Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 2 | ‘ And then the Great Vale , with the Great River , which we must follow north to Talisker . ’ |
| 3 | In summary , I agree that the courts should have recourse to Hansard in the circumstances and to the extent he proposes . |
| 4 | She found she hardly cared and when Mr Browning , with some evidence of concern for her , said that he feared they must take Ferdinando to Rome almost as soon as they all returned to Florence in October , she simply nodded . |
| 5 | No Jew should pay tribute to Rome . |
| 6 | Dutch customs officials have agreed a temporary compromise in the row over imports of maize gluten containing high proportions of maize germ , which should restore trade to Rotterdam . |
| 7 | Gary Ventress , who used to be on Sunderland 's ground staff , has moved from Whitburn and should add stability to Murton 's early batting order . |
| 8 | If she was not to break down completely , and in front of Hester , she must say goodbye to Willie , and go . |
| 9 | All this may bring stability to Albania , but it will not necessarily encourage the ruling Democrats to become more democratic . |
| 10 | For all people , that they may give glory to God for the gifts of speech , hearing and sight which make communication possible , and for the audiovisual media which nourish these gifts in new and marvellous ways . |
| 11 | The Duke insisted that ‘ its fitt it be understood … for it might give umbrage to Achinbowie and Balfunning ’ , and he was very clear that the gentleman in question , the son of Glengyle , should not , under any circumstances , join Lord George 's ship . |
| 12 | Webber 's job was to locate any pitfalls in the concept which might give substance to Wilson 's original ‘ maybe ’ about the show . |
| 13 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 14 | The background to this inquiry was that with the introduction of " gateway " facilities on Prestel — the ability to use another database by means of Prestel — the library could gain access to ECCTIS , a high education database . |
| 15 | As the clubhouse and first link will be within a mile of the radio station and a quarter of a mile from the borough boundary , the project ought to do good to Henley and , incidentally , raise the value of the land surrounding the course . |
| 16 | Football fans may have clue to Moira mystery |
| 17 | On 7 September 1944 it was announced that Japan would grant independence to Java — perhaps along with Sumatra — after the war . |
| 18 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , education minister , said the change would bring credit to Queen Margaret 's graduates and to Scotland 's growing academic standing . |
| 19 | This was a sensible policy which would bring stability to Britain , and took it for granted that stability would mean that relations with the colonies would remain unchanged . |
| 20 | Flirtation with multi-party politics would bring chaos to Vietnam , they say . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
| 22 | He is one of the most exciting one-day players in the world , with footwork which would do credit to Victor Sylvester . |
| 23 | I meant to try again and better , either to get at him , or to find a messenger who would carry word to Harry inside Parfois . |
| 24 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
| 25 | Any controversy over the new legal framework would give ammunition to Mr Meacher 's critics within the party . |
| 26 | I mean what would happened train to London . |
| 27 | Then we would sail south to Easter Island to explore the mysterious statues before going to the mutineers ' refuge on Pitcairn Island . |
| 28 | For example , a commitment to factories in ‘ favoured , areas would undermine the principle of competitive tendering and , relatedly , such ‘ favouritism ’ would run counter to EEC policy . |
| 29 | But penalising gas — the ‘ greenest ’ of the hydrocarbon fuels because of its low level of carbon dioxide emission — would run counter to EC plans to base taxation on carbon content . |
| 30 | The benefits of a merger to GM would be to gain access to Leyland Vehicles ' recently introduced product range , whereas Leyland Vehicles would have access to GM 's financial muscle and foreign dealer network . |