Example sentences of "[vb mod] an " in BNC.

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1 Robert Dodsley , for example , in his poem Servitude ( 1729 ) describes the various qualities required in a good servant , with emphasis on obedience : ‘ Submission next must an Admittance find , / The humble Liv'ry of a Servant 's Mind …
2 So , too , must an idea of action .
3 Must an item be able to fulfil all four functions of money to be able to be classed as money ?
4 Why should an applicant , who must in any event be prepared to satisfy the primary purpose test , be worse off because he contemplates the possibility of a relatively short stay in the UK than one who had the fixed intention of permanent UK residence ?
5 And should an original and lovely ‘ Samuel Palmer ’ sketch or ‘ Vermeer ’ canvas be any less valued when it turns out to be by Tom Keating or Henricus van Meegaeren ?
6 Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ?
7 By independently monitoring the temperature of a chemical reaction , it can activate an internal alarm should an experiment exceed a pre-programmed safety limit .
8 The second initiative was a decision to completely overhaul the emergency plan which would be used should an accident at Hinkley Point spread radiation outside the site boundary .
9 Should an accident seriously damage one of the craft it could take years to gear up specialised production lines to build the larger replacement parts .
10 It was that of sex allocation : what resources should an individual put into male and female reproductive functions either directly or by determining the sex of its offspring ?
11 The HSE 's Employment Medical Advisory Service keeps a register of all research workers involved in genetic manipulation experiments , which would provide important data should an epidemiological survey be launched at any appropriate time , and all laboratories are required to inform GMAG and the HSE of their health monitoring arrangements .
12 The main thrust of the standard is that if a parent controls an undertaking ( the standard includes the new definitions of parent and subsidiary undertaking introduced by the Act ) , it should be consolidated , and only in exceptional circumstances should an undertaking controlled by a parent be excluded .
13 Not only should an understanding be gained of a history of losses , but also of the potential for new attachments .
14 Why should an enemy inflict pleasure on you ? ’
15 Should an apparent truce in Bosnia lead to the sending of substantial peacekeeping forces , the subsequent breakdown of such an agreement would trigger acute pressures for sending sufficient troops to achieve peacemaking ( ‘ smothering the war by force ’ ) .
16 Only when it needs a custom development platform should an organisation opt for the really new stuff .
17 I 'm actually also hoping to get , someone who was erm concerned at the campaign to come to the meeting , cos I think it would be very useful to have someone who 's been through it and to say how , how they tackled it , so I think it should an interesting meeting , hopefully we 'll get a few , you know interesting people to come along and we can spend from that meeting campaign .
18 But the commune also served a major coercive function since the majority in each village stood to lose should an individual either fail to meet his share of the payments due or take to flight .
19 We recommend this Plan because it offers financial protection in no less than THREE important ways areas where you are likely to be most vulnerable should an accident strike .
20 These methods are well suited to computers and often have the advantage that , should an error occur , at worst it lengthens the computations a little .
21 However , applying such a model directly to the topic of attitudes towards the monarchy would neglect the role of implicit factors , especially the implicit justifications which could be called upon should an argumentative attack be mounted or the implicit criticisms which would surface into explicitness under changed historical circumstances .
22 The Tsar retained the power to veto all legislation and should an emergency arise while the Duma was not in session , Article 87 of the Fundamental Laws enabled him to legislate by decree .
23 Should an enemy ever bomb the High Dam , Egypt would be washed into the sea by the very waters which have created it .
24 But why should an aid be greeted with special enthusiasm after the novelty has worn off ?
25 The following year , on 12 October 803 , at Clofesho , the restoration to Canterbury of all its rights and the declaration that never again should an archiepiscopal see be placed in Lichfield or anywhere else in the southern province other than Canterbury , completed the destruction of Lichfield 's position .
26 Investment or dis-investment decisions — For example , should an item of equipment be purchased ?
27 Should an additional shift be established in order to raise production levels to meet growing sales demand ? ) .
28 Should an LEA be telling teachers how to teach ?
29 On a more serious note , on page 80 we tell you how to save your child 's life , should an emergency — like electric shock or scalding — occur .
30 Every home , office and factory should have a copy of this excellent program for immediate access to first aid information should an accident occur .
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