Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In Division One he was subjected to a lot of dubious physical challenge and then , as Palace managers came and went , Vince 's role was constantly changing , so that he became something of an enigma to Palace fans who would one week marvel at his sinuous skills and near-perfect control but then despair at his virtual anonymity the next .
2 He kept thinking of Jelka , and of the grandchildren he would some day have .
3 As an educational tool , simulation is not only an invaluable training aid for personnel who may one day be confronted with a real situation but is sometimes the only method for dealing with improbable but possible events .
4 Wallers , masons , builders and slaters ; those engaged building and maintaining water races ; surface carters , and labourers who might one day find themselves cutting grass for the mine horses and shovelling tailings or road repairing the next — all fitted into the day-worker class .
5 In the UK the Institution of Chemical Engineers has produced a computer simulation program specifically for training personnel at large chemical plants who may one day have to manage major fires and toxic releases ( Institution of Chemical Engineers , no date ) .
6 The airlines themselves will next week step up their recruitment drive for pilots in North America and western Europe , where they have also chartered aircraft , by extending their search for flight crews to South Africa and central Europe .
7 The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ .
8 It 's something a girl dreams she 'll one day do with the man she loves .
9 There must be at least fifteen founder members who must inter se put up at least 150 million forints , and the statutes of the exchange must be approved by the Minister of Finance .
10 This is because , without some capacity to criticize , Parliament would be quite meaningless and because this capacity is of use to the Opposition , a point appreciated by ministers who may one day return to opposition .
11 When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth .
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