Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first category lie those cases involving parental discord or separation , child cruelty , sexual offences against children , and other trauma/deprivation which may affect sexual and relationship development . |
| 2 | Time out is a very effective way of controlling aggressive behaviour but it needs to be applied at the time of the problem and the parents must remain calm and firm . |
| 3 | Researchers have to monitor not only the actions and behaviour of the group members , but also their own activities , and they must cultivate self-criticism and self-awareness . |
| 4 | The difference is that , in the former , it does not matter where the model is landed-as long as the area is clear of people and property- or how untidy the landing is , while , in the latter case , it must look good and land on a small spot . |
| 5 | You must take legal and tax advice on the legality of the scheme and the enforceability of any provisions designed to mitigate credit risk . |
| 6 | It is long since past the time when Her Majesty 's Government should take political and security decisions that would deny success to terrorists . |
| 7 | Not that he anticipated great trouble — most of the fell people were there to entertain themselves in ways which might appear rough and sound loud but came from characters largely tolerant , polite , gentle , qualities widely commented on , coming from the ease of great and graceful physical strength , the pacific , solitudinous nature of the daily lives , and a long experience of continuing community . |
| 8 | A flat denial might silence Gwenellen and Tom Lofthouse . |
| 9 | The firm says it 'll have TPC-C and TPC-D figures by the second quarter of next year . |
| 10 | and his screws , touch it with a soldering iron something hot , you know , the head in it , it 'll get warm and sort of sometimes cracks the , separates the rust from the |
| 11 | That is , what must be done in certain circumstances can not be said to be good without qualification and might involve evil and suffering . |
| 12 | To the outside world everything may look fine and dandy , what goes on behinds the scenes is a very different matter ’ — Fashion expert Iain R Webb . |
| 13 | If the pressure is too light , contact may become intermittent and energy in the form of heat created . |
| 14 | Fertility could remain high and mortality continue to decline without population growth being stifled by a fall in wages and increases in the cost of subsistence . |
| 15 | Consequently if some process , such as cracking or ‘ erosion ’ by mantle plumes , punctures the continental lithosphere as far as the crust the relatively dense mantle layer of the lithosphere could become detached and sink ( Fig. 4.8 ) . |
| 16 | Assuming he could see Steen and hand over the photographs , it would soon be over . |
| 17 | In order that Dustin could sleep late and rest during the day , Fox bought him out of Wednesday matinees of the play . |
| 18 | By allowing e 3 and d 3 to have different ( positive ) coefficients , we could penalise under- and over-achievement differently . |
| 19 | The Labour Party spokesperson on trade and industry on Dec. 7 , 1989 , published letters leaked to him which principally disclosed that Lord Young of Graffham , Trade and Industry Secretary at the time of the Rover sale , had offered to BAe chairman Roland Smith a variety of means by which both the government and BAe could avoid parliamentary and EC scrutiny , relating to the date on which the purchase price of Rover would be paid . |
| 20 | Mr Collin thinks that could prove costly and time consuming . |
| 21 | An entirely new form of money claim , called a ‘ statutory demand ’ ( which does not have to be based upon a judgment ) may revolutionize debt-collecting and litigation procedures . |
| 22 | It can also lead to narrowness in that staff may have technical and specialist information in a single field but little concern or understanding about the work of other departments . |
| 23 | May have large and pus filled eruptions ; very restless and great difficulty going to sleep . |
| 24 | Classes may have super- and sub-classes , and properties ( notably associated attributes ) may be inherited . |
| 25 | They may hate fat and love vinegar , pickles and other sour things , spices , strong tasting foods . |
| 26 | If left outside in winter , the plastic may go brittle and crack . |
| 27 | Remedial interventions may restore personal and family functioning ( Rutter , 1978 ; Stone and Warren , 1988 ) . |
| 28 | Then , at some stage , it was discovered that by reducing the proportions of wine and sugar to cream , the whip would remain thick and light without separating . |
| 29 | Great hunks of recent memory would break loose and surface , turning briefly before sinking again like the unclaimed wreckage of the soul . |
| 30 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |