Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Its western end is now at Marble Arch , where Tyburn used to be . |
| 2 | But is there something where God used to be ? ’ |
| 3 | You know in the trophy cabinet that Colin used to be in charge of |
| 4 | You say that Brighton could in fact contribute to the other parts of the region . |
| 5 | Government officials expressed confidence in January 1990 that Bolivia would by June have cancelled all its commercial bank debts , after receiving promises of a total of $30,500,000 in donations which would enable it to buy back the remaining $270,000,000 . |
| 6 | He assumed , as he had been led to believe at meetings with General Helmuth von Moltke immediately prior to the war , that Germany would at the outset deploy some eight corps in East Prussia . |
| 7 | Montano reacts to this inversion of the truth with the correct response ( assuming it to be true ) which Iago has elicited from him , namely that Othello ought to be told ; at which point Iago demurs , with the pretence of friendship : From that declaration , after the ensuing brawl , Iago has built himself a platform from which he can now act the perfect friend : As we alone know , to get the truth from what Iago says about Cassio one must simply invert everything he says . |
| 8 | And if there had been a degree of sympathy with the other defeated peoples — a doubtful claim , it has to be said , particularly with regard to the Poles — in this case ‘ the entire population took the view that England should at all costs be destroyed ’ . |
| 9 | On 23 April he told Russia 's foreign minister , Vyacheslav Molotov , in no uncertain terms , that Russia must until its agreements with America in full in future . |
| 10 | Thereafter , normally by innovative ploys , it was hoped that Scotland could at least win their own ball . |
| 11 | In the expectation that Denmark will in due course be able to join them , our partners propose to complete the ratification procedures . |
| 12 | It was a foregone conclusion that Haslam would for the second time in his career find himself ‘ pitch-forked ’ into a retrenchment programme . |
| 13 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 14 | Was that the one that Helen should of done ? |
| 15 | What Mr is seeking to do now is to raise a much wider issue , it seems to us , and that is that Skelton ought to be washed-over in its entirety with greenbelt notation . |
| 16 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 17 | But it was clearly possible that W. might at any time decide to refuse consent to some form of treatment , even if it was only the oral administration of medicines , because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is a desire by the sufferer to ‘ be in control ’ and such a refusal would be an obvious way of demonstrating this . |
| 18 | It is not that Lee should in some way be forbidden to talk about white , male canonical authors , but a book such as this ought to suggest a greater awareness of the very issues it is summarising . |
| 19 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 20 | Moreover , although no prime minister or co-ordinator was named , there was speculation that Mchangama would in fact head the government despite his apparent demotion . |
| 21 | He insists that God ought to be thanked publicly for his cure , just as any other physician would be in such a case . |
| 22 | During their talks , Bhattarai assured his Indian counterpart V. P. Singh that Nepal would in future consult India on important defence-related matters . |
| 23 | Iran would also enforce the embargo , according to an announcement by President Rafsanjani on Aug. 24 , despite the unexpected announcement by Saddam Hussein on Aug. 15 that Iraq would in effect accept Iran 's terms for a peace settlement between the two countries [ see pp. 37667-68 ] . |
| 24 | If , however , the electorate does buck the trend and return George Bush to the White House , the president will face a tougher task than Clinton would in pushing his economic programme through Congress . |
| 25 | All the more surprising then that Jacob should at once comply and give his name , but that is what he does . |
| 26 | This argument takes one of two forms depending upon the outlook of its proponent : either it is said that Europe must look to her own defence as a consequence of the American disengagement ; alternatively it is argued that Europe ought in principle to defend herself , so as to speed the departure of the US troops and be free of American ‘ domination ’ . |
| 27 | Then it was arranged that Hoare should on the way spend a day or so in Paris talking to Laval , who was temporarily Prime Minister as well as Foreign Minister of France . |
| 28 | She was n't going to tell that fear to anyone though ; she was n't having them prying or saying that Dorothy ought to be glad of a new brother or sister . |
| 29 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 30 | This is perhaps less of an issue now that Unix SVR4.2 has been modularised , and it is expected that UI will in future work more directly with the rest of the industry on interfaces and reference technologies around SVR4 — see page 2 . |