Example sentences of "[modal v] have such " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What surprises us is that a man of his means should have such superb false ones . ’ |
| 2 | He felt ashamed of her , and he could not work out why her mother should have such a smile on her face . |
| 3 | His RCM contact could not resist a snide comment : ‘ It is extraordinary that a boy of fifteen should have such a very high opinion of his capabilities . ’ |
| 4 | Serious Koi-keepers should have such a system installed as a matter of course , for if a fish falls sick in winter it will need to be gradually warmed up until its immune system again begins to function , and until the water temperature is high enough for medication to be effective . |
| 5 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 6 | ‘ It is a privilege ’ , wrote Allen , ‘ that the young men of our generation should have such an opportunity of bearing witness to the faith that is in them . ’ |
| 7 | I was amazed that someone should have such big ambitions for a group like ours , but the ideas were getting through and soon my own expectations increased . |
| 8 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 9 | ‘ A pear , ’ wrote Edward Bunyard , ‘ should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption . ’ |
| 10 | Thus Parliament clearly did not intend that a life sentence prisoner should have such rights in relation to the considerations of his release on licence . |
| 11 | Er I asked before the enquiry , at the pre-enquiry meeting , that I should have such er any additional representations before the start of the enquiry . |
| 12 | While ministers quite correctly point out that the act requires local consultation , it was surely not the intention of parliament that water undertakers should have such an absolute veto . |
| 13 | It 's astonishing to me that a boy whose father and grandfather have both been soldiers before him should have such a poorly developed sense of loyalty arid duty . " |
| 14 | It is a tribute to the makers of The Krays , to its director and cast , that it should have such a profound effect . |
| 15 | It seemed to me extraordinary that this man should have such immense authority in caste-ridden India ; yet no one has questioned his greatness . |
| 16 | There seems to have been very little resentment that Eva should have such a unique opportunity . |
| 17 | It was her opinion , she told Rory , that there was something awful funny going on , that this western city in the poorest part of a poor country should have such places , and such shops as they could see all round them , and such terrific style . |
| 18 | She guessed he was probably still staring after her , but she did n't care then about anything but the fact that he should have such a low opinion of her . |
| 19 | He had piercing blue eyes , hooded eyelids , a tanned , hard-boned face and a mouth so firm and uncompromising that Rachel felt a quiver go through her , a prickling of intense attraction , then , as her eyes flicked to Jenny , a sudden rush of envy that Jenny should have such a superb secret lover . |
| 20 | Commenting on our current series on education , he said ‘ I think that the series is an excellent idea ’ , but he then went on to say ‘ It does seem to me rather odd that such a series should have such a heavy university representation and so little input from the teachers ’ . |
| 21 | Every morsel myself , and I 'll have such a treat . ’ |
| 22 | This seems close to what Williams says , in the above quotation , that rights are to be understood as ‘ assuring expectations ’ of which animals are incapable ( which is not to deny that we might have such expectations concerning the treatment of animals ) : |
| 23 | Nor did the fact that the defendants had a direct financial interest in securing a sale of Vertigo constitute a breach of fiduciary duty since the contract of agency envisaged that they might have such a conflict of interest . |
| 24 | It suggested that up to 20% of the school population might have such needs at some time in their school career ( previously around 2% of children had been legally classed as ‘ handicapped ’ ) . |
| 25 | The man 's desires are immediately revealed : ( " That man would be well off indeed who might have such a maiden as his wife " ) |
| 26 | I think basically having having heard the argument put forward from from both sides what what we 're really talking about is a is a policy that in in terms of its support from the districts it depends whether or not any particular district council might have such a use for the policy . |
| 27 | Her property was her separate property ( that is , separate from her husband , so that only a married woman could have such property ) , and , by means of a settlement , she could be restrained from anticipating it . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 29 | Many archaeologists were unable to swallow Thom 's arguments — some because they were ignorant of astronomy and others , perhaps more reasonably , because the notion that our ‘ primitive ’ forebears could have such an advanced observational astronomy was anathema to them . |
| 30 | That Darwin 's ideas could have such manifold influence throughout the entire structure of modern biological theory should not now be surprising . |