Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but er I 'd meet up in town and our house like twenty past nine , half past , get , get , get the bit of shopping done before the fucking crowds I might off wasted me time , we got in there about ten o'clock , right old day . |
| 2 | That is more than I can say about the Liberal Democrats , who seem to be headed for their own Westminster bunker en masse , or for Robin Cook , Clare Short , John Prescott or Chris Smith — all of whose views I would in normal times respect and follow with interest . |
| 3 | Secondly if the first question is answered affirmatively , it is necessary to consider whether there are any considerations which ought to negative , or to reduce or limit the scope of duty or the class of person to whom it is owed or the damages to which a breach of it may give rise . |
| 4 | In most primary schools certain teachers have , or can acquire , special strengths which ought to be made available , on a rational division of labour , to children outside their class and to their colleagues . |
| 5 | English court procedure at present gives no rights of intervention to third parties ; and it might be argued that if they were significantly extended , this would increase even further the role of the courts in resolving disputes which ought to be settled by political , not legal , means . |
| 6 | JH : Do you feel when listening to ‘ authentic ’ orchestral performances that there is an inevitable tendency for the musician to have at the root of his interpretation a whole series of experiences and influences which must at least sub-consciously be drawn from the post-Wagnerian school ? |
| 7 | He was sent on teaching practice to Cowbridge Grammar School , one of those small country grammar schools which used to be the glory of Wales . |
| 8 | The novels enjoyed a limited success , but because most novelists were concerned at the time to redefine the relation of the individual to society in terms of changing values , it was all too easy for readers to focus on the social dimension of Brooke-Rose 's fiction and to overlook those aspects which can in retrospect be seen to prefigure the problems and techniques of her later work . |
| 9 | Two variables which can at least be specified are the recipient 's skill and his receptiveness . |
| 10 | Inevitably this process will address difficult questions and may generate difficult solutions which may in turn have severe effects on existing interests both inside and outside the organisation . |
| 11 | Those classed as ‘ other homes ’ included convalescent homes , a rehabilitation centre , an assessment centre , a holiday home for the disabled and rest homes which may in practice have been homes for older people ( the classification was made on the basis of the information given by the person interviewed ) . |
| 12 | These distinctive properties may partly explain how acid-base transport systems can play several major physiological roles , including regulation of pH i and cell volume , transepithelial transport , and , perhaps , cell proliferation — roles which might at first seem mutually incompatible . |
| 13 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 14 | It was cruel , of course , to bring someone of Estabrook 's age out on a cold day , and make him climb a hill , but Gentle knew from experience you took whatever satisfactions you could along the way . |
| 15 | So far we have considered primacy either as a manifestation of corporate tradition , or as a factor in Anselm 's relations with the pope , the archbishop of York , and other interested parties who might for one reason or another support or oppose Anselm 's claims . |
| 16 | Whereas Mr Golyadkin , incidentally mad , swaddled in a dream of silk ladders and Spanish serenades , aims for Schiller 's happy-everafter hut on the shore , Stepan understands he has nowhere to go : ‘ to order post-horses one must at least know where one is going . |
| 17 | And then some at Jailside Parkses and in the , during the winter months we used to , we had a spot to meet about half a dozen of us from the various factories , because we were afraid to walk home through and that way er because men used to wait in Lane . |
| 18 | It was also suggested that as highly competitive traders they would in fact probably benefit from the more open European market after 1992 . |
| 19 | Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented . |
| 20 | I said " the words he ought to be able to spell " . |
| 21 | In other respects it may in principle result in conduct which is wealth reducing overall , as where a company retains employees who on a strict cost/benefit analysis would be made redundant . |
| 22 | However , the lead actions are not strictly test cases , and while there is a reasonable prospect that the above aspiration will be fulfilled , there may well be individual issues arising in some of the other cases which will in any event need to be litigated , eg. , an individual local authority defendant 's particular case on change of position giving rise to an estoppel . |
| 23 | Not just truth-telling , but sincerity ; not just intelligibility , but empathy ; these are values which ought to be taken on board . |
| 24 | Used carefully , however , over an extended period , Indian patronage could permit a politician to capitalise upon feelings of gratitude aroused by acts of seemingly disinterested friendship several years earlier , acts which would in fact be quietly brought to mind by a shrewd politician 's regular enquiries about the activities of his young friend in India . |
| 25 | The chapter is another lesson in the value of exploring perspectivcs which may at first seem wholly incompatible . |
| 26 | It enables a voice to be given to interest groups which ought to be heard and , possibly , even exercise influence but which otherwise would lack a sufficient say in the affairs of the nation . |
| 27 | The Cuban revolution had provided the USSR with numerous technical facilities , especially electronic listening posts which could to some degree counteract similar American installations which had encircled the Soviet Union since 1945 . |
| 28 | In summary , we can say that public law rules and principles ( including the rules of judicial review ) ought to apply to the exercise ( or non-exercise ) of public functions ; and that public functions are functions which ought to be subject to public law controls . |
| 29 | Recently some areas which used to be moorland have been enclosed and ploughed , mainly on Exmoor . |
| 30 | The railway had come from Belfast in 1842 , the original station having been at Seagoe and some will still recall the old sidings which used to be near the signal-box there . |