Example sentences of "[prep] wales [modal v] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He mentioned that he hoped the Princess of Wales would open the refurbished clinic the following year . |
| 2 | In 1971 , only 19.8% of the inhabitants of Wales could speak the Welsh language ( down from 27.5% in 1951 ) and only 1.7% of Scots could speak Gaelic , most of the Gaelic speakers being concentrated in the Scottish highlands and islands . |
| 3 | The Prince of Wales will attend the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union in Stornoway on Friday . |
| 4 | But Dr Caldwell warned that ‘ failure to change the consumption patterns of relatively rich countries like Wales would break the fragile global consensus achieved at the recent Earth Summit , and lead to environmental disaster . |
| 5 | ‘ Failure to change the consumption patterns of relatively rich countries like Wales would break the fragile global consensus achieved at the recent Earth Summit , and lead to environmental disaster , ’ he warned . |