Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As discussed in the previous chapter , relationships with kin will also be affected by the higher incidence of divorce and remarriage , which may weaken the support available to the old living alone , especially because , in such interactions , the notion of reciprocity over time is so important . |
| 2 | Behind it all was the hand of Nelson Mandela , which may lend the event much significance should it turn out that President FW de Klerk is serious about negotiating with black leaders . |
| 3 | They may think that their jobs will be less secure , that they might lose the independence that they previously enjoyed , that their relationships with others will change for the worse and they might lose status , they may think the change unnecessary and they may simply fear change in itself . |
| 4 | It is n't fair , and it ought to go The legislation governing taxation of capital gains is full of anomalies and should be repealed |
| 5 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 6 | The council may make the appointment full or part time and it may be held by an officer of a regional council but the appointee must be an advocate or a solicitor . |
| 7 | First , the new approach may make the teacher aware of some lack of understanding of X — the originator of the innovation may well have a more comprehensive understanding of the topic and possibly a more detailed map of children 's paths towards it but neither is in fact essential for the promotion of the feeling of insecurity in the teacher . |
| 8 | This is an important reason why the searcher should consult the thesaurus prior to the start of a search . |
| 9 | In order , therefore , to avoid inheritance tax , the settlor should make the settlement seven years before his death , and the settlement should be designed to benefit the beneficiaries without giving limited interests to them . |
| 10 | Concrete discussion should make the distinction clear . |
| 11 | Agreements not infrequently will provide that the mere fact of the presentation of a petition for a bankruptcy order by a creditor , or a partner applying for an interim order under s253 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , or a partner entering into a compromise for the benefit of his creditors generally , or even the circumstance of a partner being unable and having no reasonable prospect of being able to pay his debts , should make the power exercisable . |
| 12 | But if the School Development Plan has been carefully constructed , it should make the process easier . |
| 13 | The author should make the learner conscious of his ability , which in turn will reinforce his confidence . |
| 14 | The report called for better police training and accountability , and suggested that Congress should grant the Attorney General power to seek injunctions against police forces which were persistently guilty of the excessive use of force . |
| 15 | Aerial photography requires good expanses of clear skies to be successful , and if you hire a helicopter in advance , you must make the booing subject to weather conditions — flights are far too expensive to hang around ( quite literally ) waiting for clouds to pass in order to take pictures . |
| 16 | Ursprung warned that companies can switch sites from one country to another more easily nowadays , and researchers are increasingly mobile , so the federal government must make the country attractive to industrial research . |
| 17 | The Minister of State must make the Minister aware of the state of Scottish agriculture and of its importance to the Scottish economy . |
| 18 | However , if the draw is kind to Martinez , she could must make the final this year and then , who knows ? |
| 19 | The support man must strip the ball clear , the blocks must go in and then the drive can take place . |
| 20 | Hence any colligative method should yield the number average molar mass M n of a polydisperse polymer . |
| 21 | You must update the file first before trying to enter it . |
| 22 | At the end of this period , it can only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the present 26 voting members . |
| 23 | The firm must identify the bank concerned ; ( 5 ) Before a firm undertakes margined transactions through an intermediate broker who is neither an authorised person nor an overseas person whose regulatory system requires segregation of client money ; ( 6 ) ( In most cases ) where the firm wishes to contract out of the client money regulations and is entitled to do so ; ( 7 ) If the firm wishes to hold client money of a private customer in a free money bank account outside the UK it must identify the country concerned and state whether the bank concerned has given the required acknowledgement as to client money status and that , if such acknowledgement had not been given , client money held with that bank might not be protected as effectively as in the UK . |
| 24 | The firm must identify the bank concerned ; ( 5 ) Before a firm undertakes margined transactions through an intermediate broker who is neither an authorised person nor an overseas person whose regulatory system requires segregation of client money ; ( 6 ) ( In most cases ) where the firm wishes to contract out of the client money regulations and is entitled to do so ; ( 7 ) If the firm wishes to hold client money of a private customer in a free money bank account outside the UK it must identify the country concerned and state whether the bank concerned has given the required acknowledgement as to client money status and that , if such acknowledgement had not been given , client money held with that bank might not be protected as effectively as in the UK . |
| 25 | Some require what Abraham Maslow called self-actualization , which means that they must do the task that their nature demands . |
| 26 | However , you must send the printer specific control codes for underline , etc since the Printer Filter is not being used . |
| 27 | ‘ People in government should feel the way social processes are moving early , ’ he says , ‘ and that is possible only in a metropolis . |
| 28 | No I think we should do the north first , then go down to the south to meet Frank and Dave . |
| 29 | We might accept , for instance , that labouring on property should give the labourer some preferential interest in it ( for example , a right to the value added by the work done ) , but it is not self-evident that any particular set of more extensive rights is warranted . |
| 30 | But Same should give the driver some means of knowing which lever works which hydraulic coupler . |