Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] is [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said Barrow : ‘ What we must do is take confidence from those results . |
| 2 | But , with the prospect of a GATT trade deal already clouded by Mr Clinton 's dithering , the last thing he should do is damage world economic relations further by failing to prevent an international tax war . |
| 3 | ‘ Because one of the most important qualities a driver must have is concentration . |
| 4 | One of the most important things the Cichlid keeper must learn is patience ! |
| 5 | What I might do is steal credit cards and use them . |
| 6 | ‘ All he 'll get is praise . |
| 7 | ‘ The least you could do is say thank you , ’ he taunted . |
| 8 | Well the first time when he found it could comb is hair straight back with his right hand ; he could dry himself under his arms properly instead of just sort of wiping at it with a towel ; wash his teeth better , instead of using his left hand with difficulty because he 's never been really left handed . |
| 9 | We 'd wave is dey daandered tae da shop , skoit |
| 10 | It rarely seems to deliver what any of us , hand on heart , could say is justice . |
| 11 | What she does n't , of course , dare mention is style , innovation , or direction . |
| 12 | The only other provision which I think I need cite is section 2(11) which provides : |
| 13 | THE cricket season it would appear is back to front with the excellent weather coming late in the summer and the two principal magazines which cover the sport , only hitting the news-stands in the last couple of weeks . |
| 14 | THE cricket season it would appear is back to front with the excellent weather coming late in the summer and the two principal magazines which cover the sport , only hitting the newsstands in the last couple of weeks . |
| 15 | WALLS The only thing left if your house or flat is still not as warm as you would like is wall insulation . |
| 16 | What many dealers would appreciate is software that can be used by virtually anyone yet produce the same basic results as a complicated program such as PageMaker . |
| 17 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |
| 18 | The reason for saying ‘ nearly all ’ is that some income you may receive is tax free : types of income on which you do not have to pay tax are listed a little further on . |
| 19 | One thing you will need is patience . |
| 20 | ‘ What we will see is segmentation . |
| 21 | ‘ Why should you be , ’ asked Owen , ‘ when all you will get is justice ? ’ |
| 22 | What should become apparent is that , while companies do make substantial financial contributions , a more important contribution they can make is expertise and management skills . ’ |
| 23 | All they can give is advice ’ |
| 24 | All they can give is advice . ’ |
| 25 | The best we can expect is destruction , or a sudden running-down of an establishment or extensive rebuilding on a different plan or scale . |
| 26 | ‘ All we can do is keep pace on this side until we see what will happen . |
| 27 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 28 | Erm another , another thing you can claim is relief from paying poll tax . |
| 29 | But when you 've moved a five-bedroomed house which has got a grand piano in it as well , and you 're about twenty to thirty foot at the back and all you can see is furniture furniture furniture furniture furniture , you can imagine as you go on you 're thinking God will we ever get to this ? |
| 30 | Well it 's the same as our place , a that paper is as far as I can see is jet black underneath ! |