Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had the cheek to say he ought to cancel meetings only because of ill-health or for work opportunities , not because he 'd decided to go out with someone else . |
| 2 | Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel . |
| 3 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 4 | It must emphasize results rather than the work content . |
| 5 | It said : ’ Local authorities , like central Government , should become enablers rather than providers Compulsory competitive tendering should be progressively phased out and replaced by compulsory private tendering Only public health , civil defence and local amenities need to remain an integral part of local government . ’ |
| 6 | You should jot questions down as they occur to you during the talk . |
| 7 | and we should have systems whereby if you were |
| 8 | Just go through the remainder of the , of the observations , so that you should have zeros up until nineteen forty and then at nineteen forty through to nineteen forty five , right , you have ones . |
| 9 | Well , you must take exams earlier cos we do n't . |
| 10 | DP , Stirling Assuming there are no complications you have not mentioned — for example , that the property is still in the name of someone else who left it to you in the first place — then the changes you requested should take weeks rather than months . |
| 11 | You should add spurs only if your house has ring or modern radial circuits , and is wired in pvc-sheathed cables . |
| 12 | They 'll do things gladly if you ask nicely enough . ’ |
| 13 | I think I 'll work nights only cos |
| 14 | Erm I , I think again it 's , it 's probably the , the feeling of wearing it in , in confined spaces that might upset women more than it does erm men I do n't know . |
| 15 | I am sure you will win her over with patience , but it might take weeks rather than hours or days . |
| 16 | SCHOOLS of the future may use computers more than today 's parents would believe possible , but terminals will never replace teachers . |
| 17 | A system like this could be very efficient , since it could identify words even before they have been completely spoken . |
| 18 | Koppes comments on the launch of the Russian Sputnik : ‘ JPL personnel could remember years later where they were when they heard the news , what they first thought , and what they did . ’ |
| 19 | The relatively small number of women employed were concentrated on unskilled manual , shop and office work , and could command rates less than half those of men in the same occupational groups . |
| 20 | In an attempt to change the balance , Egypt embarked upon a war of attrition , on the assumption that Israel could tolerate casualties less than Egypt . |
| 21 | CONSUMER CELLPHONE systems could cost motorists more than comparable business mobile phones . |
| 22 | I could hear voices somewhere as I looked around , studying the portraits , examining the marquetry of the chairs and tables , all of which were ranged formally about the walls . |
| 23 | I told you I 'd put things off until this practice is going strong . |
| 24 | I was on the dole in Sheffield once and I swore I 'd sweep streets rather than going back . ’ |
| 25 | The prime requirement for opposing batsmen became courage rather than skill , and it was all unnecessary since they were such fine bowlers that they could dismiss teams cheaply when bowling in an orthodox manner . |
| 26 | ‘ Tolls are a daily expense which may deter motorists more than a rush-hour permit which is a one-off expense , ’ says Rob Lenterman , of Nedlloyd , a multinational freight company based in Rotterdam . |
| 27 | used to do years ago because they were working or whatever . |
| 28 | This is a Chinese story , Maggie , and in China they used to understand dragons better than here in Europe . |
| 29 | Nor was every man assessed on landed income an owner , for some used to take leases so as to be able to sublet them for profit . |
| 30 | The lives of articulate people can be more interesting than fiction , but in general they would bore viewers more than the new vogue of delving into every aspect of sexual behaviour in discussion programmes . |