Example sentences of "[modal v] stay [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Garscadden said last week that he finds it incomprehensible that many properties may stay in the same band in perpetuity . |
| 2 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 3 | It is my considered opinion that we should stay at a safe distance and await further developments . ’ |
| 4 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 5 | He 'll stay on the same side of the road as me , or as anybody . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 7 | No you do n't this is it , we 'll just dump everything , I said to Mark we 'll just dump everything in the back room and we 'll stay in the back room till we 've sorted the front room |
| 8 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 9 | We could stay in a nice hotel . ’ |
| 10 | Well , you could stay in the spare room over with me , out in the bedroom in the back there , for thirty dollars a night ? ’ |
| 11 | They could stay in the old lodge ; it would save taking a tent . |
| 12 | whether they 'd stay in the right shape or not . |
| 13 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
| 14 | They would stay for a few months and go back . |
| 15 | Pam , 63 , said : ‘ They used to come every summer for a couple of weeks and the rest of the year they would stay for the odd week . |
| 16 | During Oldenburg 's visit , it was agreed that he and his family would stay at a secluded dacha outside St Petersburg . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you asked her late last night whether people would stay on an extra night . |
| 18 | Normally a knight expected to serve for about forty days a year at his own expense ; the terms of his service might also be restricted — when and where he served , and for how long he would stay after the forty days if the king paid him . |
| 19 | Well , people come on a day to day basis , like a working environment , right ? er Each individual will stay for a different length of time , it could be weeks , months , even years . |
| 20 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 21 | During their week in Tokyo , which is being funded by a private charity , the students will stay with a Japanese family , visit schools and join John and Norma at official functions . |
| 22 | If your food and drink supplies you with exactly enough fuel to maintain your body 's activities ( the energy required to keep the vital functions going , and also for muscular work ) then you will stay at a constant weight . |
| 23 | More than 120 members , serving or retired policemen , customs officers and prison officers , from all over the UK , Germany , Switzerland , France and Luxembourg will stay at the Welsh town 's youth hostel from July 16 to 18 . |
| 24 | A late morning direct flight takes you to Kathmandu where you will stay at the Oberoi Soaltee Hotel for 2 nights . |
| 25 | To comply with the provisions of the programme , a company must first spend a year monitoring air quality in the proposed area and employ elaborate computer models to demonstrate that pollution from the proposed plant will stay within the allowable increments . |
| 26 | The winner will stay in a top London hotel and receive top-to-tail grooming at Peter 's Posh Pets while his or her owner enjoys the human equivalent at Harrods . |
| 27 | But Keegan is convinced they will stay in the promised land . |
| 28 | First , second , third and last will stay in the same order unless there is a junction , when the line may divide and their positions change . |
| 29 | Not only does the hearer assume it is the same ‘ man ’ who is being talked about throughout , he also assumes that the man will stay in the same place unless the speaker announces that he moves . |
| 30 | Each golfer can stay at the former home of the Domecq family , one of Spain 's famous sherry dynasties , for seven nights in January for £319 , inclusive of flights and breakfast . |