Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 2 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 3 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
| 4 | Academics regard bias as a sin , but others may regard it as a virtue . |
| 5 | For example , Christians may regard it as an expression of Christian love to convert others to Christ , and they may consider it their moral duty to urge men to follow Christ . |
| 6 | ' ’ This may fool it into thinking you are not afraid and therefore more powerful than it is . ’ ‘ |
| 7 | The larger donors will use their leverage to influence policy ; an NGO official in a district may lord it over his Mozambican counterparts . |
| 8 | Over-committing yourself to a foot sweep may expose you to your opponent 's full point counter |
| 9 | You really are not so handsome as you promised to be ; and I have long wished , by conversation like this , to do away what mischief the flattering character I gave of you may expose you to . |
| 10 | Asthma , heart conditions , diabetes or epilepsy may expose you to special risks with watersports in the heat . |
| 11 | It is not simply that it is a vital matter for some small group of people ( as some may think them to be ) called ‘ Christian feminists ’ who would reconcile their feminism with their Christian faith . |
| 12 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 13 | Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school . |
| 14 | In examining these conflicts and changes the particular aims of the researchers are to : elucidate the changes that occurred in the UK defence science and technology system in the 1980 's and to analyse their dynamics and interactions ; ii identify and examine the assumptions about the future being made by firms and governments to guide their current decision-making in this area ; iii consider whether clear and stable structural trends are emerging , and the factors that may influence them in the 1990's , including the transition to a single European market ; iv establish a better framework for assessing contemporary developments in defence technology policy and their consequences for other areas of science and technology policy . |
| 15 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 16 | He may throw me among strangers . |
| 17 | Perhaps we do not yet have the tools for a scientific resolution of this task and this is where Utopian thinking may aid us in identifying our political goals . |
| 18 | You may treat them as your children since they were two years old but if they 're not a blood relative of yours they wo n't be inheriting anything anyway however close they may be . |
| 19 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 20 | In the north and east the Curled or Lesser Octopus Eledone cirrhosa may treat you with a colourful appearance . |
| 21 | Adolescents conscious of personal appearance may prefer them to eyeglasses . |
| 22 | ‘ Let's treat it as a pleasure jaunt . ’ |
| 23 | Erm , yeah , let's make it at three . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope you wo n't be stuck in your bag of ‘ defending ’ the underground ; like the man said , let's make it for the hell of it . ’ |
| 25 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 26 | Women are being asked detailed questions about their child-care arrangements , and failure to produce satisfactory answers may disqualify them from benefit . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Where a lessor is proceeding , by action or otherwise , to enforce such a right of re-entry or forfeiture , the lessee may , in the lessor 's action , if any , or in any action brought by himself , apply to the court for relief , and the court may grant or refuse relief , as the court , having regard to the proceedings and conduct of the parties under the foregoing provisions of this section , and to all the other circumstances , thinks fit ; and in case of relief may grant it on such terms , if any , as to costs , expenses , damages , compensation , penalty , or otherwise , including the granting of an injunction to restrain any like breach in the future , as the court , in the circumstances of each case , thinks fit . |
| 28 | He prays that ‘ according to the riches of his glory , the Father may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man ’ . |
| 29 | Your long-term goals may make it worth sacrificing your two weeks in Turkey for a training course . |
| 30 | Slightly clumsy hard rock that may make it in America later . |