Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] is " in BNC.

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31 He says it could mean treatment is of an inferior quality in hospitals outside the county .
32 ‘ In your case , I 'd say y'nose is too near y'butt ! ’
33 But I 'd say funding is tight ’ .
34 These can harm the consumer — the ban on the sweetening agent cyclamate on the grounds that it could cause cancer is a case in point .
35 Let's hope Santa is n't too strapped for cash as a result of the interest rate because he also has to get Silvanian fire places , sewing machines , Sindy ( sic ) dolls , guns , kitchen sets , guitars , books , a baby changing unit , felt tip pens , videos , electric cars , electric trains , micro machines , computers , personal stereos , mighty metro racing sets , radio controlled aeroplanes , slippers and a camra .
36 Let's hope Skomer is declared a reserve by our next visit .
37 On other occasions we may decide assertiveness is an investment actually got to use that style of behaviour to get my point across and to listen to them as well .
38 Another foundation upon which pressure groups may secure influence is their association with traditional elite groups .
39 A puppy which may have rabies is being held at a quarantine kennels in the region .
40 The range of industrial and rural activities which may produce odours is considerable .
41 The fact that this may take centuries is of little importance , for mankind has limitless time if it uses it wisely .
42 It is less immediately evident that such an understanding should be necessary in order to account for the formal properties of code switching , although I would argue strongly that it is , inasmuch as the extent to which switching may take place is in part a function of the extent to which the codes involved have " fused " within a community , i.e. how interchangeable they are for the different purposes of everyday interaction .
43 One important method used to sell benefits is by branding products .
44 And they used to send orders is n't it It was nothing to see fifty items on an order .
45 I get the chance to see people I used to race with.It is a fun day out .
46 For scientific assessment of a subtle ecological issue such as the causes of eutrophication , it is important that the information used to decide policy is openly available for scientific debate .
47 The predominant influence of parties in deciding which of their candidates shall win seats is an inescapable fact of political life , however much some of us may deplore it .
48 Whether a further wave of takeovers in the brewing industry would benefit consumers is open to debate .
49 The only way I would like Lucozade is with a gin in it .
50 The only one I would mention Chairman is not strictly accurate , we all did , lots of us anyway , the , the British Legion service on Sunday at the church and I just wondered if we could agree to send a letter to the president cos once again a lot of effort and time and organization went into it and I thought it was an excellent occasion and I think he might appreciate
51 As for the second , we have undermined its apparent logic by approaching from the opposite direction ; what is self-evident is that a person should prefer his reaction in fullest awareness , what would require proof is a claim that the awareness should be from all spatial and temporal but only one personal viewpoint .
52 The only thing I would say delegates is that the we will also swallow the goldfish and there 's a message in that for all of us .
53 And many would say Oxford is the perfect place to set it .
54 ‘ If you take sugar as having 100 per cent the right taste , then I would say sucralose is in the range of 70 to 75 per cent , with aspartame a little behind it , ’ Shaw says .
55 The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off .
56 What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses .
57 Because just as I was saying , that Freud 's view was that , okay , there 's the id and that may be Hobbesian , but there 's also the ego , which if you like is , is more kind of Rousseauness it 's pro-social , and therefore I would say Freud is not a pessimistic , or an optimistic social thinker , but something in between .
58 Babur is aware that now everybody will know John is his friend .
59 Therefore the view that none of the capital market constraints by itself will ensure efficiency is clearly defensible .
60 So what Rabbit will tell Pooh is not necessarily what he actually believes , but what he believes he believes .
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