Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their view , the media should be firmly subordinated to the state and its primary function should be to encourage whatever the state defines as ‘ good ’ — whether that be national consciousness and personal self-discipline , or socialist egalitarianism , or a relentless drive towards modernization and economic development . |
| 2 | looked around and said well he said looked at me said er well cos he was just about to g throw a wobbly and say , well surely the sales department should be dealing with this , should be should be giving him the information and he he just turned round and gave the aforementioned quote and I just sort of went yes it is . |
| 3 | Care in the community is not a kind of moral absolute which should be preserved whatever the costs . |
| 4 | From the start Kennedy decided that the missiles must be removed whatever the consequences . |
| 5 | Jacob must be asking himself the same questions now . |
| 6 | I might be teaching you some er number theory , or I might be teaching you the structure of number theory . |
| 7 | ‘ I might be asking you the same thing , my lord . ’ |
| 8 | The point I 'm making however , is that a , a fairer way to judge this book , might be to say , not well let , let's reject everything in it that 's Lamarckian , cos it does n't fit with our modern prejudices , a fairer way , might be to read it the way we read Darwin 's works , where there is also considerable Lamarckenis Lamarckism , and say well , this is er , this is an understandable error , given the poor state of knowledge that people had about genetics at the time , and then try and make sense of it . |
| 9 | Next thing you 'll be telling me the little cow 's summoned up the ‘ forces of Evil ’ . |
| 10 | Dr Greene said you 'll be telling her the result of the sonogram . ’ |
| 11 | Bash the Barbarian and , from this month on , he 'll be bringing you the very best in Commodore adventures . |
| 12 | Vice president of marketing and sales , Greg Hopwood , says ‘ we 'll be showing whatever the engineers have ready . |
| 13 | So , in five minutes , I 'll be asking you the fifth and final question , which could result in you 're going out next month with Dougie Down Under , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline . |
| 14 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 15 | Along with TETRA we 'll be giving your the final five cards next month . |
| 16 | Right and they 'll be told what the clue is . |
| 17 | I hope we will borrow very modestly , it 'll be affordable , we 're not reckless , we 'll be doing what the majority of people in this country do , borrow within their limits for the things that they need for the future such as a home , or a car , something like that . |
| 18 | ‘ But you do realise that you 'll be doing it the hard way ? |
| 19 | If she met an alien in Wandsworth High Street , she 'd be telling it the way to the supermarket and offering it free babysitting before you could say ‘ flying saucer ’ . |
| 20 | That means you 'd be denying yourself the beauty and privilege of being a parent . ’ |
| 21 | Her father 's loving- ( or lying- ) competition , designed though it may be to give her the best part of England ( which he is also giving himself , of course , since he intends to live in retirement with her ) , and revealing , in a way , his love for her , is nevertheless so constructed that she would have to compete with hypocrisy in order to win . |
| 22 | and then Mr I think necessarily may be saying something the same as or , along the same lines as Mr and then Mr have er yet another go , I think it , that 's in which case I 'm not very satisfactory because er it means that Mr has got to reassemble his final remarks erm , twice |
| 23 | But I would not make this a necessary condition when designing a border , since to do so would be to deny oneself the pleasure of many first-rate foliage plants . |
| 24 | The honourable thing would be to give her the house . |
| 25 | Consequently , the lawyer would be paid whatever the outcome of the case . |
| 26 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 27 | I , I would totally support the move that you 're suggesting Mr Chairman , if we are asked to provide another one percent or whatever can be done , erm , I would suggest that the obvious way to get that money would be to offer them the ten thousand that we agreed to spend this morning . |
| 28 | Next Sunday we shall be bringing you the last Ideas in Action programme before Christmas . |
| 29 | If the creature has only one wound this further dice roll is , of course , unnecessary , as it will be slain whatever the result . |
| 30 | ‘ My reward will be to give them the final yellow jersey in Manchester . ’ |