Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that we are evolving — we 've done our physical evolution , I suppose , though we may eventually lose our appendix or the little toe . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , ’ the Pastor said , ‘ of course , the State may properly demand our obedience in many matters : obeying its laws — if the laws are just ; making us pay taxes — if the taxes are properly spent ; supporting its policies — if the policies are wise . |
| 3 | Now let's all cast our minds back to where we were Monday morning . |
| 4 | Should you still feel dissatisfied you may personally bring your grievance to the notice of Personnel Management Division or you are free to raise it with your staff association or trade union who may take action on your behalf . |
| 5 | A new Commission is due to be elected at the end of the year , and it is possible that Van Miert may only hold his post until then . |
| 6 | The Secretary of State may only exercise his power under section 61(1) of the Act of 1967 to release on licence a prisoner serving a life sentence if : ( a ) the Parole Board has recommended he should do so ; and ( b ) he has consulted with the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge if available . |
| 7 | By having numerous potentially creative units , an enterprise may greatly improve its chances ( Parker 1974 ) . |
| 8 | The paradox , however , is that the Tories ' revival may merely deepen their problems . |
| 9 | There must exist a genuine link between the state and the ship ; in particular , the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative , technical and social matters over ships flying its flag . |
| 10 | ‘ in particular , the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative , technical and social matters over ships flying its flag . |
| 11 | There must exist a genuine link between the state and the ship ; in particular , the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative , technical and social matters over ships flying its flag . |
| 12 | Through a cracked squinting window high up in a cracked squatting tenement , a 25 watt woman is wearily flattening her husband 's future shirt with a nearly-steaming iron in an environment where the purple sweat and aggro must eventually print its feeling on the creamy-browny ever so piled up non dish washy ever so squashy piled up feelings ever so — ironed out onto the stove under the sink beyond the plug-hole of anyone 's conception . |
| 13 | All items approved ( and the Government usually gets its way on everything ) must eventually find their way into an Appropriation Act , by which Parliament authorises expenditure and which its watchdog , the Comptroller and Auditor General , uses as his guide in determining whether or not a particular item of expenditure is warranted . |
| 14 | Perhaps the time has come when we should humbly admit our limitations and seek solutions in co-operation with the Master Plan . |
| 15 | But instead — and with careful guidance — it should eventually take its place alongside other measures of credit cost as a useful tool for comparison , and as a warning signal where credit cost is really high . |
| 16 | Pembroke , who finished lame when last in the 2,000 Guineas , should better advertise his abilities in the Jersey Stakes . |
| 17 | But boys you must all tell your father that he must look after you now . |
| 18 | That the working class in whose name the Party bosses ruled from East Berlin to Vladivostok should suddenly denounce its leaders and abuse them as a ‘ red bourgeoisie ’ was the greatest trauma of the nomenklatura . |
| 19 | To explain my curiosity I should perhaps explain my definition of excellence . |
| 20 | Jim suggested that the men should perhaps wear their hats but Bruce said it was too hot . |
| 21 | In ridding the game of these hangers-on we should perhaps take our lead from cricket , a game nobody watches . |
| 22 | However , the press should jealously protect its right to sit centre-stage in the interests of audibility and accuracy . |
| 23 | On a larger scale one might observe that his lifelong preoccupation with words gave him a kind of sensitivity to them , even if it was an unorthodox one ; and further that it is strange that a myth should so make its way if enshrined and embodied in words as inappropriate as critics have made out . |
| 24 | Commercial organisations like the Co-operative Retail Society , the Co-operative Wholesale Society , Marks & Spencer and Iceland have expressed their horror that the Government should so abdicate their responsibility as to say , ’ We shall do nothing if you break the law , ’ and weakly add the unconvincing refrain , as the Home Office Minister did , ’ But we 'd rather like it if you did n't . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I should so appreciate your help with the background . ’ |
| 26 | A spokesman said : ‘ Cardholders should only offer their account number to companies when they themselves have initiated the call . |
| 27 | A spokesman said : ‘ Cardholders should only offer their account number to companies when they themselves have initiated the call . |
| 28 | Senior personnel should only usurp their assistants in public when this is unavoidable , otherwise they will stunt initiative and reduce team cohesion . |
| 29 | That is not to say that we should only have our Mussorgsky performed by Russian ensembles , but we should at least have the chance to judge for ourselves . |
| 30 | or telephone when vehicles moving except in emergencies , you should only stick your fix or clip on microphone where it will not distract your attention from road , do not stop on a hard shoul shoulder of a motorway to answer or make a call however urgent . |