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Common expressions
These are sometimes termed formulaic subjunctives.
be that as it may
blessed be !
far be it from me
if it please the court
if need be
truth be told
God bless [you | her | him | them | us every one]
come what may
[God | Heaven] forbid !
perish the thought
God save [the alpacas | the Queen | the King | our merry band]
suffice it to say
If the job really were done, if there were nothing at stake except credit, perhaps it
would be wiser to let the matter drop. But we are not in that position.
The Gore campaign is eager that their candidate step out of the shadows.
If that had failed, he would have urged that the matter be resolved in a family court.
[approximate quotation]
It is imperative that everyone play pianissimo during the spoken monologue.
We are adamant that that not happen.
Last year, North Carolina became the first to mandate its police collect such data,
and after being threatened with federal investigations, New Jersey and Maryland
reached agreements with the federal government ensuring that state troopers would no
longer pull over cars based on the driver's skin color.
It is in the interest of the United States that Russia be a democracy. That is
[essentially] a good thing.
They recommend he remain in jail for another six months until the next review.
And that should put you to rest on any terrain, be it off road or on.
He wishes he were us now.
Apartment Sen. William Lambeth II presented a bill that the SGA request the
university add the official abbreviation of campus buildings what students see in the
timetable - to each building sign.
Mendoza called the junta's action an effort to prevent a bloodbath amid the Indians'
revolt and asked that the military officers who backed the uprising not be punished.
It is extremely urgent that we talk with you right now, sir.
The court blocked an Immigration and Naturalization Service order that the boy be
returned to his father in Cuba.
But if you were a scientist, I think you should ask yourself the same question.
It's essential that my kids pitch in.
According to a separate lawsuit, another Nichiei employee demanded a debtor sell his
daughter into prostitution.
A group of Albanians demanded that the U.N. Mission in Kosovo put its mascot stray
dog, Unmik, to sleep because he is Serbian.
However, for your safety, we do require that you keep your seat belt fastened at all
times while seated.
I think it is very critical that Bill Bradley address those issues which politicians have
avoided.
But Parks, upset over the group's vulgarity and profanity, is suing for $25,000 and
has asked that her name be removed from all OutKast products.
Husbands, especially if there were a lot of property involved, needed to know that
their heirs were legitimate.
Hadrian decreed that a new temple be built in the honor of Jupiter.
The FAA has since mandated that [this early-warning radar system] never be
disabled. [approximate quotation]
However this plays in Knoxville, it seems calculated to play well in Nashville where
additional state funding is essential lest the name of the game at UT become Stop the
Music.
Well, she has said that the top priority of the tribunal is that Serbian leader Slobodan
Milosevic and that the Bosnian Serb leaders [names unspellable] be arrested and
brought to the Hague.
I just wish it were easier to use !
I am rather anxious that she discuss this with me soon.
That would have been a huge win, if they were able to pull it off.
It is important that he tell the truth now, lest he be doubted later.
It is imperative that we eat soon.
The ability to find loopholes in a system, be they mathematical, systematical, or
procedural, is vital to a cryptographer.
We would prefer, I'm sure, some form of representative government be installed in
the next couple of days.
Political correctness is a threat to free speech because special interest groups are not
content just to put forth their views, but demand that the opposing view be silenced.
If modern business people weren't able to hold a drink, grab a bite, shake hands and
extract a business card all at the same time, the commercial world would grind to a halt.