Example sentences of "[vb pp] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If permission to develop land is refused or granted subject to conditions , whether by the local planning authority or by the Secretary of State for the Environment , and the owner of the land claims that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and can not be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted he may serve on the Council , a purchase notice requiring the Council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 2 | With the funding John Makepeace has attracted he should have no difficulty finding the students . |
| 3 | Jaguar insiders say the company bosses — all 14 of them — are so enthusiastic about the car that every one of them has claimed he 'd spend his own money to buy one if it goes into production . |
| 4 | ‘ A very sensible idea , Senhor Ng , ’ he said , and if he could have applauded he would . |
| 5 | If they were included he would surely return to No.1 for the first time in six years . |
| 6 | She 'd forgotten he 'd come here ahead of them . |
| 7 | A couple more feet and even if the toe had caught he would have gone over backwards . |
| 8 | There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 . |
| 9 | If there were difficult legal points to be resolved he would get legal aid . |
| 10 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 11 | He seemed to be counting and when he had finished he turned and reacted as Wexford had expected he would . |
| 12 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 13 | She had expected he would . |
| 14 | Jessamy had n't really expected he would . |
| 15 | She 'd half expected he would want to make love with her again , had felt her own body liquefy with musky desire for him . |
| 16 | He did n't smile , as she 'd expected he might . |
| 17 | It 's expected he 'll be at the hearing tomorrow . |
| 18 | Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own . |
| 19 | But she had not consciously considered he might be married . |
| 20 | All things considered he 'd rather they 'd got rich , like William 's mum . |
| 21 | Olympic champion Christie , who was flying home to Britain yesterday after an eight-week training stint in Australia , has consistently protested he would not put his new-found sprint supremacy on the line over 60m at the world indoor championships . |
| 22 | Is the Secretary of State required to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence ? 5 . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State may only exercise his power under section 61(1) of the Act of 1967 to release on licence a prisoner serving a life sentence if : ( a ) the Parole Board has recommended he should do so ; and ( b ) he has consulted with the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge if available . |
| 24 | UEFA 's disciplinary committee will discuss Hateley 's dismissal in Geneva today and if the violent conduct charge is upheld he will be banned from Rangers ' match with CSKA Moscow on April 21 — and perhaps the final itself should the Scottish champions get there . |
| 25 | If one nest is threatened he will often roll the eggs , one at a time , for quite long distances across the lily leaves until he reaches a reserve nest built for just such an emergency . |
| 26 | We 've decided he ca n't see because it 's dark . |
| 27 | Captain Don Ward asked to be readmitted after Mr Taylor was defeated at the general election , but party officials have now decided he ca n't come back . |
| 28 | He was very tempted to hurry developments along in that area , but with things as they were he decided he ought to play it very carefully . |
| 29 | He had decided he would not be sitting in the front any longer . |
| 30 | The young lad had also been battered unmercifully many a time and on that particular night he had decided he would put an end to the violence by teaching his drunken father a lesson he would never forget . |