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Kamis, 29 Juli 2010

OTHER EXAMPLES OF SUBJUNCTIVES

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  1. It is important that he tell the truth now, lest he be doubted later.
    Conversation (1999-10-19)
    It is imperative that we eat soon.
    Conversation with Allison Miller (1999-10-16)
    The ability to find loopholes in a system, be they mathematical, systematical, or procedural, is vital to a cryptographer.
    Bruce Schneier, “CRYPTO-GRAM” (monthly email newsletter) (1999-10-15)
    We would prefer, I'm sure, some form of representative government be installed in the next couple of days.
    Howard Schaffer of Georgetown University, All Things Considered, National Public Radio (USA) (1999-10-13)
    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.
    John Sopinka, Canadian Supreme Court Justice, cited on WWW (1999-10-13)
    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.
    Judith Martin, Miss Manners column (1999-10-10)

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  2. A sniper would be almost immediately killed if he were captured.
    Unknown (interview), “Suicide Missions: Sniper”, on The History Channel (US television) (1999-10-05)
    Any transform, be it monotonic or nonmonotonic, of a Fourier-transform surrogate should be [temporally] reversible.
    Conversation (1999-10-05)
    I was suggesting that we sit down for a while and discuss this.
    Conversation (1999-10-05)
    My concern is that we make sure we're consistent, so that we can use each other's libraries.
    Conversation (1999-10-05)
    Arafat asked that Palestinian police chief Ghazi Jabali be allowed to travel from Gaza to the West Bank town of Ramallah to attend his father's funeral.
    Linda Gradstein, Morning Edition, National Public Radio (USA) (1999-10-04)
    It was very critical that everything be done on time.
    Tour guide, Biltmore House and Gardens, Asheville, North Carolina (1999-09-30)
    Custom dictates that the prize date be announced just days in advance.
    “Early Nobel announcement prompts speculation”, article on cnn.com (1999-09-29)

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  3. The group with the most votes, whether it be the university community or health care professionals, will win.
    “Right to vote”, lead editorial in The Daily Beacon (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) (1999-09-29)
    [Next lesson: hyphenation of compound modifiers (health-care professionals)]
    Giuliani demanded the Brooklyn Museum cancel the exhibition; the museum refused.
    Brooke Gladstone, Morning Edition, National Public Radio (USA) (1999-09-29)
    It is imperative that we keep this confidential.
    From the movie, Highway 9
    But director John Tiernan insisted that she lose her pleasing personality and get more in touch with her sensuality.
    People, p. 105. (1999-09-13)
    ... he also suggested to the board that a business manager be hired to help things run more smoothly.
    Metro Pulse (Knoxville, Tennessee), p. 7 (1999-09-02).

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  4. He wants, but knows that he can never demand, that praise be showered on him.
    Winchester S (1998). The Professor and the Madman, ISBN 0-06-017596-6, p. 156.
    There was a man in there who knew exactly what he wanted, and I found myself wishing I were as lucky as he.
    From the movie, You've Got Mail (1998)
    It is critical that I see them.
    From the movie, Sphere (1998)
    Both bones were porous, as if the virus or causative organism were consuming them.
    From the movie, X-Files (1998)
    I'm going to ask you a question, and it is absolutely imperative that you tell the truth.
    From the movie, Enemy of the State (1998)
    I demand you release him now.
    If he didn't buy a bushel of vegetables each week, I'd spit on him.
    I insist you return my things to me at once.
    Then I suggest that you run.
    The King demanded that you arrive in style.
    All I ask Your Majesties is that you show her the same courtesies as she has bestowed on me.
    From the movie, Ever After (1998)
    It is also necessary that a test statistic not be invariant with respect to a given hypotheses [sic].
    Small M, Judd K (1998). “Detecting nonlinearity in experimental data”, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 8, p. 1234.

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  5. I wish I didn't love you so much.
    From the movie, Casablanca (1942)
    I feel about Wilmer here as if he were my own son.
    From the movie, The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    If you were really great and powerful, you'd keep your promises.
    From the movie, The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener.
    That is what I'd really like to be.
    'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener,
    everyone would be in love with me.
    Advertisement (1930s)
    The sentence of the court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for two years.
    Mr. Justice Wills, pronouncing sentence on Oscar Wilde (1895-05-25)
    If it be, why seems it so particular with thee? (I:2)
    Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou comest us such a questionable shape that I will speak to thee ... (I:4)
    ... now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now. (V:2)
    William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (xxxx)

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