Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 2 | To them must belong the last word . |
| 3 | People who carry weapons into bank premises and threaten to use them must receive a severe sentence . ’ |
| 4 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 5 | France has shown some sympathy ; an independent nuclear power , it has never accepted the notion that Russians and Americans between them should run the nuclear affairs of the world , let alone the post-Soviet world . |
| 6 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 7 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 8 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 9 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 10 | I may expect no mass media to crusade , no millions of strangers to become suddenly familiar with my name and anxious for my cause . |
| 11 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 12 | I may spot the unnatural symmetry which a real stick would not have . |
| 13 | I may inform the right hon. and learned Gentleman that a single man on average earnings in 1978-79 was paying 42 per cent . |
| 14 | Anyway , who knows , I may get the odd half-hour just to pop down the gangway and explore those fascinating little shops down there . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’ |
| 16 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
| 17 | Later that year Thein Pe told Force 136 that there were many ‘ sympathisers ’ and even some activists ; he added ‘ Thakin Nu is what I may call an active sympathiser . |
| 18 | If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’ |
| 19 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 20 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I think I may have a wrong number , ’ it said . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to wear the wretched thing after all , just to give a talking-point . |
| 23 | ‘ I ought to collect the little ‘ uns from their minder , too . |
| 24 | Faced with the absurdity of British public life , I sometimes think I ought to do the same , turning this space into a museum of grotesque items displayed without comment . |
| 25 | If I ought to pay a fair price for what I buy then I ought to come back and add to the agreed price . |
| 26 | ‘ Thought I ought to present the right image — ’ |
| 27 | But if I and mine prepare to defend the kingdom , you and yours must do the same . |
| 28 | I must advise the hon. Gentleman , however , that the phrase in Big Farm Weekly , ’ Goodbye to the BSE scourge ’ was not mine , but that of the chief veterinary officer . |
| 29 | I must tell the hon. Gentleman that , as a new Member of Parliament , he should be more concerned with the possibility of improving the delivery of health care to his constituents . |
| 30 | I asked if you were sleeping with him , and since you have done everything to evade a straight answer I must assume the worst or the best , depending whose side you are one . ’ |