Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such pupils are relatively expensive to educate , their presence may make the school less attractive to prospective parents , and they may depress the schools ' overall attainment scores on standardised tests . |
| 2 | It is not unreasonable that the investors should want the managers ' views on the accountants ' report , but management 's advisers should try to restrict this warranty to the facts in the report and exclude any opinions given by the accountants . |
| 3 | It should acknowledge that there are conflicts between critical approaches , and should make the students ' confrontation of them part of the pedagogic process . |
| 4 | At a more subtle level , in both Richard III and Julius Caesar there is a sense in which disregarding portents is part of a more general characterization — of individuals who have taken their destiny into their own hands , or think they have , in contrast to those who consciously submit to their fate.6 However the context in which dreaming is used in the plot has to be constructed to suit the play — the ideology of the culture in which it is set must condition the characters ' responses . |
| 5 | Three of the news stories or feature articles should be of 350 words or more and one should give a pupils ' view of what the next Government 's education policies should be . |
| 6 | Student parents are eligible for financial assistance with sessional fees , and should contact the Students ' Union Education and Welfare offices at Jordanstown ( 0232 ) 365131 ext 2400/2452 or Coleraine ( 0265 ) 44141 ext 4323 for advice . |
| 7 | Student parents are eligible for financial assistance with sessional fees , and should contact the Students ' Union Education and Welfare officers at Jordanstown ( 0232 ) 365131 ext 2400/2452 or Coleraine ( 0265 ) 44141 ext 4323 for advice . |
| 8 | Toys should become the owners ' possession and be placed where Fido can not get them . |
| 9 | Any musician who is seriously embarking on a career in the music business should join the Musicians ' Union . |
| 10 | The plaintiff must pay the defendants ' costs . |
| 11 | S 41 states that a charitable company must get the Commissioners ' consent before it carries out certain transactions with its directors , such as payments in respect of loss of office or retirement . |
| 12 | S 40 provides that a charitable company must obtain the Commissioners ' consent before it makes a change in its objectives . |
| 13 | These criteria should reflect the schools ' ‘ objective ’ needs rather than the historical picture of expenditure . |
| 14 | Although the agent represents the artist , he or she also must represent the promoters ' interests . |
| 15 | So there 's still a chance that he 'll become the Conservatives ' first black MP . |
| 16 | An alternative suggestion is that the substances produced by ants might supplement the birds ' preen oil in some way . |
| 17 | They 'll hear about these places and they 'll bomb the soldiers ' quarters . … |
| 18 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 19 | At first Miss Outram told them to ask their mothers , but feeling she might lose the girls ' confidence if she blocked their curiosity she took a more direct approach . |
| 20 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |
| 21 | And at least we 'll find the girls ' car because according to what one can make out of her statement , they were removed from it somewhere on the road between here and Taverna yesterday morning … ’ |
| 22 | Outside workers , the lowest of the low , are to have their own ‘ mess room ’ over the stables , though head gardeners and grooms may use the servants ' hall . |
| 23 | Tiger moths can also take their defence strategy a stage further , screaming out in ultrasound , which may jam the bats ' sonar or warn of their foul taste . |
| 24 | The difficulty with the argument is that it may provide a rogues ' charter . |
| 25 | The convention , drawn up in 1971 , requires signatories to list wetland sites for protection and notify the Ramsar bureau of any possible changes that could affect the sites ' ecosystems . |
| 26 | Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing . |
| 27 | Now , unless she hurried , she 'd miss the Brownies ' tracking ! |
| 28 | Next year he 'd try a travellers ' group instead . |
| 29 | Back there somewhere she could hear the miners ' grim shouts ; they were closer in the mahogany night . |
| 30 | Like those alarm systems which are set off when you get too close , Peter could hear the bells ' frenzied ringing , but at first he was n't too clear exactly what posed the threat . |