Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] and [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a false belief that a man is about to set off a bomb might well be reprehensible in a soldier , who therefore shoots him , when the soldier could and should have known that the man was not about to do any such thing . |
| 2 | The high-tech aspects of AIDS will and must continue . |
| 3 | During my forthcoming Presidential Year it is my belief , as I know it is yours , that the Institute should and shall continue to look forward into the 90s and beyond and if there is to be a theme , it should quite simply be ‘ The Institute ’ . |
| 4 | The child can and will learn to express himself better . |
| 5 | ‘ But you have acknowledged that the power of such a saint can and will frustrate the malice of evil men . |
| 6 | The PA must and will continue to interpret these regulations fairly and deal firmly with any breaches . |
| 7 | That kind of detailed examination could and should go on . |
| 8 | 4.35 When calculating future loss of earnings and the incidence of tax upon them , it is proper to take into account steps which the plaintiff could and would have taken to minimise his tax liability ( Beach v Reed Corrugated Cases Ltd [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 807 at p814 ) . |
| 9 | The mix of supply management and last-resort intervention can and will work . |
| 10 | Noting that " Europe has entered a new , promising era " , the declaration stated that " as a consequence this Alliance must and will adapt " and must " reach out to the countries of the East which were our adversaries in the Cold War and extend to them the hand of friendship " . |
| 11 | Parliament may have intended that the English court could and should bring before it , and make orders against , a person who has no connection whatever with England save that he entered into a transaction , maybe abroad and in respect of foreign property and in the utmost good faith , with a person who is subject to the insolvency jurisdiction of the English court . |
| 12 | Wilberforce J held , among other things , firstly , that the retention provisions , which operated after the end of the employee 's employment , substantially interfered with his right to seek employment and therefore operated in restraint of trade ; secondly , that the transfer system and the retention system , when combined , were in restraint of trade and that , since the defendants had not discharged the onus of showing that the restraints were no more than was reasonable to protect their interests , they were in unjustifiable restraint of trade and ultra vires ; thirdly , that the court could examine a contract between employers only and declare it void on grounds on which such a contract would be declared void if it had been a contract between an employer and employee , and that it was open to an employee to bring an action for a declaration that such a contract was in restraint of trade , inasmuch as it threatened his liberty of action in seeking employment , which was a matter of public interest ; and , fourthly , that it was a case in which the court could and should grant the plaintiff the declarations sought . |
| 13 | While it is clear that the court can and will exercise discretion , it is obviously wise to check on the availability of witnesses before setting down . |
| 14 | I do not , I must emphasize , quarrel in the slightest with the salutary principle of Ramsay v. IRC that the court can and will ignore sham transactions or the creation of magical and non-existent losses or expenditure by a series of carefully contrived steps in a process of fiscal legerdemain . |
| 15 | It shows that the court can and will inquire whether the visitor has jurisdiction to determine the question , i.e. , to enter into the matter . |
| 16 | However , it is clear that , in deciding what the words used in an exclusion clause mean , the court can and will take account of the other provisions of the contract ; the clause must be interpreted in its context . |
| 17 | That ground has not been strongly urged and I leave it out of account , but so far as the other grounds are concerned I am satisfied that there is validity in that criticism and those are matters which ought to have been taken into account and , being matters which are relevant , in my judgment , that is a reason why this appellate court can and should intervene . |
| 18 | One of the conditions held that ‘ where a youth or girl was being adequately cared for by foster parents or was satisfactorily settled in life with sound views and reliable character … then the Movement might and should reduce , or in some cases discontinue , its welfare work . ’ |
| 19 | He believed the Lord could and would save him , and he committed himself to the Lord and trusted him to save him . |
| 20 | The local authority can and should provide services under Part III to support the placement where appropriate ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 21 | Before he does so , however , he has a vision of what his life should and would have been had he not voluntarily submitted himself to his final sacrifice . |
| 22 | The Government should and will give a lead . |
| 23 | The government could and should have required FGD on all its old power stations but it did n't . |
| 24 | I want to touch briefly on four areas in which the Government could and must do better , in addition to the initiatives mentioned by my right hon. and learned Friend and the preventive programmes , such as that mentioned by the hon. Member for Westminster , North ( Sir J. |
| 25 | The other big mistake could and should have been avoided . |
| 26 | Because the economy is in recession , it is widely assumed that the government will and should cut interest rates . |
| 27 | What the state can and should do is make sure that tax does not distort the choices involved . |
| 28 | Radicalism can and should offer an alternative formulation which is positive , which makes it possible not just to see that one 's previous knowledge was incorrect but also to understand more about the world . |
| 29 | The matter could and should have been dealt with as set out above . |
| 30 | Entrenched positions may be established easily between the two with the result that claims are prepared and argued merely to prevent loss of face when in reality the matter could and should have been settled by discussion on site when the problems arose . |