Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His full support for the anti-Saddam coalition has not been universally popular : hence his latest diplomatic effort , which he must hope will still redound to his credit and give the Soviet Union a useful base on which to build a role in the post-war Middle East . |
| 2 | Take Birmingham City , who you might think could hardly afford to alienate more of their fans . |
| 3 | Women were still seen as a valuable commodity , to be passed from father to husband , and at the accession of James I , any property a woman might hold would immediately become her husbands on marriage . |
| 4 | With his broad , beaming face , an eternal smile which you 'd think could never contain an ounce of malice , his burly body , Italian charm and American friendliness , he was what Americans call a ‘ natural ’ . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it was clear that the wisest Cambridge leaders whom he could consult would not regard his going as betrayal if he felt it right . |
| 6 | Even if the buyer were able to do that , the greatest reduction the buyer could achieve would still leave the seller entitled to nominal damages . |
| 7 | The overcrowding that could result would inevitably escalate the conflict . |
| 8 | ‘ My dear girl , nothing I could do could possibly undermine your authority , ’ he drawled lazily . |
| 9 | The mutual support and warmth that membership of a Christian group could provide will also have played its part . |
| 10 | But all the will-power she could muster could not shut out the desolate sense of emptiness that had closed like a cold hand round her heart . |
| 11 | They know better than anyone that all the badmouthing of men they could manage would not begin to balance the inequality they experience when it comes to the job market — fewer opportunities , low wages , nonexistent child-care facilities and a hopelessly uneven battle to survive if , for example , the father of their children jumps ship and fails to pay any maintenance . |
| 12 | So they devoted themselves to promoting political movements which they could imagine would still reach the Milnerian goal . |
| 13 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 14 | would would also be wise for any new settlement which you chief specify , that any new settlement you may recommend should also include some provision for expansion land , and my point I think is that you could not divide a settlement as big as five thousand , I think it would be reasonable to say a new settlement make with a an eventual capacity of say three and a half thousand , that might be appropriate around Greater York . |
| 15 | Pepe 's Bar was situated on the sand , with rough wooden flooring that Shelley used to think could n't take much more of the stamping that it got each Saturday during the flamenco dancing . |
| 16 | Now if we are able to work out what happens , then of course we can relay that information to the major relief agencies , whom we would hope could then step in and provide food before the famine occurs . |
| 17 | The building of any further houses was resisted on the grounds that the additional families which they would attract might eventually become a charge on the poor rates during periods of economic depression . |
| 18 | It proposes to do so three times , and those from whom the money would come would not get any benefit . |
| 19 | The Ranter Jacob Bauthumley begins his tract on The Light and Dark side of God acknowledging ‘ the most unto whose hand it [ i.e. the tract ] may come can not read it ’ . |
| 20 | Let's get let's just get it on though . |
| 21 | If the chief of police reasonably believes that any conditions that he may impose will not prevent ‘ serious public disorder , ’ he shall apply to the district council for an order prohibiting for a specified period ( not exceeding three months ) the holding of all public processions or a specified class of processions . |
| 22 | The principles set out below for determining when an obligation of confidence will arise would therefore seem equally applicable to both equitable and implied contractual obligations . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , the profits they will make will not help the local economy . |
| 24 | If I let life on this planet die out and send the slug into space , then , since it will exist for ever , the quantity of pleasure it will enjoy will eventually outweigh all the pleasures enjoyed on this earth for ten thousand years . |
| 25 | The move has been welcomed by Datarange , which says that the financial stability which its new parent will bring will better enable it to pursue its business strategy . |
| 26 | As the point at which the wave breaks depends on the size of the wave , the position at which the bar will form will also depend on the size of the waves . |