Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The petitions on their own may be unreliable , but the response of the Crown to them must surely be an indication that they had some substance : a government which was regularly short of funds would be unlikely to grant remissions , and the fact that different towns were allowed varying amounts of tax allowance suggests that some attempt was made to calculate the resources available . |
| 32 | There are also two paths , d and e , in figure 13.7 which represent the other unspecified causes ; all variables in a model which have causal paths leading to them must also have arrows reminding us of the proportion unpredicted by the model . |
| 33 | As a consequence the dinosaurs that preyed on them must also have grown bigger . |
| 34 | The title is imitated from the delightful Ivy and Stevie ( about Ivy Compton-Burnett and Stevie Smith by Kay Dick , though my materials are very different from hers and therefore the pattern that I shall construct from them must also be very different . |
| 35 | At the front of Laura 's mind constantly was the realization that these shops bore her name and everything in them must therefore reflect what she stood for . |
| 36 | The inferences are systematic , they are decodable by different interpreters in the same way , and without most of them the exchange can not be understood ; most of them must therefore be part of what is communicated , in Grice 's strict sense of meant-nn . |
| 37 | But all of them must now align against the beast … |
| 38 | Often she had passed the stone house where he lived with his children , some of whom must now be grown . |
| 39 | ‘ Everyone should therefore be vigilant , and pilots will notice the presence of cracked panels by creaking sounds when they are on the wing walkway ’ , says the CAA . |
| 40 | No-one should ever think that what they were doing was too small . |
| 41 | I had seen things which no-one should ever see . |
| 42 | The choice between them should thus rest entirely on simplicity of key — the piece as a whole with all its modulations and sectional key-changes being taken into consideration . |
| 43 | Removing them should also be quick by simply depressing the sleeve of the holder in the direction of the arrow so the bit can be pulled out . |
| 44 | Rags and dusters with polish , window-cleaning liquid or white spirit on them should also be removed . |
| 45 | he said impatiently to Burt , describing the impossibility of dealing with such turncoats , ‘ they were determined that people like me should never comc into our own . |
| 46 | As a general rule , nothing should ever be put on gold leaf . |
| 47 | She was already determined that nothing should ever frighten her . |
| 48 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 49 | As coach Roddan says : ‘ The race is so short that nothing can be allowed to go wrong — and nothing must ever distract them . ’ |
| 50 | I was more of an outsider than ever , but something in me must still have wanted to belong to the family because I was still making deliberate attempts to communicate with the other members . |
| 51 | Yours may well be toothache . ’ |
| 52 | Had things gone wrong with me , I may ultimately have been sent to prison . |
| 53 | ‘ Please honour me with your next command , that I may instantly leap to do your bidding . ’ |
| 54 | A couple of questions if I may please Mr Sexton . |
| 55 | Final contr final contribution on Selby if I may please . |
| 56 | Anything that I may lawfully do I may also lawfully threaten to do , whatever the motive or purpose of my threat . |
| 57 | I may even learn to tango ! |
| 58 | I may even have said in the spirit of the joke that it had been one hundred and fifty-six whores , for all the world as though it was of an obsessive importance for the actual number to be known with absolute accuracy ! |
| 59 | ‘ I may even have to sell the house in Ladbroke Grove to pay for the losses . ’ |
| 60 | In fact I may even have them be in here . |