Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But if a statement such as ‘ John is tall ’ is to be true , then the predicate ‘ is tall ’ must latch on to the world , just as ‘ John ’ does . |
| 32 | Curiously enough , it appears that there is no question at all which fits the adjective of a sentence like ( 59 ) closely , so that one must fall back on a metalinguistic one such as ( 60 ) : ( 59 ) the sharks remain dangerous ( 60 ) what did you say about the sharks ? 5.7 Since the property of the postverbal is one which the speaker deliberately chooses to clothe in the guise of an adjective rather than an adverb , it must , as we have already remarked , be one which is capable of being ascribed to the referential locus of the subject phrase . |
| 33 | It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law . |
| 34 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 35 | With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain . |
| 36 | His gouverneur or chief guardian was General Frossard , but it was the wish of the Emperor and Empress that apart from obligatory public appearances , which were confined to a minimum , the child should grow up in a family atmosphere . |
| 37 | The full results of this strategy should show through in the 1989 profit figures . |
| 38 | An erosion surface should show up as an excess in a certain range of altitude and this can be revealed by a device such as a hypsographic curve , which aims to depict the overall distribution of elevation and is usually used to illustrate the earth 's major relief features . |
| 39 | The pattern is very much first half er , erm , loss or small profit , second half all the profit and in fact you should watch out for the bigger , the bigger Addison Wesley gets , the more the loss in the second half will be because we 're investing for that sale |
| 40 | If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent . |
| 41 | do you think your mother , your grandma should dress up with a mop on the back |
| 42 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |
| 43 | The Bill does nothing to increase the powers of the courts if order should break down inside a prison , although it touches in a new way on some of the matters relating to aiding and abetting an escape outside a prison . |
| 44 | Since May was seventy-two when his book was published , it is clear that many of his recipes must date back to the days of Queen Elizabeth 1st . |
| 45 | According to Mr S Raisbeck of Selby Crescent ( assistant manager at the replacement Regal Cinema 1948–51 ) the whole of the north wall of the Regal is the original wall of The Theatre Royal and so must date back to the 1880s . |
| 46 | His widow , Margaret , said : ‘ Alfred told me that I should carry on with the case if he died , and that is exactly what I will do . ’ |
| 47 | Nonetheless , manufacturers are still not pushing the business benefits of technology to any great extent — some 80% of those questioned said that bidding vendors had never formally evaluated what they should invest in from a strategic point of view . |
| 48 | All the same she did n't see why she should give in without a fight . |
| 49 | So they 're going to finish u they should finish up with a quarter so again this sharing sometimes it works okay and we just get a normal counting number . |
| 50 | When all the contributions are joined together we should finish up with a representative item using a piece of apparatus . |
| 51 | Suppose , however , that God decided that the universe should finish up in a state of high order but that it did n't matter what state it started in . |
| 52 | Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy . |
| 53 | Ideally , I suppose , we should look around for the thickest available development of a particular unit if we are to find anything approaching continuous sedimentation . |
| 54 | The examiner is quite entitled to set questions on any topic in the syllabus regardless of whether a lecture on it has been given or not and you should look out for the " old foxes " . |
| 55 | If he wants a depressing story , he should look back to the housing expenditure of the last Labour Government . |
| 56 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 57 | There are several costs involved in remortgaging which you should weigh up against the savings you will be making . |
| 58 | We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night . |
| 59 | The details of the timetable motion allow for just five days ' debate on a Bill which is 103 pages long , contains 94 clauses and nine schedules and which must report back to the House by 26 February . |
| 60 | Gripping and polished — it should clean up at the box office this autumn . |