Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both ownership in common and joint ownership may exist in the case of chattels personal as well as in the case of land . |
| 32 | Nor do I consider that any in-house tariff which may exist in the Home Office need be disclosed . |
| 33 | Thus , species differences may exist in the mechanism of release of this peptide . |
| 34 | They were to make perambulations , distinguishing between those districts which ought to remain in the forest , and those which ought to be put out . |
| 35 | In August 1333 the king declared that divers woods and other places in Surrey had been unjustifiably disafforested under colour of the Statute of 1327 : there was evidence in ‘ divers inquisitions taken in the time of his progenitors and … other memoranda in the Exchequer ’ that they ought to remain in the forest . |
| 36 | You may browse in the shops without being shadowed or prodded into buying . |
| 37 | His comments had an immediate impact on the City , where analysts have grown increasingly anxious in recent weeks about the risk that asset values may fall in the face of oversupply and forced sales of buildings . |
| 38 | Spring can be wet , especially in the Basque country , and snow may fall in the high mountains even in July . |
| 39 | Although useful for many unimodal sediments , in polymodal distributions the median may fall in the tails of two sub-populations of grains , in a size fraction which is scarce . |
| 40 | As the chains of the polymer under examination may swell in the carrier solvent to a different extent compared to an equal molar mass sample of the standard , the hydrodynamic volumes will not necessarily be equivalent . |
| 41 | These comments suggest that the test is unlikely to be useful as a screening instrument but , when used in conjunction with other tests or with children who have already been identified as having language difficulties , it may assist in the generation of a balanced assessment of a child 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 42 | At the foot of the cliff , where debris slipping from the cliff is liable to collect , a steep gradient is needed to enable the sea to comb the material down the beach , but , although this action may assist in the formation of a concave profile , it is probably not the sole cause of the concavity . |
| 43 | The research will contribute to our understanding of the Criminal Justice System and the operation of discretion , and may assist in the formulation of policy . |
| 44 | So strong had sympathy with the Communists grown among the active membership that the NAC was instructed , against its wishes , " to approach the Communist International with a view to ascertaining in what way the ILP may assist in the work of the International " . |
| 45 | Shore crabs may predominate in the catch in estuaries and harbours , and sometimes better results can be obtained after dark . |
| 46 | We have noted that , given a certain type of search space , the A* algorithm may behave in the same way as breadth-first search , since the latter is a special case of the former . |
| 47 | But formulations , which may survive in the body for up to 24 hours , could be invaluable for people whose tissue needs urgent replenishment with oxygen because of serious blood loss . |
| 48 | Lucky Jim may survive in the memory as a series of farcical moments , but it is also a tightly plotted novel ; The Green Man ( 1969 ) , a nightmarish ghost-story , has one of the most ingenious plots in English fiction . |
| 49 | As soon as the delicate lining has been interfered with , the ovum finds it difficult to make its way to the uterus and may either arrive too late for successful implantation or , which is worse , may implant in the tube itself , giving rise to an ectopic pregnancy ( tubal pregnancy ) . |
| 50 | Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject field to be explored , and its structure in enquiry ; they need to know what materials , print-form or audio-visual , are available , and suitable , and what special problems they may reveal ; they need to have available at the right time suitable equipment , and places where the equipment may be used , and they need to be sure that the student is able to find and make use of all the resources he may need in the periods of the timetable allotted to the activity . |
| 51 | We do this because we fear that the other language may not contain the sophisticated concepts we may need in the communication . |
| 52 | The BHA plan was not in place to meet the deadline , but it 's something we may consider in the future . ’ |
| 53 | He says they ought to jump in the nearest river ! |
| 54 | In other words , demand for goods may flourish in the context of ambiguity in social hierarchy . |
| 55 | Mr Lawson may win in the end . |
| 56 | The support she may win in the crisis , where minor disagreements are sunk in the face of a much disliked enemy , can evaporate in everyday disputes , where the Prime Minister 's views must compete with many other acceptable views . |
| 57 | Quantum mechanics puts me in the position of a canny bookmaker who can calculate the odds that a horse may win in the course of the season but not in the position of Our Newmarket Correspondent who claims to be able to forecast the outcome of a particular race . |
| 58 | However , EPHOS is not expected to impinge upon the UK 's own GOSIP profile , ‘ EPHOS is at a higher level , ’ according to the UK 's Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency , although it admits that ‘ they may merge in the future , but we 're talking about four or five years . ’ |
| 59 | His remarks — to the Berlin press club — were received gleefully by senior EC officials in Strasbourg as evidence of US support for their view about how the community should evolve in the new European situation . |
| 60 | We must build in the kind of rebate system that the hon. Member for South Dorset ( Mr. Bruce ) tempted me to describe — a rebate system which concentrates on people 's ability to pay and which is not concerned with an artificial concept of status . |