Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to the extent to which regard should be had to the range of awards in other cases which are comparable such cases should as a rule be those which have been determined in the same jurisdiction or in a neighbouring locality where similar social , economic and industrial conditions exist . |
| 2 | Here there may arise a conflict between two principles , one that the court will not imply a term unless it is one which reasonable men would obviously have agreed to if their minds had been directed to the point , the other that a contract should if possible be interpreted in such a way as to achieve fairness between the parties … mistake is a much more difficult problem … [ than fraud or partiality ] . |
| 3 | Paragraph 610 of the Bar code provides , first : ’ Counsel must not make statements or ask questions which are merely scandalous or intended or calculated only to vilify insult or annoy either a witness or some other person ; counsel must if possible avoid the naming in open Court of third parties whose characters would thereby be impugned ; counsel must not suggest that a witness or other person is guilty of crime , fraud or misconduct or attribute to another person the crime or conduct of which his lay client is accused ’ |
| 4 | As mentioned earlier in this chapter , builders should if possible eliminate sub-letting to independent gangs . |
| 5 | It is , therefore , in everyone 's interest to avoid delay and to that end , the defenders should if at all possible take and keep the initiative . |
| 6 | He thought that a priest should if possible go where his bishop sent him . |
| 7 | The four walls of the cell might as well be the wooden sides of a coffin . |
| 8 | But 10,000 Maniacs might as well have added the sound of fishing slapping each other , so irrelevant is the instrumentation . |
| 9 | In fact , if the answers given by 40 per cent of women quizzed for a new survey are anything to go by , the EC president might as well Jacques it in … |
| 10 | In a cutting reference to Rovers ' multi-millionaire chairman , he scoffed : ‘ Jack Walker might as well buy Walker 's Crisps before he gets Roy Keane . |
| 11 | As a student wizard Rincewind had never achieved high marks in precognition , but now unused circuits in his brain were throbbing and the future might as well have been engraved in bright colours on his eyeballs . |
| 12 | For God 's sake , the silly little twinkle might as well have majored in handwriting or media studies ! ’ |
| 13 | The other dealt with weights and seesaws , but forget that balance on a seesaw is governed by weight multiplied by distance from the pivot : in fact for a rigid body the entire weight might as well be concentrated at the body 's centre of gravity , so there 's no way of discriminating head weight from body weight like this . |
| 14 | Jews might if they found out . |
| 15 | Having heard that , and secondly due to your patience er through your patience getting clarification that it the borough could if it wished allocate its sixty hectares under this structure plan policy outside the town centres and that things that then took place in town centres would be extra , it 's not something they have to do but it 's a freedom they would have in their local plan , having heard those two things , the concern I 've got that even at sixty hectares , Harrogate 's allocation was too small erm really recedes very quickly sir , and would completely disappear and here Mr Allenby and I are at one , |
| 16 | At the cab rank they went to the shelter , where drivers could while away the night hours in warmth and obtain food . |
| 17 | Darwin , on the other hand felt that if bodies could evolve from one form to the other , therefore the mind could as well , though he freely admitted that he had no ideas concerning the essential nature of mind itself , nor even of life . |
| 18 | Well I think some of the bricks could when you decide wha which you 're going to use and which you , mm . |
| 19 | ‘ This boy behaved in an underhand way , setting up situations so that he would n't get into trouble , but David would when he had left . |
| 20 | I think Heidi would if she was left there ten minutes . |
| 21 | Sheila Hancock was in that film too , as was Nanette Newman , both of whom told me how Ken would while away his time discussing the medical advances of which apparently the medical staff in the picture were not aware . |
| 22 | I 've enjoyed it and I 'm sure my readers will as well . |
| 23 | However the East Antrim Club will as usual have a strong representation on the water and making a return to competitive GP14 action on Lough Erne will be Curly Morris . |
| 24 | Already , Anglo-American cooperation between the Library of Congress and the British National Bibliography section of the British Library , using the MARC II format , enables a basic data storage of catalogue entries to be made , from which classified , author , title and other lists can as required be produced . |
| 25 | With his first vote the West German elector can if he so desires make a choice solely with reference to the rival candidates ' personal qualities or their popularity . |
| 26 | George and Ringo sided with John and Klein launched into a ruthless purge , clearing out the parasites and the dead wood — but consigning any trace of idealism to the trash can as well . |
| 27 | That prayer might as well have been couched in his own patois . |
| 28 | Of course at this stage , rather than pay the cancellation charge , the buyer might as well take delivery . |
| 29 | Against the possibility that the acquiring member fails to extend the offer , the following remedy can be provided for : If the Acquiring Member shall fail to serve a notice or make an offer in accordance with Article … ( or , if and to the extent that the offer is accepted , the Acquiring Member shall fail to complete the purchase of any shares pursuant to the offer ) he ( and any member with whom he is acting in concert as provided in Article … ) shall cease to have any rights to vote or to dividends in respect of all the shares held by him and the Directors may where relevant refuse to register the transfer of the shares acquired by the Acquiring Member which give rise to the obligations under Article … and may require the Acquiring Member to serve a Transfer Notice in respect of all or any of the shares held by him . |
| 30 | The degree of pressure to turn persuasion or appeals to affection into undue influence may as Sir James Hannen P. said in Wingrove v. Wingrove , 11 P.D . |