Example sentences of "they [modal v] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may as a result lack the confidence to raise a concern about child sexual abuse despite government advice following the inquiry that the possibility should be considered in the differential diagnosis of many physical conditions . |
| 2 | It is important moreover that one not give overtones to stories surrounding Jesus which they may in no way have carried . |
| 3 | The point is if taxpayers have entered into arrangements to seek to avoid TA 1988 , ss739 and 749 ( the two ugly sisters ) they must as a matter of proper form check to see that there is no tax liability under general principles and no tax liability under one or other of the sections contained within Part XV of TA 1988 . |
| 4 | This means that they must on no account fail us , just as , to take a different level , the woman whose beauty we find captivating must be seen to maintain her attractions : so much so that we ‘ will ’ her to display a beauty that she does not always possess , or perhaps has never possessed . |
| 5 | So one of the things that suppliers are told is they must on no account stress or age or mess about with any furnishings . |
| 6 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I think they must in the van . |
| 8 | If a member of the public sees him then they should on no account approach him or make a disturbance . |
| 9 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 10 | If development ceases , the pupils will not benefit as much as they should at a time in their education which will never be repeated and one which therefore could never be made up . |
| 11 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 12 | Well you said or else they 'll in the league this season . |
| 13 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 14 | Captains had therefore to use their own resources to pay their men and bargain as best they could with the Exchequer ; but there is little evidence that delays in payment became a political issue . |
| 15 | Was it fear of not being able to perform as well at this new skill as they could with the composing-stick ? |
| 16 | Addressed to the archbishop and all the prelates assembled at Lambeth , it commanded them , on their oaths of fealty , to do all that they could for the defence and conservation of the king 's rights and of his realm ; it then continued : |
| 17 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 18 | Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive . |
| 19 | The brindle hounds , John Deverill 's speciality and obsession , stood well to order at one side of the drive with the whippers-in waiting as patiently as they could for the order to move off . |
| 20 | Within the material constraints of the situation they did what they could for the kids . |
| 21 | Whatever the reasons and after some soul searching they sold their home and entered college in 1921 , making the best arrangements they could for the children . |
| 22 | They kept as close as they could to the east bank of the stream and held generally towards the north . |
| 23 | The large numbers of the English gentry and aristocracy who enjoyed the profits from impropriated tithes were further alarmed when the Laudian ecclesiastical authorities made it clear they would spare no pains in an attempt to recover as much as they could of the church 's former wealth and power . |
| 24 | Coun Taylor said the council would be going into details about the new budget today and early next week to make the best they could of the situation . |
| 25 | It was by then too late to make for the safety of the mountains , and the scattered groups of jeeps had to hide as best they could at the foot of the escarpment . |
| 26 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
| 27 | When in 1952 Michael Ventris announced he had succeeded in deciphering Linear B and that it was an archaic form of Greek , howls of indignant refutation were raised by the fraternity of linguistic experts as a matter of course , and when , with that beautiful sense of timing which nemesis has , a whole library of Linear B tablets was unearthed in Pylos on the Greek mainland one year later , translations of which confirmed Ventris 's conclusion , the experts did the only thing they could under the circumstances : they accused the discoverer and Ventris of having forged them . |
| 28 | The advancing British — if advance they could through the craters and mud — would , therefore , come under remorseless , raking fire . |
| 29 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 30 | Left to themselves , folk musicians did what they could without the guidance which might have come from experienced musicians . |