Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] is [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing you must do is to assign any system-wide logical names required by the process , eg. pseudo-devices used for the process or storage directories , and all the logicals for all the storage directories known to the process . |
| 2 | What the state can and should do is make sure that tax does not distort the choices involved . |
| 3 | What it should do is to stop issuing patents for plants and animals and await the outcome of proper international debate . |
| 4 | What Brussels should do is to provide direct support for research students and equipment in the less advantaged areas provided they interact with major European collaborators . |
| 5 | One significant measure that any mother with a colicky baby should take is to stop smoking and get their partners to stop . |
| 6 | What I thought we might do is to explore this phenomenon a little further , just the two of us together , but making sure we take things very carefully all the time . ’ |
| 7 | the erm the displayed decoded it 's actually mounted next to the kit and all we 'll do is take twenty four volts out , volts out , they 'll take the , take the data off the kit itself and then just bring twenty four volts out |
| 8 | I think what we 'll do is try this , which is called Doxazocin there you go , that 's an instantly forgettable name for you . |
| 9 | So I think what 'll do is contact one or two of British companies with probably way out stuff and just see if there set up in Japan . |
| 10 | I think what we 'll do is hear each of those three presentations and then I will allow a time for comment , especially discussion after each I will limit that to make sure we get time for all so that 's that 's the way we 're going to do it . |
| 11 | What we 'll do is stick that up when he 's up there with . |
| 12 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |
| 13 | You know one of the things that we could do is to do another directory . |
| 14 | and er I bloody , I said , I said in the end I 've , what we ought to do is lop some part of their anatomy off , like a little digit or something then we can prove they 've been in |
| 15 | ‘ What you ought to do is teach these girls some manners , ’ the American muttered crossly . |
| 16 | And I think what we ought to do is have another look at you now . |
| 17 | One direction in which it may move is to replace some existing degree courses by two-year diplomas , though if this comes about it is not likely to be before the late 1980s . |
| 18 | How can we criticize it , how well does it actually fit into what happened in the real world , they just want little bits of information but not too much depth on anything but always remember empirical evidence examples are very important what I would do is using those examples or la last year 's exam paper , practise , practise the short answers because you ca n't write very much detail in it so it 's a good idea to have some idea about how much you can write , then your expectations will be changed okay . |
| 19 | Tell you what I would do is mix some slightly different colour green |
| 20 | Erm and what we will do is make sure you 've got enough room for fifteen foot by eight foot with with whatever space in front of it as as a as a lawn if you like . |
| 21 | The last thing he will do is reveal these " price " objectives , never declaring his mandated 4 per cent maximum to the other side . |
| 22 | What it will do is to identify those kinds of misspelling that most pupils are likely to make : appropriate teaching at this stage helps to avoid remedial teaching later . |
| 23 | The first thing she will do is organise more space than the limited suite of offices traditionally allocated to the First Lady . |
| 24 | A spokeswoman for the Tyne and Wear Anti-Fascist Association said : ‘ The best thing people can do is consign this sort of rubbish to the rubbish bin which is where it belongs . ’ |
| 25 | Perhaps the best one can do is to say that communication from the letter detector to the word detector level , which is normally both fast and parallel , has become slow and serial , but this is a rather ad hoc explanation , and certainly much less satisfying than the interpretations offered by the model for surface dyslexia and phonological dyslexia . |
| 26 | I think the best thing we can do is leave any talk of work until tomorrow and concentrate on the real reason why we agreed to this evening and get to know one another better . ’ |
| 27 | And the least I can do is make sure he has some peace and quiet while he can , poor little scrap , she thought . |
| 28 | Anne trusted you with the parcel ; the least you can do is make sure it reaches its destination on time . |
| 29 | All we can do is make sure adequate information is available so they know the likely effects . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |