Example sentences of "[modal v] lose [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Common Law would treat a provision in a contract as to time as being ‘ of the essence of the contract ’ , meaning that if a certain act was not done by one party within a certain stipulated time , he should lose all rights under the contract ; Equity treated such a provision in general as not being of the essence of the contract , but as giving a right only to damages . |
| 2 | I suspect that not only would the Under-Secretary of State for Social Security concede that students have lost their entitlement to housing benefit and income support ; she would probably boast that it is the Government 's official policy that students should lose such entitlement . |
| 3 | The feeling in Portugal is that if Quieroz 's side should lose that game they will lose all interest in Group I , though a draw would be even more beneficial to Scotland . |
| 4 | Once it is accepted that surrogacy is unlikely to cause any serious harm , the idea that it could be used for social rather than medical reasons should lose much of the horror and condemnation with which it tends to be associated . |
| 5 | And of course the tragic death , far too early really , for Danny Blanchflower cut down by disease , and er one of the greatest footballers , I suppose , not only of his generation , but of anyone 's generation and er , how sad it is , that we should lose two of our greatest footballers in this one year . |
| 6 | I 'm convinced that I should lose more weight , then no one could be thinner than I am . |
| 7 | This leads the staff into some contortions since logic would suggest that those who ‘ consume ’ more than their fair share of ‘ teacher time ’ should lose some in the future rather than take up still more as the monitoring of the punishment will entail . |
| 8 | But er however things went on and er we , we 've had very bad years some years when the we , stuck too much I think to some of the Morris of course er they had their troubles of course and , and then eventually we , it was funny we were the only two people in the whole of Britain who h ho held the agencies for Austin and Morris together and we were at times we were thinking we must lose one of them . |
| 9 | Sheffield must lose one of its matches next season and if all the other venues are to be preserved , a couple of games must be taken away from Headingley , unless Yorkshire also get a Tourist match . |
| 10 | We must lose that which constitutes our peculiar energy . ’ |
| 11 | Really must lose some weight . |
| 12 | Says ‘ It is sad that we must lose some experienced and valued members of staff but this move will improve the value we derive from head office security . |
| 13 | If your normal working week consisted of 4 or more days , then you must lose 2 days work in any period of 6 consecutive days in order to get UB . |
| 14 | Banning TV coverage might lose important revenues without bringing back the crowds . |
| 15 | If you winced from the blow you might lose three quarters of an inch or more and it was no use arguing about it . |
| 16 | You 're not taking this outside because you might lose this . |
| 17 | If you 're tight on disk space you might lose some of the current ‘ context ’ . |
| 18 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They 'll lose all the spoons tonight ! ’ the Countess said with undisguised satisfaction , then turned as applause greeted the stately polonaise which had progressed from the far side of the house , advanced through the entrance hall and now entered the ballroom to open the dancing formally . |
| 20 | Once you 've tried it you 'll lose all its fear for you . |
| 21 | They have to be on the outside right , cos as soon as it goes through a piece of material you 'll lose all the high frequency to it . |
| 22 | ‘ Breakspear wo n't do the senator 's cruise , ’ he said , ‘ so you 'll lose that money , but if you work one night a week for me then you 'll earn just as much anyway . |
| 23 | Add them when you 're multiplying , times them when you raise them to a power , so we do n't want to start changing this to one over and things , because we 'll lose that easy way of doing things . |
| 24 | Brian was saying , he said you going in with your he said and we 'll lose that , he said he should play his best bloody |
| 25 | Hit one and you 'll win thousands , miss and you 'll lose thousands . |
| 26 | In nearby Offenham they are worried they 'll lose thousands of pounds producing crops because they 'll no longer have specialist advice on their doorstep . |
| 27 | Maybe I 'll lose this — this feeling I 've gained here . |
| 28 | Now , look you 'll lose this again ! |
| 29 | If they learn who you are I 'll lose more business than I can afford . |
| 30 | Follow our practical healthy eating guide and New Year diet resolutions and you 'll lose those extra pounds easily — not your will power . |