Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That may take some time , and in a waterway as busy as the Thames a floating body is likely to be seen . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Actually seeing her physically pregnant may increase this response , and so when she has had her baby and gone back to her usual size , it is easier to relate to her as a daughter again . |
| 6 | The group is hoping that 1993/94 should see some increase in advertising revenue . |
| 7 | That must mean more openness in the way it conducts its business . |
| 8 | instead of just obeying instructions you just say well that should go that way and that should go that way and to me that 's immaterial if you just see it going , see it , if its working that 's it , know where the tops and bottoms of it all I mean I see |
| 9 | instead of just obeying instructions you just say well that should go that way and that should go that way and to me that 's immaterial if you just see it going , see it , if its working that 's it , know where the tops and bottoms of it all I mean I see |
| 10 | That should change this year , for in the first innings of Lincolnshire 's match against Norfolk , Love put himself on to bowl his offbreaks and took 6 for 18 . |
| 11 | That should save some time . |
| 12 | That should happen this year , or at least in 1992-93 . |
| 13 | Some may argue that balance sheet numbers like these are not important for people businesses . |
| 14 | Although a few may achieve this goal , better racing would result if fewer ‘ classes ’ were created and there was stronger support for just one or two of the better examples . |
| 15 | This may offer some evidence for a possible overlap of integral groups ( a ) and ( b ) : for the Ashcroft mosaic is certainly one of the most impressive saltire arrangements ( the constituents of group ( b ) ) . |
| 16 | This may offer some protection , although it is difficult to disinfect plastic and is no substitute for sterile works . |
| 17 | The alkalinity is increased , and this may disturb some textile processes . |
| 18 | This may lead some health workers , families and older people themselves to believe that there is little to be done to improve the circumstances of people with care needs . |
| 19 | Again , this may explain that phenomenon which is central to the relevance of discourse analysis to language teaching : how is it that a student with an advanced proficiency in pronunciation , grammar , and lexis somehow fails to use these language skills to communicate successfully ? |
| 20 | This may reflect some heterogeneity in size as generally observed for DNA fragments ending with telomeres ( 34 ) . |
| 21 | I would propose that we explore with the Managing Director a possibility of a deal at the higher end of this range but this may mean some form of earnout . |
| 22 | This may make some sense for the bourgeois ‘ art ’ tradition ( though probably not as much as he thinks ) but when the elements of the entire musical production-consumption process become both more unified and interdependent , and more ‘ socialized ’ , it becomes less appropriate . |
| 23 | Few animals inspire such extremes of love and hate as the fox , and this may go some way towards explaining why so much nonsense is written and talked about them . |
| 24 | This may go some way towards explaining the difference of opinion in the various ‘ recommended ’ lists ; it all depends from what point of view ( or various shades thereof ) one is approaching the task , and for whose benefit ? |
| 25 | I would like to double my subscription , and this may include any increase made by the Institution during the coming year . |
| 26 | This may indicate that user interfaces to query structures can not yet replicate human processes of spatial reasoning in a reasonable time , or that in software terms it is inefficient to extend SQL , and that an alternative must be found . |
| 27 | Obesity is common among multiparous women but this may indicate that weight gain is the result of multiple pregnancies rather than a prerequisite for conception . |
| 28 | This may require some kind of additional structure ( at least temporarily ) whilst the system is on-line , until the trie can be re-built with the new words at a later stage . |
| 29 | While this may provide some justification for ensuring that the decision-maker indicates what was the factual basis for his action , we should be extremely wary of developing review of facts upon the premise that all such material could or should be considered . |
| 30 | While this may provide some explanation of improvements in memory with small increases in risk , the clearer implication of attention focusing is that the types of detail remembered in high arousal conditions should be more central than those in low arousal conditions ( Christianson , in press ) . |