Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE only predictable thing about Chelsea used to be their unpredictability , but you ca n't even bank on that right now . |
| 2 | Neither is it always wet ; again , the forests of Queensland can at times be very dry ( and the tops — the canopy — where the leaves are held in the sun all day , must endure conditions that would stress a cactus ) . |
| 3 | The further suggestion that Nicolas of Damascus may in his turn have used Polybius only shows that the subject is not worth pursuing . |
| 4 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 5 | In January 1928 he was invited back to speak at the Cambridge Union , on the motion that the Church of England ought to be disestablished . |
| 6 | To the same purpose the president Montesquieu , though I trust too hastily , presages ; that as Rome , Sparta , and Carthage have lost their liberty and perished , so the constitution of England will in time lose its liberty , will perish : it will perish whenever the legislative power shall become more corrupt than the executive . |
| 7 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 8 | Finch , however , denounced the 1300 perambulation as ‘ false and erroneous ’ , and coerced the Grand Jury and Forest officers into returning a verdict ‘ that the Meetes and Boundes of the Forrest of Deane ought to be according to the Perambulations made ’ in 1228 and 1282 . |
| 9 | Finally , it suggested that interconnection with the Republic of Ireland ought to be re-eastablished . |
| 10 | The geography of Boiotia might to a shallow observer seem to suit her for naval hegemony . |
| 11 | What we can not countenance though sir , is any widening o of the route that they seek to go down , to have these sites included in the greenbelt , and that 's to say to entertain the argument that the whole of Skelton ought to be washed-over . |
| 12 | At a rough guess , Pierremont Gardens today stands where the real gardens of Pierremont used to be . |
| 13 | Overbeck 's critique connected directly with the recent rediscovery of the eschatological emphasis of the New Testament in the work of Weiss and Schweitzer ; and these were powerfully reinforced in their effect upon Barth by the preaching of J. C. Blumhardt ( 1827 — 91 ) , which had centred on the call to live in the light of the future coming of the kingdom , in which the victory won by God in the death and resurrection of Jesus would at last become apparent . |
| 14 | The people of Birmingham ought to be allowed to vote on this all-important issue . |
| 15 | The rest of Europe could at this time show little lute music comparable with that of the Spanish and Italian lutenists . |
| 16 | The greater part of the property of Britain used to be surrounded by a kind of magic circle within which the law of honesty could not penetrate . |
| 17 | There is some comment has been made that a new settlement to the South or the South West of York would in some way undermine the urban regeneration erm of Leeds City Council , now I find this a surprising comment given that though people who are making that comment are also at the same time advocating much increased development allocations to , for example , Harrogate district , the main centre for which is erm , nearer than most conceivable new settlement locations to the South and South West of York . |
| 18 | " By appointment " warrants awarded by the Prince of Wales will in future comply with a set of environmental criteria . |
| 19 | the hon. Member for Hemsworth ought to be more careful in his support for Boycott , or he will fall out with many of his own right hon. and hon. Friends . |
| 20 | ‘ It could find Floridia , so somewhere important like Blackbury ought to be no trouble . ’ |
| 21 | Parallan marketing director David Fields was equally coy : he told the German weekly that ‘ a co-operation with IBM would in every regard be advantageous , since our products are quite compatible with IBM 's line ’ . |
| 22 | In Bowen v. Hall , on rather similar facts , the Court of Appeal accepted the broader proposition and doubted whether Lumley v. Gye could in fact be based upon the narrower ground of enticement . |
| 23 | In Read v. Lyons , for instance , Lord Simonds remarked that ‘ the judgment of Blackburn J. in the case itself shows that the law of nuisance and the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher might in most cases be invoked indifferently . ’ |
| 24 | Just think — the days when Leeds vs Bradford used to be the big game of the season only a few years back ( One of which was my first leeds game ! ! ) |
| 25 | Transport secretary , John MacGregor , agreed with Mr Sproat 's view that ‘ all persons — pensioners , pensioners ’ dependents , current employees or former employees of BR — who currently enjoy concessionary travel with BR should in the future enjoy the same rights of concessionary travel on all public railway services in the UK , whether they are run by residual BR or by any new private sector company ’ . |
| 26 | In May The Times Higher Education Supplement , in an article entitled ’ Merging the High and Low Roads ’ , suggested that further education funding in Scotland could in future be incorporated in the proposed Scottish higher education funding council . |
| 27 | Reaching Tioman from Singapore used to be either a complex business of bus , taxi and boat , or a frustrating one of scarce seats on very small aeroplanes . |
| 28 | DOOR staff at nightclubs and pubs in Cleveland might in future need a licence to work in the county . |
| 29 | The toy section in this Oxfam shop in Oxford used to be a honeypot for children , but there 's not much to choose from in it now . |
| 30 | The federal project in Europe would in some respects have enlarged Westminster 's competence , because of the capacity it accorded Europe 's national governments to take on the world 's financial markets and thus broaden the taxing , spending and borrowing options that have been , up until now , in the shadow of highly conservative directors of international capital flows . |