Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alcohol Concern ( 1987 ) suggests that older people who have been regular drinkers may need to reduce by half the quantity of alcohol they consume . |
| 2 | While it is appreciated that the contract — as contained in the works ' rules , etc — can contain such a provision , one wonders whether industrial tribunals should feel bound by such a provision . |
| 3 | Because you should have you should have heard by this time . |
| 4 | Now they 're saying things should have improved by this time next year . |
| 5 | The calories provided by the extra alcohol , sugar , and chocolate were some 500 to 600 per day , and as Alan did not gain weight during the experiment we know that his intake of good foods must have fallen by this amount , some 25 per cent of his normal daily intake . |
| 6 | If a new kitten is brought into the home the old cat may feel slighted by all the attention the newcomer is receiving . |
| 7 | Your owner will indulge your whims and you 'll feel favoured by all . |
| 8 | Equally — perhaps more seriously — the relative value of the basic pension has been falling because it has been related to prices , not incomes , so that unless steps are taken , by the year 2025 the value of the basic pension as a proportion of gross earnings could have fallen by half . |
| 9 | but then if you read the report of the match it said they could have won by more than that , they did all playing they were just unlucky , but he 's pleased with the result |
| 10 | I was going to wear myself out , then I really would faint and I 'd get found by some kind little old lady who 'd call an ambulance and … |
| 11 | The general assumption by everyone involved on the Allied side , from 5 Corps up to AFHQ , had been that , in terms of the Yalta repatriation agreement , the " Cossacks " were Soviet citizens , and on that basis the decision in Principle had been made that , however much this may have regretted by some people on humanitarian grounds , the British obligation was to hand them over . |
| 12 | How relationships may have changed by this time ! |
| 13 | Police hunting the gang said yesterday : ‘ Had it been brought on stream the price of Pepsi in the city would have dropped by half . ’ |
| 14 | All I would say is that , when the plan reaches modification stage , the Department will be looking at that the situation very closely indeed , and at that stage I would fully expect that even though I wo n't be here to do it myself , as I shall have retired by that stage , |
| 15 | I shall try to fly by those nets . ’ |
| 16 | The form book insists Jodami will need to improve by more than a stone if he is to trouble The Fellow . |
| 17 | Most will have discovered by this time that love involves risk . |
| 18 | them may be , partners can feel deserted by each other when most in need of help and support . |
| 19 | Many clients can become frustrated by this fact , believing that there must be some very significant detail in their past which has caused them to become anxious or stressed currently . |
| 20 | ‘ Denbighshire can afford to lose by fewer than four wickets and still pip us on the calculation of wickets lost where the points are equal , ’ explained manager Jones , of Buckley . |