Example sentences of "[verb] and [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other Arabs told us we were surrounded and should move to another village . |
| 2 | A field of rare flowers that is destroyed can be replanted and may eventually be the same as the field that was destroyed ( even if the process does take 1,000 years ) . |
| 3 | These are purposedesigned and should conform to BS AU 185 . |
| 4 | The size of the pleats and spaces are predetermined and can not be altered . |
| 5 | When the movie comes out I want people to know that we 're still around , that the P-Funk lives and that we can act and can still drop it . |
| 6 | There is considerable ground for speculation about why the Opposition have adopted such a churlish attitude to proposals which are clearly well designed and will make a significant contribution to further improvement in attitudes to training . |
| 7 | QPR are not good enough to finish in the top six , according to Trevor Francis , their player-manager , but they should have won and would surely have done so but for a mind-boggling miss by Andy Sinton when it was 2-2 . |
| 8 | The Politburo , reviewing the talks , described them as a ‘ major political event ’ and thought particularly significant the two leaders ' declaration that a nuclear war could not be won and must never be fought ; this was at odds with the views of some influential US ( and Soviet ) strategists . |
| 9 | There is an even more telling reason why , in higher education , the teacher 's authority has to be won and can not be presumed . |
| 10 | However , Mary was still upset and sulking and would n't have any tea , and with a ‘ so long ’ to Dad she walked out , head held high , just like Mum . |
| 11 | By the time the latrine needs emptying again , in about 15 years , the sludge will have decomposed and can be dug out and spread on neighbouring farms . |
| 12 | He was committed and could only stumble on . |
| 13 | However , it has also been observed that those with wrinkled testa ( coats ) appear to be slower to germinate and may well benefit from piercing , scratching or abrasion . |
| 14 | I glanced at Lili thinking that she must know and would somehow reveal what was disturbing him . |
| 15 | But if you 're in an emergency situ situation , you do n't know and would you be equal to it , would you have some reserve you could fall on ? |
| 16 | ‘ In determining the total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) above , or the liability or total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 2 ) above , no account shall be taken of any liability in respect of a deposit if … ( c ) the institution is a former authorised institution and the deposit was made after it ceased to be an authorised institution or a recognised bank or licensed institution under the Banking Act 1979 unless , at the time the deposit was made , the depositor did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that it had ceased to be an authorised institution , recognised bank or licensed institution . ’ |
| 17 | He did not know and could not say : he tore off the silly beard and began a sentence about resignation , which he could not finish . |
| 18 | In any proceedings for an offence under this Act of supplying or offering to supply goods to which a false trade description is applied it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained , that the goods did not conform to the description or that the description had been applied to the goods . |
| 19 | He did not know and could not have been expected to know the qualities of petrol . |
| 20 | Under the special defence , the issue is whether the defendant did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have discovered , the false trade description . |
| 21 | It is no defence for the officer to say he does not know and can not with reasonable diligence find out who the driver was . |
| 22 | She will not say what the item is , claiming ( reasonably ) that she wo n't divulge the secret of a valuable or important item to people she does not know and can hardly be expected to trust . |
| 23 | It is to enable those who do not know and can not know enough for policy-making to make policy , yet it is to have no policies of its own . ’ |
| 24 | People I do n't know and can not influence . |
| 25 | In modern times we have effectively eliminated possibility 3 by incorporating it within our scheme : Quantum mechanics is essentially a theory of what we do not know and can not predict . |
| 26 | As a result of the problems of lead piping and the other problems mentioned by my hon. Friend relating to the privatisation of the public utilities , the Tory empire will shortly fall and will be replaced by a proper representative Government of the British people . |
| 27 | Should take two hours to freeze and should be worked with a wooden spoon from time to time . " |
| 28 | May I ask of any of your readers have any of these cutters they do not need and would wish to sell them ? |
| 29 | A school with , for example , a difficult second year might need and could be offered a selection from in-service training for staff , an analysis/assessment exercise focused on the whole or particular parts of the school , a support teacher for particular departments , some kind of on-site unit , some share in off-site provision . |
| 30 | Referring to Figure 1 it is obvious that a single chain of atoms in tension must be uniformly stressed and should reach the theoretical strength ( la ) . |