Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun prp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of a national broadcaster and the world 's leading sports management agency must give Britain the best chance of success in a difficult contest . ’ |
| 2 | Grammar school rock may give Morrissey the perfect adoring audience for his ramblings but it does not help the wider case of rock or rock 's present stagnance . |
| 3 | Erm so that 'll include September the fourth which is my last Sunday one , September the fourth . |
| 4 | Announcement of the England team , originally scheduled for 10.00am , had been delayed by two hours so that Gooch could give Daffy the bad news . |
| 5 | The announcement of the England 12 for Lord 's was delayed by two hours so that Gooch could give Daffy the bad news . |
| 6 | In November it was reported that the European Communities had agreed to proposals for Namibia to join the Lomé Convention , under which the country would secure an annual beef quota , at an estimated price 40 per cent higher than the world market , which would make Namibia the second largest beef exporter among the African , Caribbean and Pacific countries ( after Botswana ) . |
| 7 | He envied it , but he feared for it , too , for when the Rabbi departed to Eretz who would show Jacob the same affection ? |
| 8 | Brian had chosen Bath as a place to which he would take Celia the following weekend , partly because it was not too far away and partly because he remembered how happy they had been there before . |
| 9 | Later in the day I would tell Jack the exact distance that the first bunker was from the tee . |
| 10 | I shall tell Alan the bad news . |
| 11 | The agreement will make Tuxedo the only on-line transaction processing technology on mainframe AIX . |
| 12 | Construction of a sixth train , due to be completed in 1993 , will make Bontang the largest operating LNG facility in the world . |
| 13 | Dumping at sea : New powers governing dumping at sea will give Britain the widest controls in Europe . |
| 14 | Any erosion of councils ' economic development powers will leave Scotland the poorer , the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities will forecast . |
| 15 | The Rest of the World will play Pakistan the following evening . |
| 16 | I hope that French as well as British and other readers will find Charles the Bald interesting — but not because he was French . |
| 17 | Born into an Italian upper-class family , he boasts the title of marchese and can claim Catherine the Great and de' Medici among his ancestors . |