Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Coaches ought to know what the children should be practising .
2 Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) .
3 One part of a sentence may indicate what the second part is likely to be .
4 Although geneticists may think it an odd idea , it is therefore sensible for us to speak of genes ‘ for ’ stone shape , stone size , stone hardness and so on .
5 Religious doctrine may describe these powers as the holy spirit descended into material form ; everyday terminology may call them the forces of Nature .
6 As with the early stages of reading , the teaching of literature must set itself the objective of stimulating pupils ’ enjoyment .
7 16.48 The record of the continuous assessment should cover what the child has read ; the child 's reading strategies and approaches when handling a familiar text , levels of comprehension ; retrieval of information ; and the child 's reading tastes and preferences .
8 Premier should do what the people want … ‘
9 Instrumentalists should ask themselves the following : in the absence of law who controls the family ?
10 The humiliations may show us the strength of the opposition which the world , temporal and spiritual , sets up against him , but they promise too the kind of imaginative and moral strength which will raise him about it .
11 We may also draw attention to the fact that it is possible logically , even if not biologically , to use old , with the same effect as it has in the phrase Charlie 's old school , in combination with the word mother ; the incongruity of the result should give us a very sharp view of the difference between the ordinary referential variation of adjectives used relativistically , and the semantic effect produced by the difference in type of relation at work in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) .
12 MIKHAIL GORBACHEV must feel himself a man cursed .
13 Social historians of the future should find it a useful source when quoting the anti-Reagan lobby .
14 These pictures should give you a clue .
15 ‘ The results of the experiment should give us a better understanding of the way that normal growth takes place in plants and will also help to provide information for the design of plant-based life-support systems , ’ Dr Briarty explained .
16 Meanwhile , they argued , pacifists should set themselves the more modest task of sustaining the voice of reason amidst the dementia of war .
17 Will you stay here and Mummy 'll get you a sweater to put on .
18 ‘ Do you think that if I said please very nicely like that your mãe might give me a drink , too ? ’
19 But while we 're on the subject a dose of hard living might do you the world of good . ’
20 So smooth is the power delivery of the turbo that many drivers might think it a conventional engine .
21 However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group .
22 However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group .
23 Still , with all the experience Niki has , he knows that the tiniest defect in his car could lose him the championship ; any mistake on his own part and his title is gone .
24 Your colourful container pictures could win you a break in the Lakes , courtesy of the Buxton Mineral Water Company
25 This great deal could net you a big first dividend if eight of your selections are score draws .
26 It was clear that he did this every day , and Meredith could imagine what a shock her letter would have been when he 'd thought that Antonio 's son was on his way to claim his inheritance .
27 But a furlong out Mill Reef had sprinted clear , and only Pistol Packer could deny him the greatest moment of an outstanding racing career .
28 Spenser could consider himself a gentleman only on the basis of having been to university and acquired a Master of Arts degree .
29 In many cases , mummy used to give you a sweet to ‘ make it better ’ or because you had been ‘ good ’ .
30 Mr Savage , like Mr Yates , is an original , but only his most devoted fans would think him a lovable one .
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