Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 His view , however , is implicitly gradualist — ‘ a temporal progressive sequence of changes within an evolutionary lineage ’ — and there is no indication of the extensive palaeontological literature of the past decade suggesting an alternative punctuational view , that species may evolve relatively rapidly and then remain unchanged for long periods .
2 The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time .
3 Your employer may behave so foolishly or ruthlessly that a sensible settlement of your differences seems impossible .
4 It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation .
5 People may blunder , she thought , and their actions can still have a fine echo ; or they may act all right and the echo can be bad .
6 This may act entirely independently or as a pre-filter to reverse-flow or trickle system , in which case the packing should include some filter floss just before the water return .
7 Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’
8 Snow may linger as late as mid-July .
9 ‘ Rory , they adore you , you should stay here forever and pack me off back home ! ’
10 If the IRB has any qualms in answering these questions come April 1992 , they should think very carefully if South Africa is to be a serious contender in what would probably be the first genuine and major international event ever held in the country .
11 It is all too easy to blame the unions , to argue that they must know perfectly well that the effect of excessive wage settlements is inflationary but that they nevertheless still seek and get them .
12 Women 's history has yet to take root within our universities and so must wait even longer before it makes an impact in the classroom despite the availability of many histories of women produced in the last decade or so , which could provide starting points for a better balanced approach to history .
13 You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’
14 I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land .
15 He said : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’
16 Pierre Beregovoy , the Finance Minister , told a business meeting : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’
17 Her therapist had suggested that she should speak more fully and openly to her husband , but an ancient , instinctive residue of wisdom had told Scarlet that this would be inadvisable : she had not gone through any process of transference , did not therefore regard her therapist as omnipotent , and so her suspicion that she was wasting money on her treatment was not unfounded .
18 In turn then the heart must beat faster so as to pump blood quicker to cope with all this oxygen coming into the body .
19 For a strategy to remain successful , it must do well specifically when it is numerous , that is in a climate dominated by copies of itself .
20 You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence …
21 You swore each and every one of you , to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence and let the chips lie where they fall .
22 If the hon. Gentleman wants to tax people more rigorously , he should do so openly and not in the disguised form in which that is proposed .
23 He said : ‘ If the Scottish Secretary wishes to make a statement then he should do so openly and publicly and not allow his young office staff to brief members of the press off the record .
24 I feel it should do so now and not keep us waiting .
25 The monetary committee 's report warns that any currency wishing to rejoin should do so only if there is mutual agreement on its parity .
26 Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money .
27 I do not wish in any way to take away anything from David Scott-Cowper 's incredible achievement but I do feel that one should ensure as far as possible that reports are written correctly .
28 If the ILP members were " to the Left " of their leaders , then it was logical that they should advance still further and join the Communist Party .
29 The Prime Minister summoned the European Commission President to Downing Street where the two agreed that talks to try to avert a trade war with the United States must begin as soon as possible .
30 Again , you must plan ahead so that you will be ready to react to a changed QDM. 9 .
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