Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think Jamie is her closest friend , but that does n't mean she 's happy to be left with him and his mum . |
| 2 | Here I must think Wordsworth is deeper than Milton , though I think it has depended more upon the general and gregarious advance of intellect , than individual greatness of Mind From the Paradise Lost and the other Works of Milton , I hope it is not too presuming , even between ourselves to say , that his Philosophy , human and divine , may be tolerably understood by one not much advanced in years … |
| 3 | This dogmatic teaching about how the faith should affect experience is fundamental to the insight of the mystics into the living reality of the being of God and thus to the substance of the game of faith which participates in this being . |
| 4 | ‘ That mercy should season justice is a proposition as soundly based in law as it is in literature . ’ |
| 5 | What should remain constant is ethos . |
| 6 | As for its meaning marriage … well , in fact I should think Giles is a pretty good catch for any girl — even a beautiful girl like you . ’ |
| 7 | One of the major changes to which our society must give meaning is the increasing number of people over the age of retirement , especially those in their 80s and 90s . |
| 8 | We must ensure government is brought closer to the people and communities it is elected to serve . |
| 9 | In these circumstances , that anyone in Europe 's Maastricht-friendly regions should voice reservations is significant , because Maastricht has to be accepted in full ( British and Danish opt-outs excepted ) by everyone . |
| 10 | ‘ People should remember alcohol is dangerous whether you drink it in the pub or at the Christmas carol concert . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . |
| 12 | The royalty it must pay Microsoft is generally put at $15 to $20 per copy , and all the blank disks needed to make each copy of the thing , plus printing and packaging cost about $26 , which does not leave much for distribution from the $49 it charges Windows users , $99 for MS-DOS users and $139 for those having neither . |
| 13 | An important aspect of reading which must receive attention is the relationship between sound and symbol . |
| 14 | ‘ I must say war is an ordeal , ’ Lord John smiled at the Duchess from the sideboard . |
| 15 | Now I think it 's up to the G M B to push this debate out , and we should say energy is the lifeblood of the U K , not the lifeblood of the speculators in the City of London , or the Tory Party , it 's the lifeblood of the people in this hall , and the people outside , and I think we should support a proper balanced energy policy for the U K. |
| 16 | Eventually , he may feel parliament is expendable . |
| 17 | There has been a tendency more recently , however , for deaf people to be wary of consecutive interpreting where they may feel information is added to , or subtracted from , the message ( Allsop and Kyle , 1982 ) , even though for spoken languages it has usually been felt that consecutive interpreting is much more effective and much easier to check for the validity of the interpretation ( Herbert , 1978 ) . |
| 18 | Jobs are often not secure so any new technology which may improve productivity is resisted as it threatens employment . |
| 19 | You might think Pluto is cute ; they want to know which brand of dogfood he eats |
| 20 | ‘ When you get to know me better , Virginia , you 'll know martyrdom is n't my style . ’ |
| 21 | What I 'll do darling is that all the tiles will come through about there |
| 22 | You 're afraid , both of you , that I might discover Mom is n't dead at all , are n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | The only time I 'll drink water is owt like this or if I 've one of them Mister Softee cornets . |
| 24 | And all you 'll get back is the £1.70 you paid on the first and second instalments . |
| 25 | A PICTURE of incompetence , lack of urgency and eagerness to hide anything which might embarrass Whitehall is revealed in yesterday 's 170-page report by the Ombudsman , Sir Anthony Barrowclough , on the the Department of Trade 's handling of Barlow Clowes . |
| 26 | The idea prevalent during the 19605 that lack of dreaming might cause madness is anticipated by two hundred years in his writing . |
| 27 | For this reason , if you are lucky enough to get the chance to become a PA , because of the number of people trying to get started , you 'll find pay is n't brilliant to begin with . |
| 28 | There they 'll find talk is anything , but cheap . |
| 29 | I 'll say hypocrisy is vile |
| 30 | You might say reality is stranger than fiction . |