Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was laid down by a judgement of the King 's Court in 1205 that ‘ No one ought or is able to divide up or in any way to alienate a serjeanty ’ . |
| 2 | Keynes himself pointed out in the General Theory that workers who would nor be prepared to accept money wage cuts may be prepared to accept real wage reductions caused by price inflation . |
| 3 | A witness is someone who can and is ready to speak from personal experience of what Christ has done in his or her life . |
| 4 | If for example , one envisages a flock of say 1,000 laying birds , it is very important to carry out market research to find whether the immediate area can and is willing to purchase your whole production . |
| 5 | If you have done all this so far you can and are ready to compete . |
| 6 | ‘ All you can do is study the situation as thoroughly as you can and be clear as to what the issues are and who is going to be affected by the decision . |
| 7 | I mean it 's the difference between taking effective action where one can and being able to decide where one can take or where one can encourage children to take effective action . |