Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just how petty , greedy and self-interested others really are will be made perfectly clear to you during the next few days and your reaction to them may well be to decide to turn off the charm and the money supply forthwith . |
| 2 | But time-wise the gap between them may well be much more important than the time-span within them . |
| 3 | Moreover , muscles need different types of exercise ; exercise that contracts muscles but does not elongate them may not be adequate . |
| 4 | I and 2.0% suggesting that some of them may still be within the gas window . |
| 5 | A very , very few of them may still be alive today , with their memories . |
| 6 | The industrialists of the water-power age , out in the open country , had put up houses for their workpeople — as at Cromford , Mellor and Styal , where many of them may still be seen — which were , in Professor Ashton 's words , ‘ not wanting in amenity and comfort ’ and even possessed a certain quality of design and proportion . |
| 7 | ‘ If it is so important to you , Miss Kenton , I will allow that the Chinaman behind me may well be incorrectly situated . |
| 8 | Many academic research projects take years to complete ; a scheme designed to support them must thus be future-proof — and this in a world where technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate . |
| 9 | The petitions on their own may be unreliable , but the response of the Crown to them must surely be an indication that they had some substance : a government which was regularly short of funds would be unlikely to grant remissions , and the fact that different towns were allowed varying amounts of tax allowance suggests that some attempt was made to calculate the resources available . |
| 10 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 11 | The fact that the claim is made in third party proceedings in the context of a denial by the third defendant that he has conspired against the plaintiffs or defrauded them must not be allowed to conceal the fact that the claim for contribution from the third party necessarily asserts the contrary , albeit on a contingent basis . |
| 12 | The title is imitated from the delightful Ivy and Stevie ( about Ivy Compton-Burnett and Stevie Smith by Kay Dick , though my materials are very different from hers and therefore the pattern that I shall construct from them must also be very different . |
| 13 | The inferences are systematic , they are decodable by different interpreters in the same way , and without most of them the exchange can not be understood ; most of them must therefore be part of what is communicated , in Grice 's strict sense of meant-nn . |
| 14 | Removing them should also be quick by simply depressing the sleeve of the holder in the direction of the arrow so the bit can be pulled out . |
| 15 | Rags and dusters with polish , window-cleaning liquid or white spirit on them should also be removed . |
| 16 | The fact that ECGD may have instructed them should not be taken as an endorsement of their expertise , official or otherwise . |
| 17 | In Sweden , it is claimed that nearly 10,000 lakes have such high concentrations of mercury that any fish caught in them should not be eaten . |
| 18 | G. R.Shepherd , the Labour National Agent , wrote to local Labour Parties in March 1939 , warning them against close liaison with the Club : Since groups of the Left Book Club are not entitled to affiliation with constituency parties , joint political activities with them should not be entered into , especially when these are in the direction of a so-called " Popular Front " with any other political party . |
| 19 | Yours may well be toothache . ’ |
| 20 | Every Home has its own way of doing things , and yours may not be run exactly along these lines . |
| 21 | I may even be abroad for some of that time . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps I may also be permitted to use some of your space to assure your readers that the arrival of Triassic and Lilla for our Summer Gala ( June 20th/21st ) was not intended to be in any way the last minute and the locomotives arrived just two days before the event , so we preferred not to advertise them in advance so as to avoid disappointment . |
| 23 | My meadow , which I may well be contemplating with pleasure even as you read this , is a delight . |
| 24 | Patting the chair beside him , he told Daisy , ‘ If Perdita gets the scholarship , Sukey and I may well be going out to New Zealand at the same time to buy some ponies , so we can keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 25 | I may well be addressing a future Inquisitor — ’ |
| 26 | In the light of the quite different issue which was before the House in Gillick 's case I venture to doubt whether Lord Scarman meant more than that the exclusive right of the parents to consent to treatment terminated , but I may well be wrong . |
| 27 | Just across the street from here , I think — although after so long I may well be mistaken . |
| 28 | ‘ I may just be able to tell you after his funeral . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll call you tomorrow , ’ said Lucy , then she whispered , ‘ Only I may not be able to give you a date . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I may not be screwing Lucy , ’ said Jay coldly . |