Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a dispute arises Customs and Excise suggest that taxpayers should contact their local VAT office to request a review of the decision . |
| 2 | When a dispute arises Customs and Excise suggest that taxpayers should contact their local VAT office to request a review of the decision . |
| 3 | Night waking Some professionals suggest that parents should wake their children at certain times during the night to get them to go to the lavatory . |
| 4 | Suggest that participants should make themselves familiar with the main issues beforehand — perhaps by reading this booklet or other books on the list on pp. 23–4 — so that the discussion will be based on adequate information . |
| 5 | In accordance with legislation in force at the time of adoption of the Savings Related Share Option Scheme in 1990 the Rules provide that employees may exercise their options on reaching state pension age , even if they continue to work after that date . |
| 6 | They say that tenants should have their rents linked to the condition of the property they live in . |
| 7 | However he disagrees with certain ‘ enthusiasts from the supply industry ’ who say that people should reschedule their cooking . |
| 8 | But the BBC , ITV and the film industry say that pay-TV would wreck their own operations . |
| 9 | The pricing policies of our car factories , which show very low profits , mean that foreigners can sell their vehicles in Britain at a higher profit than in their own home markets . |
| 10 | British industry is taking a clear interest in the opportunities that exist in Vietnam , and I hope that others will follow our example . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I hope that sentence will deter you from any more writing on walls ’ |
| 12 | Shop stewards very occasionally may rely on power to ‘ bully ’ members on the shop floor ; most shop stewards hope that members will accept their guidance as industrial relations ‘ experts ’ and therefore exert influence through expert power . |
| 13 | So of course I hope that Iran will use what influence it has to get those hostages released . ’ |
| 14 | We recognise the value of the experience , skill and other qualities that older workers bring to their jobs and we hope that employers will keep their employment practices under review . ’ |
| 15 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I also hope that people will understand what it 's like standing outside your own house , knowing that your son is a prisoner in there and not being able to get in . |
| 17 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
| 18 | I hope that God will punish her and … ‘ |
| 19 | At £12.50 the book is good value , and I hope that chemists will find it useful as an introduction to an area of growing interest and application . |
| 20 | We hope that auditors will prove their critics wrong . |
| 21 | Fear and fatigue will play their part in success or failure . ’ |
| 22 | The way you move , sit and stand will show you have a greater body awareness and pride . |
| 23 | We predict that Mark will take nothing like as long to win his third Tour event . |
| 24 | I appreciate that scientists may believe our characteristics and tendencies are passed on by genetic inheritance ; I accept that Jung favoured the concept of an ancestral ‘ memory bank ’ to which we are all capable of tuning in . |
| 25 | And neither bribe nor threat will budge him from the truth as God reveals it to him . |
| 26 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 27 | Some advocates of corporate social responsibility ( the term is deeply ambiguous , as will be seen in Chapter 9 ) maintain that companies should allow their decisions to be influenced not only by profit , but also by social policy factors . |
| 28 | As right-wing politicians proclaim that the school curriculum must help children understand Britain 's ‘ place in the world ’ , the virtues of defence or popular capitalism , their left-wing counterparts maintain that schools should concern themselves with issues like the role of the police in contemporary society , homosexuality and the rights of cultural and ethnic minorities . |
| 29 | Suppose that the patient has said to his doctor , ‘ I am an old man , I know that cancer will kill me fairly soon . |
| 30 | I know that members will share my sadness at the death of Mister , the former Managing Director of the . |