Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] do [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To revert to our earlier terminology : given that all tribunals are delegated power in the form of if X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , you may or shall do Y , everything relating to X becomes potentially jurisdictional . |
| 2 | All such grants of authority may be expressed in the following manner : if X exists the tribunal may or shall do Y. X may consist of a number of different elements , factual , legal and discretionary . |
| 3 | On the one hand , in a certain sense , all the elements which comprise X condition the tribunal 's power to decide upon Y. The statute says , explicitly or implicitly , if X you may or shall do Y. On the other hand , to accept that the reviewing courts should be the ultimate arbiters of the meaning of all the elements comprising the X factor would cause review to become very like appeal . |
| 4 | It is very common for a statute to say if X 1 , X 2 , X 3 exist the tribunal may or shall do Y. X 2 and X 3 would , like X 1 , be shorthand descriptions presuming the existence of elements within the bracket . |
| 5 | The enabling statute always , explicitly or implicitly , states , if X 1 , X 2 , X 3 exist you may or shall do Y. Yet , if X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 , and all the elements constituting them , were always held to be jurisdictional in a legal sense , the dividing line between review and appeal would be emasculated : the tribunal would have power to give only the right answer , this meaning the answer which accords with the view of the reviewing court . |
| 6 | All statutes giving power in effect say if X exists , you may or shall do Y. The answer as to who is to determine X ( and the factors constituting X ) is dependent upon which theory of jurisdiction is accepted . |
| 7 | At the inception of the previous chapter it was said that all grants of power to public bodies could be broken down into two parts : if X exists , you may or shall do Y. |
| 8 | Harry swallowed the soft strangulation of tears and clung with desperate hands to the obstinacy that must do duty for his flagging courage . |
| 9 | This involved a 65mm camera that could do stop-motion by leaving the shutter open for an extended time and also refocus automatically while moving back and forth on a track as well as up and down , if necessary . |
| 10 | Fifteen years later , when everyone believed that computers were designed for advanced scientific work , business unexpectedly showed an interest in a machine that could do payroll . |
| 11 | Last winter , though , Mr Tomlinson started work on his biggest project yet — to build a 250hp tractor that could do justice to the farm 's ultra-high output Mengele SH4ON forage harvester . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
| 13 | In no time at all you 've got a professional looking report that would do justice to a public company , let alone a sales manager . |
| 14 | The only concession to technology is a 12V CD player and a selection of discs that would do justice to a small radio station . |
| 15 | McAllister could not but agree with him , and had to stifle a grin as he led them around , the women staring , and the men , manifestly bored , dragged along to accompany wives and girlfriends who would , that night , describe their visit to the East End in terms that would do justice to a journey up the Amazon . |
| 16 | To complete this brief survey of the linguistic status of the pronoun we need an account of its function that will do justice to the first-person perspective . |
| 17 | You ca n't stop that , I mean that 's what I 've said to the Press , you do n't want him to go abroad because I think everybody 's going to miss that , because there are are n't too many that can do things like he does . |
| 18 | Has that led to a reduction in the workforce do you think , do you now have machines that can do jobs that too much ? |
| 19 | We 're looking for all types of dog — well-known and exotic breeds of dog , crossbreeds , mixtures , dogs that can do tricks … you name it . |
| 20 | I think we competed today but erm maybe one or two areas where I thought we might have got stuck in a little bit more you know , and we 're going to have to do that against Oldham I tell you because they 'll pass and have players that can do tricks erm good side are n't they ? |
| 21 | On an important topic where anecdotes far outnumber studies , a 1988 conference report from Indiana at least provides a concise distillation of local — apparently anecdotally derived — wisdom , noting that role modelling is inseparable from teaching and may do harm as well as good . |
| 22 | Intel Corp says it will ship 60 versions of the 80486 this year , with clock speeds ranging from 25MHz to 100MHz , senior vice-president Paul Otellini told the Hambrecht & Quist conference in San Francisco : ‘ We now have the capacity to build some 30m 80486s in 1993 , ’ Otellini said , and he expects Intel to sell some 100m 80486 chips after 1993 ; Intel expects to spend some $900m on research and development this year , up from $780m in 1992 , he declared , and would do 1m Pentiums in 1994 . |
| 23 | And it 's a bit like that , and what happens , ’ and they go , went on and explained what happened and why it was interesting , and in particular why , by doing this , you could come up with an X-ray source which can help cure cancer , and can do scans in a way which you ca n't do by other methods . |