Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither precedent nor legislation is sufficient in its own right ; common-law principles may need codifying in a statute , and a statute will need judicial interpretation to determine the scope of its operation . |
| 2 | Decisions are then needed on how to train , which will include whether or which parts should be on-line or off-line , whether the operator is required to function in a mainly programmed ( i.e. rule-following ) mode and how far he may need to function in a conceptual ( i.e. actions based on understanding ) mode . |
| 3 | It had surprised Ruth that the Carsons should choose to live in a boarding-house , until she discovered that in New York it was quite the thing-always supposing that the establishment was high-class and in a good locality . |
| 4 | If you wish to live in central London , you should choose to stay in a hotel . |
| 5 | ( Why Jeffreys should choose to appear in a court at York is puzzling , especially in the wrong clothes for his time and in a building which was erected about 60 years later . ) |
| 6 | That Lefevre should finish lying in a place like this . |
| 7 | I should like to live in a community , Eleanor Thorne decided , I should like to taste the fruits of life in a small home , a retirement home , an old people 's house , whatever it might be called . |
| 8 | The female cuckoo can mimic only one type of egg and must try to lay in a nest of this species if her offspring is to have a good chance of survival . |
| 9 | It was fitting , in the 50th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain , that the Association should have engaged in a full range of activities aimed at meeting its responsibilities towards former members of the Royal Air Force , both men and women . |
| 10 | It may seem a depressing conclusion to Anselm 's struggle for the primacy that it should have ended in a futile resort to forgery . |
| 11 | Administrative changes during the late nineteenth century should have resulted in a higher proportion of cases being reported . |
| 12 | At a more mature stage , the increase in sales volume should have resulted in a decline in investment intensity , while profit and ROI will increase if the investment is successful . |
| 13 | This should have resulted in an ex-rights price of and therefore a value for each right of 227p - 190p=37p . |
| 14 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 15 | Although the rules do not make this absolutely clear it would be extraordinary if they were interpreted as preventing a party from adducing any oral evidence , even that which had been set down in witness statements served in compliance with the direction , simply because he attempts to adduce additional oral evidence at trial which he should have included in an earlier witness statement . |
| 16 | Associates of the Institute must have served in a solicitor 's office for three years and have passed four examination papers in law and Fellows must be over 25 , have served eight years in a solicitor 's office and have passed a further three examinations from a list of subjects offered by the Institute . |
| 17 | From careful work on the snail faunas of the chalk sludge from one of these ( the Devil 's Kneading Trough in Kent ) Dr Michael Kerney showed that the erosion must have happened in a very short time indeed . |
| 18 | They must have assembled in a side street and now they were here , mostly young and apparently in fairly good mood . |
| 19 | Given the size and importance of the Temple , and the prominent role of the moneychangers , Jesus 's overturning of their tables must have resulted in a full-scale riot . |
| 20 | ‘ You must have put in a lot of hard work . ’ |
| 21 | A man must have lurked in a car parked between two lamp standards , noting the time of arrival , the minute the curtains had been drawn at her bedroom , the second their shadows met and intertwined behind the window . |
| 22 | In short what you should aim to create in a dining room is a special atmosphere within a very practical framework , so when you 've provided for the basics you can add to the mood with window treatments , interesting lighting and decorative tricks to make the room as comfortable , as functional and as good looking as you can . |
| 23 | The English Courts can go no further , in the absence of a Bill of Rights " incorporating " the Convention into English law , than to apply it when interpreting ambiguous statutes , on the presumption that Parliament must intend to legislate in a manner consistent with the United Kingdom 's treaty obligations . |
| 24 | Like virgins to the sacrificial altar , they followed Molly Malone to the place where it all happened ; where Wrens must learn to live in a men 's world because now the war was nearer to them than it had ever been . |
| 25 | He 'd declined the butler 's offer to take his coat : he might want to leave in a hurry . |
| 26 | The main pieces of equipment that might need replacing in a system are the boiler and the radiators . |
| 27 | The clinical terms project was started last year to develop a set of terms comprehensive enough to cover anything that a clinician might need to write in a patient 's record . |
| 28 | We 'll need to put in a new suite . ’ |
| 29 | Nevertheless , it is interesting to note that the risk elements used by Fuqua are very similar to some of the elements one might expect to see in a strategic analysis of market attractiveness and competitive strengths . |
| 30 | The effect is warm and friendly , rather than the immaculate ‘ designer look ’ that you might expect to find in a house full of talented people . |