonable grounds that the customer understands : ( 1 ) The circumstances under which he may be required to provide any margin ; ( 2 ) Particulars of the form in which the margin may be provided ; ( 3 ) Particulars of the steps which the firm may be entitled to take if the customer fails to provide the required margin ; ( 4 ) That failure by the customer to meet a margin call may lead to the firm closing out his position after time limits specified by the firm , and that the firm will be required to close out the position in any event after a period of five business days ; and ( 5 ) That circumstances other than failure to provide margin may lead to the customer 's position being closed out with prior reference to him . |
| 25 | we have had a letter back and it 's exactly the same as I got when I rang them up , if they just say it must not exceed a certain amount and they wo n't be tied down to tell me . |
| 26 | Where , in complying with s 51(8) , the responsible person reduces the amount which would otherwise be awarded to the person in question , the amount of that reduction must not exceed a prescribed percentage ( for the time being 25 per cent ) and on any taxation of the costs payable by that person to his legal representative , regard must be had to the amount of the reduction ( s 51(9) ) . |
| 27 | Rule 5 – 43 provides that a firm must not make a personal recommendation to a private customer to deal , or arrange a deal in the exercise of discretion for any customer , if the dealing would reasonably be regarded as too frequent in the circumstances . |
| 28 | the no profit rule — a conglomerate , when acting as a fiduciary must not make a secret profit from his position without first obtaining the consent of the principal and disclosing the profit ; |
| 29 | The obligation of directors to account for profits made as a result of abusing ( in the sense of taking advantage of ) their position as directors is often described as the principle that directors must not make a secret profit . |
| 30 | The second is that you must not expect a large metropolis . |