Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The declaration should be prepared in duplicate , so that both parts can be signed by both parties , so that each may hold one part , or leave them with you to hold . |
| 2 | In part that may reflect real changes in public opinion but to a large extent it merely reflects sampling and other administrative errors . |
| 3 | That may appear less than thorough yet it is on the basis of these estimates , and those of other estate agents acting in the same way , that the Tories ' new Council Tax ( the sequel to the Poll Tax ) will be based . |
| 4 | ‘ That may mean some shift in the regional balance of expenditure . |
| 5 | Even that may represent some revival after its Viking sufferings ; in 955 king Eadred had bequeathed 400 pounds to relieve the people of the south , the money to be distributed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his clergy . |
| 6 | It presents a host of problems — medical , moral , ethical , and legal — that may confront any patient , relative , and doctor when coping with death and dying . |
| 7 | There is a danger of treating a historical phenomenon ( the lyric poem ) as sui generis , and that may restrict any absolute definition of the kind of text I shall be examining . |
| 8 | If Zbo did rescue some of the earlier work , that may explain some of the muddle about the authenticated chronology of Modigliani 's work . |
| 9 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 10 | That may prove crucial at the safe-handover process . |
| 11 | And that may introduce new considerations not available to us today . |
| 12 | That may take some time , and in a waterway as busy as the Thames a floating body is likely to be seen . |
| 13 | Right , in the long run , they 've got to cover all their costs , right , they will be driven out of business , but that may take some time . |
| 14 | That may tempt more Governments to introduce more Bills there . |
| 15 | ‘ What happens within this house after that may have considerable repercussions . ’ |
| 16 | And then , and that , that may solve all sorts of problems for you , if you were going to do that sort of seven days a week , let's say from seven in the morning until , I do n't know , nine at nigh , at night or something . |
| 17 | That may cause practical problems in detecting the consequences , but this is a thought experiment after all , and we can assume that technical ingenuity will prove equal to the task of providing adequate amplification of the signal . |
| 18 | That may seem reasonable , but it 's a lot for Poland , where a million and a half zlotys a month is considered more or less an average wage . |
| 19 | That may seem perverse , since most of his films are comedies , but the charge sticks . |
| 20 | That may seem perverse , given what we have just said about the current scene , especially since we do not ourselves believe that states are the only important actors in international relations . |
| 21 | That may look fancy but RMC is well-led and in two or three years time should make decent money in Britain again . |
| 22 | That may include public liability , product liability and bad debt insurance . |
| 23 | That may sound strange — what I mean is , I 'm always trying to imagine what they think of me ; I do n't seem able to look from inside of myself , outwards . |
| 24 | That may sound strange but , if you lose a loved one , you have the memory of that person to focus your grief on . |
| 25 | That may sound emotional , but we are mere custodians of the game , which will be there long after we have departed . |
| 26 | Now that may sound arrogant and patronising on my part to say so . |
| 27 | That may sound mercenary because Chris knows the rest of his career is limited , but it will be fun for people watching ! |
| 28 | That may sound silly , but readers of blueprint detective stories want pure detection . |
| 29 | That may sound extreme , but it is already happening in England , where market place education is rather further developed . |
| 30 | As it is , the League seems to be dying on its feet , Cricket must realise that television ( and that must mean terrestrial TV , to which millions have access ) is the sine qua non ) of any sport if the sport is to thrive . |