Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match .
2 Although geneticists may think it an odd idea , it is therefore sensible for us to speak of genes ‘ for ’ stone shape , stone size , stone hardness and so on .
3 It was as if he were thinking : Since we 're lumbered with this bore , let's throw him a predictable subject and hear his predictable views .
4 Let's make it a special event .
5 But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure .
6 You must think me a terrible whiner . "
7 ‘ They should make him a national treasure , ’ said Ian Wright .
8 ‘ Grey ’ issues of money occur whenever enterprises that are short of funds to pay their obligations insist that the banks should make them the necessary advances to restore their ‘ liquidity ’ .
9 He says : ‘ It 's the ideal match up between two men of different styles , which should make it a very , very exciting fight . ’
10 I never put the case for a timetable motion on the ground that we should make it a permanent feature of our parliamentary procedures .
11 This must make him an ideal employer for Mrs Brocklebank whom he reckoned to be on the lazy side .
12 ‘ We are the first England representative team to face the Springboks in 23 years and we must make it a memorable day , one the selectors can not ignore . ’
13 I think we must make it a positive step forward that this council not only goes forwards to build but it goes forward to use that building and give the firemen of this county the right tools , or firewoman , the firemen and the firewoman of this county the right tools to work with .
14 Rather than treating the foreign investor as a rival , we should consider him a valuable helper , for he increases our production and the efficiencies of our business .
15 Law 27 , Penalty Kick states that : ‘ It may be taken by any player of the non-offending team and by any form of kick provided that the kicker , if holding the ball , must propel it out of his hands or , if the ball is on the ground , he must propel it a visible distance from the mark .
16 ‘ But those other poor souls , whoever they are , we must give them a decent burial . ’
17 " People are always telling other people to do that kind of thing , " said Clelia , " it must give them a vicarious thrill .
18 First , the firm must not indicate that the customer would be a customer of a UK office and , if the customer is a private customer , must give him the prescribed disclosure warning him that all or most of the FSA protections will not apply .
19 Your employer must give you a written statement when making a redundancy payment , showing how the amount is calculated , unless the amount of payment has already been fixed by the decision of an industrial tribunal .
20 Yer should give 'im a good talking to , if yer want my opinion . ’
21 ‘ That should give him a good laugh . ’
22 Madam , I 'm gon na ask you to say in those circumstances that we should give him the maximum discharge .
23 If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct .
24 They pass the ball sweetly , create space effortlessly , and in Alemao , Branco , Valdo , Dunga , Mozer and Jorginho possess players who should give them a formidable momentum next summer .
25 ‘ Speaking of Aunt Maureen , do n't you think we should give her the good news ? ’
26 The fact that this was the chosen approach of the Evil One in tempting Eve should give us a healthy respect for its subtlety and danger : ‘ Did God say … ? ’ he asked : His innocent-sounding questions about the facts of the case were designed to open up the deeper issue of God 's goodness .
27 Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss .
28 This device should give us a single analysis in about five minutes rather than ninety as at present as we do n't need to separate the mixtures , we can do the analysis directly .
29 A company breaking this agreement should give us the absolute right to seek compensation .
30 This should give us the key mineral signature which could , if necessary , be refined by the technique of selective quantitative element analysis developed by the Oxford Laboratory by X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy which has achieved such notable success with mortaria ( Hartley and Richards , 1965 ) .
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