Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may relate to a packaging problem in which a fixed number of unrelated items have to be pressed into the smallest volume . |
| 2 | No , you ought to go to a party and do one . |
| 3 | She had enough sense to realise that this was one argument that ought to come to a stop right now . |
| 4 | Diana , and then we ought to come to a decision . |
| 5 | A Central Authority may object to a Letter on the ground that it does not comply with the Convention , for example because the contents are insufficiently full , whereupon it must promptly inform the sending authority . |
| 6 | On the whole we are , until suddenly panic reigns and we must rush to a class again and limber up . |
| 7 | She pointed out how to deal with a child , for example , who has run away near a busy road : ‘ You should explain to a child that it is creating danger , or is in a dangerous situation . |
| 8 | ‘ Questions ’ , whether oral or written must relate to a matter for which a Minister is responsible and the clerks , administering the rules and practice of the Houses to that effect , will refuse to accept questions which go beyond these bounds . |
| 9 | So it looks as though our scheming is of no avail , though we are still hoping to see you here one day — surely our wild country must appeal to a shooting man ? |
| 10 | Law was thus besieged with demands that he should retreat to a compromise position as Balfour had done in 1910 , and again these demands came from tariff reformers as well as free-traders . |
| 11 | If you are a hospital patient , or are going into hospital , you should speak to a member of the nursing staff , about the arrangements for you going home . |
| 12 | ‘ Not really , but the riddle must refer to a place . |
| 13 | The whole area of how the LEA inspectorate should report to a variety of audiences , including individual teachers , the head , the governing body , the Chief Education Officer , HMI and the degree of formality of each report is under discussion in most LEAs . |
| 14 | Yachts entering Leningrad must stick to a channel similar to the one on the approached to Vyborg . |
| 15 | Eventually the fuel is used up and our naive expectation would be that the star should contract to a size at which pressure and gravitation are in balance . |
| 16 | And then after about two years when Father le realized that the lace trade was going he said , must to put to a trade . |
| 17 | We should move to a system under which the specialist producer can be rewarded for producing an increasingly better carcase and an increasingly improved quality of meat , which will find a world market . |
| 18 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman and I agree that there should be a discount for single people — I am only sorry that the Labour party continues to insist that we should return to a rating system in which single people would have to pay through the nose , as they did before . |
| 19 | The American armed services were considering how they might react to an appeal for assistance from an anti-communist government in Tehran , or how they should respond to a coup by elements which had the backing of Moscow . |
| 20 | If anything should happen to a diver 's umbilical , mask or helmet , this air supply can be used , either through a demand valve , a hose connected by a quick connect , or a hose end fed up through the neck dam of the helmet . |
| 21 | When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart . |
| 22 | So , we think for a little while ahead you should go to a school where you 'll be looked after ; I mean , where you can sleep , and where he wo n't get at you . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think you should go to a writer 's life through the life ; I think you should go through the work . ’ |
| 24 | Havel stressed that the dismissal was a reflection not of any disappointment with Vacek 's work , but rather of a resolve that the post should go to a civilian . |
| 25 | The Opposition should go to a number of towns where bypasses have been built , which have been warmly welcomed . |
| 26 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 27 | If you do not understand anything in this document you should go to a solicitor , or Legal Advice Centre or a Citizen 's Advice Bureau . |
| 28 | generally the director should switch to a picture of the occupant of the Chair whenever he or she rises , especially when dealing with disorder ; |
| 29 | But , apart from this possibility , an increase in the money supply should lead to a fall in interest rates , other things being equal . |
| 30 | Recall that the optimality theory says that an increase in k should lead to a fall in X , and that our subjects ( on the second repetition ) appeared to be doing the opposite . |