Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asthma , heart conditions , diabetes or epilepsy may expose you to special risks with watersports in the heat . |
| 2 | Finally , the information found may lend itself to various forms of presentation , ranging from fact sheets to some kind of argument for or against various issues . |
| 3 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 4 | Reverting to my opening discussion of the evolution of the ego and superego , we can readily see the importance of these stages and we can understand why it is that the sexual drive should lend itself to such apparently irrelevant associations as the oral and anal zones . |
| 5 | I do n't suffer from ex-hatred myself , assuming that my partner must prefer me to any of her previous lovers or else she would be with one of them . |
| 6 | Mr Edwards , who examined Mrs Bates during her early pregnancy but was not on duty when she was admitted , said some deceleration in foetal heartbeat was not unusual , but it should alert one to possible dangers . |
| 7 | The school should also set up regular times for reviewing progress and should alert you to any difficulties your child may be experiencing . |
| 8 | Consider the rule that , when being with one person and meeting another , one should introduce them to each other . |
| 9 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 10 | David and Angela came along to see it and David said , ‘ I must introduce you to this guy Tony DeFries who is going to be my manager , and I think you should meet him too . ’ |
| 11 | Do you think Janet should send it to one of the other regions like Manchester or somewhere |
| 12 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 13 | I must limit myself to two others who have thrilled and inspired me . |
| 14 | We were , on the whole , comparatively fortunate people but , like everyone else , we had our anxieties and sorrows ; and , friends as we were , it was natural that we should communicate them to one another although , like well mannered people , we wrote letters mainly intended to give pleasure . |
| 15 | So we must leave it to some other group of His Majesty 's loyal subjects , such as yourselves , to carry out the task . |
| 16 | We must consecrate it to each other and to the gods . ’ |
| 17 | We should mean something to each other , something more than animated objects , walking . |
| 18 | Increased understanding of the burdens which they carry should lead us to greater awareness of the strain under which they are so often put . |
| 19 | That is , it is unclear whether what is being maintained is that our conception of effects is of unnecessitated events or that we should change it to that . |
| 20 | I do n't like it and I told Will that he should reduce it to one act with Hamlet throttling the silly bitch immediately ! |
| 21 | He must reduce himself to zero and have perfect control over all senses … ’ . |
| 22 | Schools were started in the monasteries , for Charles proclaimed that ‘ Men of God should not only live by the rule and dwell in holy conversation , but should devote themselves to literary meditations , each according to his ability , that they may be able to give themselves to the duty of teaching others . ’ |
| 23 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 24 | Hu Kun is a good violinist , and he should attach himself to better things than this . |
| 25 | Order er the honourable gentleman seems to have forgotten my previous warning , we 're not discussing all manner of rules and regulations , we have four statutory instruments and he must address himself to those . |
| 26 | Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation is so heterogeneous that any explanation must address itself to particular components . |
| 27 | The Government should address themselves to such wasting of money and not to fictitious ideas about Thomas the Tank Engine . |
| 28 | ‘ We should address ourselves to those faculties in a child 's mind , which are first awakened by nature , and consequently first admit of cultivation , that is to say , the memory and the imagination . ’ |
| 29 | An American Indian proverb cautions , ‘ One man should say nothing to another until he has walked in his moccasins . ’ |
| 30 | If you do n't understand something , do n't be afraid to ask a colleague or your line manager who may refer you to written instructions such as the ES Personnel Handbook . |