Example sentences of "the [adj] [modal v] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any wordlist , short of a full-blown dictionary , must be highly selective and although the following must needs be short , it contains terms which over the years the author has found particularly useful . |
| 2 | In the previous May Prince Rupert had captured the town for the Royalists from Colonel Dukinfield , who had held it for the Parliamentarians . |
| 3 | The latter would handicap British exports and in either case the benefit to the workers would be illusory . |
| 4 | Only the first would Niki have the slightest chance of repaying . |
| 5 | " Item whereas there is Sixscore pounds due unto mee by Roger Harper and Johnn Barrett Payable at Certen Dayes and tymes agreed uponn betweene us , My mynde and will ys That the Somme of Fortye pounds being a Thirdd parte of the sayd Sixscore pounds shall be and remayne to the augmentacion and increase of the wages of the Schoolemaster of Stockport for the tyme beinge , for ever , to be hadd and receaved at suche dayes and tymes as the same shall bee due , And further I do will and bequeath the sume of Tenn pounds for and towards the augmenting of the Schoolmasters wages afforesayd to make upp the sayd sume of Fortye pounds the Full sume of Fyftie pounds All the sayd Sume to be Imployed and used for the benefit of the Schoolemaster afforesayde by the Parsonn of Stockporte the Maior of Stockport and the most Auncyent Alderman thereof for the time being . |
| 6 | The young could number anything from two to well into double figures . |