Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Academics regard bias as a sin , but others may regard it as a virtue . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With the hot spell set to continue , doctors now fear some people may expose themselves to the risk of skin cancer.Gareth Furby reports . |
| 6 | As we have seen , such organisations tend to be dominated by formal rules and by committees which may lend themselves to the more autocratic style of leadership . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 10 | In the north and east the Curled or Lesser Octopus Eledone cirrhosa may treat you with a colourful appearance . |
| 11 | For example , a representation of a law court could tell us something about the role of judges , lawyers , jury , witnesses : representations of the silent system within prisons may convey something of the nature of that practice . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's treat it as a pleasure jaunt . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | We have shown how group frequencies derived from experience with other molecules may be used to suggest assignments for particularly characteristic bands , and how the use of isotopes may assist us in the deduction of molecular structure and of the types of atoms involved in each mode . |
| 15 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 16 | If we do not need all that DP equipment now we may need it in the future . |
| 17 | And it may tempt you into a mid-morning snack of chocolate biscuits or worse . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Unix System Labs , which has a good server story but may lack something on the desktop end like applications , is reportedly trying to get Quorum interested in Destiny . |
| 19 | We suspect that he may know something about the downing of this plane that we do n't know he knows , if you follow me . |
| 20 | The Russian Sputnik had been launched two years before , and produced in the United States a feverish alarm lest their Communist competitors should outstrip them in a world increasingly penetrated by science and technology . |
| 21 | Accordingly , rather than declaring that question ( 4 ) in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) has become otiose , I propose that the court should answer it in the negative . |
| 22 | The section does not specifically empower the policeman to give directions as to how the actor should conduct himself in the future ( as by leaving the spot ) . |
| 23 | First , if specific librarians and information scientists are unable or unwilling ( or both ) to learn about and understand the detailed situations within which the information that they handle will eventually be used , then they should restrict themselves to the more general situation-independent value-adding processes . |
| 24 | When I hear the attacks on that modest , even cautious , and certainly prudent programme , I must compare it with the gross waste of public money in which the Government have indulged . |
| 25 | As racial tension increases , social workers must adapt themselves to the prevailing racial climate . |
| 26 | The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse . |
| 27 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
| 28 | United 's Maurice Malpas sustained a groin injury and is doubtful for Scotland 's match against Germany on Wednesday but Duncan Ferguson should make it despite a thigh knock . |
| 29 | You should make it into a film , and I can star , I can be the girl . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know if Bobby will break into the Great Britain team for the World Cup final against Australia in October , but he should make it for the next series and then hang on to the job . |