Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike his father , a pugnacious Laudian , Swan had Puritan leanings , and these may explain his temporary displacement around the Restoration . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Martin Strett , Oldham 's rugby union signing from Orrell , may make his senior debut against Bramley on Sunday . |
| 3 | The baby may make his public debut on Miss Diamond 's BBC1 programme Good Morning With Anne And Nick next week . |
| 4 | Graham Taylor may survive his tabloid execution to haunt his tormentors |
| 5 | He should win his fair share of races . |
| 6 | BARNSLEY midfielder John Gregg must count his lucky stars that he can follow in his family 's football tradition . |
| 7 | His qualities , nevertheless , are those of the successful hunter/warrior : he must demonstrate his ideal manliness through self-assertiveness , forceful oratorical skill , athletic prowess , and ceremonial expertise ( Maybury-Lewis 1971 : 198 ; also see Seeger 1981 : 183 on the Suya leader whose temperamental characteristic is that of ‘ uncontrolled belligerence ’ ) . |
| 8 | Now he is attempting to win a third title in the middleweight division but first he must win his European title fight against the tough Dutchman John Neslo today . |
| 9 | Now he is attempting to win a third title in the middleweight division but first he must win his European title fight against the tough Dutchman John Neslo today . |
| 10 | ‘ The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the verandah of the missionary compound , Government station , or planter 's bungalow , where , armed with pencil and notebook and at times with a whisky and soda , he has been accustomed to collect statements from informants , write down stories , and fill out sheets of paper with savage texts . |
| 11 | This desire to accommodate the life of the spirit in everyday activities is finely illustrated by the Latin instructions in a fifteenth-century manuscript as to how a devout layman should regulate his daily life , from his rising with all swiftness and signing himself with the cross , to his final return to bed when he must go to sleep in the uncertainty , salutary from a penitential , if not somnific , point of view , as to whether he will survive until the morrow . |
| 12 | Stirling was told that a new operation was being planned and that he must bring his entire force back to base . |
| 13 | After any other party has been heard the judge should give his formal ruling . |
| 14 | New books from Reed , and a stageshow on tour throughout 1993 should keep his high-flying profile afloat . |
| 15 | You should teach the patient safety measures when going outside with the wheelchair : for instance , he must keep his hemiplegic arm safely on his lap , and he must always check that both feet are on the footplates before you set off . |
| 16 | Above all he must conserve his overall lead . |
| 17 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 18 | The student must develop his orchestral sense and instinct to enable him to determine what combination is most suitable to the matter in hand . |
| 19 | With this DG performance at mid-price there seems little reason to pay more , though admirers of Masur 's work ( I could myself among them ) really should hear his new version . |
| 20 | He should outspeed his main rival . |
| 21 | Is it the Secretary of State 's intention that the current senior chief inspector should publish his annual report in February , as has been done in the past , or is it his intention , as Secretaries of State managed to do in 1983 and again in 1987 , to delay publication of that report until after the general election ? |
| 22 | AT least one Labour MP , and probably a few more , think that Labour leader John Smith should ditch his troubled shadow Scottish secretary Tom Clarke , who went back to work in January after a three-month illness and promptly inflicted two unnecessary controversies upon himself . |
| 23 | Karadjordje , as a man of action and a mighty leader , was impatient with the idea that he should submit his unbridled power to the arbitration of assemblies , courts and councils . |
| 24 | It seemed to him quite possible that Dysart should exploit his official position to save an old friend from bankruptcy . |
| 25 | Trinity say that no extra cash is available and that Jackson must honour his existing contract . |
| 26 | Now , on 5 November , one of the generals urged Agshar , " The whole city is burning ; you must tell His Imperial Majesty to do something . " |
| 27 | If a liable person wants to claim benefit , he must tell his local council that a second person in the household has a low income . |
| 28 | ‘ The husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife , and likewise the wife to her husband . |
| 29 | It is here that your reviewer must admit his personal friendship with author Jim Hooper ( who is also a contributor to ‘ MI ’ Nos. 22 , 24 & 31 — Ed . |
| 30 | It is especially moving in this production that Watford , painfully trying to disinherit her son from her affections , should feed his little toy soldiers and letters home to the smoky bonfire of autumn leaves on her estate . |