Example sentences of "[modal v] [noun] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 2 | This is a project which is currently being pursued by contemporary women artists who , unlike Bridget Riley perhaps , do not believe that art is necessarily free of gender : ‘ in order to discover what is retrievable from the abstract project , we must subject it to an interrogation that is neither submissive nor cynical ’ . |
| 3 | Why was it right to train a fellow and you knew , or you felt that , you could not go to the flight commander or the wing commander and say a think this fellow should go down the pits , " or a think we should remuster him to the Army or the Navy " . |
| 4 | If it is not the one required , you should overtype it with the correct option number and press RETURN . |
| 5 | If it is not the one required , you should overtype it with the correct single digit option number and press RETURN . |
| 6 | We 'll blackball him for a start |
| 7 | I 'll second it for the time being . |
| 8 | Unless you tell us otherwise , we 'll invoice you for the damage/loss excess waiver . |
| 9 | Tottenham first team coach Doug Livermore called on his side to produce the form that could catapult them into the European reckoning . |
| 10 | No one was within earshot , they were miles from anywhere , it seemed , and even if she jumped in the river and swam for it the chance that she would outmanoeuvre him in the water was slim . |
| 11 | Vividly remembering Bradman as Australia 's No. 3 and contrasting his success with Hick 's disappointments , some would rate it as the most important . |
| 12 | Because a win here would catapult her into the LPGA 's Hall of Fame , most people were shouting for Sheehan . |
| 13 | It 's curious that the Bloch Symphony for trombone and orchestra is rarely played — one would have thought that trombonists , starved of repertoire , would air it at every opportunity . |
| 14 | He would hand it to the Colonel : given the motivation they could , by God , do things right . |
| 15 | When a barrister comes to address your University or College law society , you can beard him on the subject . |
| 16 | In his concluding essay , Urwick wrote : The club can catch him , but can not discipline him , the Boys ' Brigade can discipline him to a small extent , but can not catch or keep him when he most needs it ; the voluntary evening school can do neither . |