Example sentences of "[modal v] have [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally .
2 Street declared in The Builder that Parker was expressing his personal views and not writing on behalf of the Oxford Architectural Society , and if Parker 's ‘ excessively antiquarian view of our own present duties were to be put forward as the real and right ground for us to work upon , I , for one , should have very little hope of the ultimate success of our course ’ .
3 The grasses for long leys should have very little Italian ( annual ) rye-grass , as this is liable to die out within two years leaving gaps where indigenous grasses such as poa annua will take over .
4 Again she found herself astounded that Emilia should have so little feeling for him .
5 each person should have as many LIFESPAN user names as are required to keep the activities separate .
6 ‘ You must be very good fighter , ’ added Balvinder , ‘ and you must have too many titar ( partridges ) .
7 And homeless drug addicts must have as much right to the throne as Hampstead intellectuals .
8 Though , come to think of it , what with Lubor being away for some days last week when she 'd arrived , he must have quite some time off from his duties .
9 You 'll have just enough time to get there by ten .
10 If there were any of Serafin 's replies here then I might have rather more insight into his side of the story …
11 The peasants might have even less electricity than the town-dwellers , but they could collect wood for fuel and could find foodstuffs available only on the black market in the urban centres .
12 We were told that you might have as much effect on that as you 're having with central government .
13 After all the sniggering and playing up of our away record , you might have though SOME mention might have been in order ? ?
14 I decided that anything which said that you could have as much mayonnaise , avocados and nuts as you like and still do yourself good must be worth trying !
15 Sceptics doubt the influence of the press , however , and especially whether it could have so much influence in so short a time .
16 He strongly denies this , of course , but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence ?
17 As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation .
18 ‘ After all they 've done for me , ’ he bit toughly , ‘ I 'd have far more compunction if I allowed their youngest and much-thought-of son to ruin his life over some female who obviously does n't care a damn for him ! ’
19 Ace had spoken of his intention to try and pull strings on her behalf , but she had n't thought he 'd have that much clout with a multi-national the size of IMP .
20 ‘ I do n't think I 'd have too much trouble getting a lift . ’
21 They carry the same fear that someone will not come back even though as adults they may have far more control over the situation .
22 We may choose a professional sports person as our referent and bemoan the fact that our salaries do not compare despite the fact that we may have as much talent in our chosen fields .
23 Sarum is fancied for the Petworth Handicap ( 3.30 ) and Plain Fact , never in a position to peg back Wanda at Lingfield Park recently , may have too much pace for his rivals in the Conflans Handicap ( 5.0 ) .
24 In a few years time the fundholders may have very little room to manoeuvre but will still have to cope with the burden of administering their fund .
25 Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family .
26 It would have even more credibility if the Labour party was not pledged to introduce a minimum wage that would cost the health service £500 million .
27 It would have even more credibility if the Labour party would claim and set out the funding that it would provide for the national health service , which it has expressly failed to do .
28 If he were alive today , he would have even more cause for satisfaction .
29 However , some delegates feared ordinary members would have even less influence on policy formation if the conference voting system was altered .
30 They assumed that , if a person with Ian Paisley 's formidable powers of protest could not have it raised , they would have even less chance .
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