Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We get two times four X cubed minus X times twelve X squared minus one Well that 's a shame we should be getting we should get twice it . |
| 2 | ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said . |
| 3 | Firstly , we must distinguish what may be said and what must be said ; and secondly , in what must be said we must distinguish the unique forms from alternative ones . |
| 4 | It must be remembered they must pay on maturity , whether or not they actually receive the covering funds from the seller , having been paid for the underlying commercial transaction by the buyer . |
| 5 | In order to understand how such a theory might be constructed we should begin by recognizing that social movements are essentially a phenomenon of modern societies . |
| 6 | Bonanza might be hoping I 'd produce a rabbit for him , but he was n't asleep while he waited . |
| 7 | Well you 'll be saying you can keep her for another eighteen . |
| 8 | You next time you come to do it you 'll be doing you 'll remember nearly as much as we 're doing today but perhaps some odd little bits you 'll think , ooh now how did we do that I ca n't quite work out . |
| 9 | ‘ Long before the hydra could be activated we would have ended our days amidst aliens — or on some wild frontier world . |
| 10 | If they could be seen they would resemble the concentric circles spreading outwards when we throw pebbles into the middle of a still pond . |
| 11 | Or we could if we could be bothered we could write the word divide . |
| 12 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yes but er i i the thing is , if he said he would be playing he would come round here . |
| 15 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 16 | Can I say finally Chairman , that I will be instigating a er a request er I shall be requesting I should say perhaps to the director of education that erm the three party spokesman on the management committee and all those officers who will be involved in implementing this decision will get together at the earliest and I 'm citing possibly next week so that we can be on our way to plan the next step forward to a concrete implementation of this particular proposal . |
| 17 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
| 18 | Thornaby skipper Mike Priestley will be hoping he can repeat that feat for him a few times this season . |
| 19 | Before you will be accepted you must provide evidence of satisfactory financial support to cover your fees , research costs and living expenses throughout the likely period of your postgraduate studies . |
| 20 | So that the next time a shop assistant ( particularly one who looks as if he might not know what day of the week it is ) asks how Sir or Madam will be paying they 'll say ‘ Cash ’ and make quite sure they rip up the receipt as they leave . |
| 21 | You will appreciate that before Contracts can be exchanged I must have the insurance company 's acceptance of your life proposals showing that your ages have been admitted and when you visit the Bank on Friday no doubt you will impress upon them that you are under pressure to exchange Contracts for your purchase and ask them to expedite the issue of the life acceptance as soon as possible . |
| 22 | If primary care in Brazil can be improved it could help to narrow the health divide between rich and poor . |
| 23 | If the nature of such a vibration can be established it may throw some light on the nature of the electronic band . |
| 24 | ‘ If you think of anything that can be added you can give them further study . ’ |
| 25 | But before they can be used they must go through a market process through the shops . |
| 26 | But if they can be measured they may help us relate fertility decisions to the values , meanings , or signs which people use to make sense of the world and which motivate or justify their actions . |