Example sentences of "[modal v] often be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Financial resources must often be explored with elderly people , despite the discomfort this may arouse in client and social worker . |
| 2 | In NATO , Britain is certainly committed to common aims , and defence policy must often be cleared with NATO allies first . |
| 3 | Characteristic selectivities can also , without much strain , be called ‘ ideological ’ , though something must often be allowed for an otherwise conditioned persistence of certain artistic forms embodying such selections . |
| 4 | Given the general anxiety to avoid long-term indebtedness , a stated preference for small instalments — even at the expense of a long repayment period — must often be interpreted as recognition of tight budget limits that rule out larger instalments . |
| 5 | Greater awareness of local problems by decision makers Geographically dispersed organisations should often be decentralised on a regional/area basis . |
| 6 | It is surely significant that the enchanting country houses designed by Edwin Lutyens at this period should often be described as ‘ dream houses ’ . |
| 7 | Adjustable spanners : You 'll often be confronted with nuts and bolts of various types that need tightening or loosening — on domestic appliances , plumbing systems and so on . |
| 8 | But , as R. J. Campbell pointed out , the respect paid a minister could often be based on his performance as a preacher and a leader . |
| 9 | The value of this work can be assessed by the fact that of 2,000 parts which may be needed for the repair of a bomber , 1,000 of them could often be obtained from such recoveries . |
| 10 | Visher ( 1969 ) suggested that cumulative frequency curves could often be sub-divided into two , three or four linear segments ( Fig. 3.12 ) . |
| 11 | In fulfilling this duty the Bank may often be faced with situations where extremely urgent action is required , and where delay could result in losses to , possibly , very substantial numbers of customers of such institutions , embracing both corporate and private customers , whose interests the Act is designed to protect . |
| 12 | Those that do escape , or are released by compassionate fishing captains and crew , are often caught again , and the same dolphins may often be chased to exhaustion and encircled with tuna nets many times each fishing season . |
| 13 | The initial calculation of provisions to reduce stocks from cost to net realisable value may often be made by the use of formulae based on predetermined criteria . |
| 14 | It is also clear from Herbert 's comments that the process of interpreting is generally not well understood by even those who use interpreters , and features like the interpreting lag , or the change in pace of the interpreter according to the speaker 's rate , may often be mistaken for some problem in the interpreter 's rendition of a message . |
| 15 | I think that spaghetti should be thin and it may often be referred to as spaghettini — it 's much less like eating long worms ! |
| 16 | For sons , on the other hand , socialization may be more in terms of broader , more stereotypical notions of masculinity such as may be manifested in horseplay at weekends or evenings , rather than in terms of the more specific feature of the father 's role at work , which may often be hidden from the male child . |
| 17 | Usually , plaquettes are approximately the same area as thin sections : they may often be prepared as a first step in section-making . |
| 18 | But they 'll take stage victories , not the big prizes , and may often be deployed as super-domestiques to younger and more eager men . |
| 19 | Activation energies may often be obtained from rate measurements by using transition state theory . |
| 20 | These new roads may often be recognised by the fact that they run for miles without passing through a village , or indeed habitation at all apart from their own toll-houses ( their most notable addition to the scene ) and an inn or two attracted to the roadside by the prospect of traffic . |
| 21 | Care must be taken not to confuse corporate crime , crime committed by or on behalf of businesses , with white-collar crime , which refers to the occupational status of the perpetrators and may often be directed against businesses . |
| 22 | The word allow may often be substituted for the words think of — try both and note the different effects on the body . |
| 23 | Each has its proper sphere , but in course of time each of them extends its jurisdiction , so that the same matters may often be dealt with indifferently by any one of them . |
| 24 | Lastly , where the aim is to investigate the functional significance of particular phenotypic sex differences , it may be necessary to calculate selection intensities for specific episodes of selection , such as mating success at particular ages ( see Arnold & Wade , 1983 ) for the effect of particular traits on lifetime reproductive success may often be obscured by the influence of other variables or by random variation . |
| 25 | A capable landlord will listen to the advice of his expert manager and may often be persuaded by his arguments . |
| 26 | A special feature of Leighton Moss is its population of otters , which may often be spotted from the hides , especially at dusk . |
| 27 | The possibility of pollution may often be established in the first instance by a third party — an onlooker or a user downstream — or by the discharger himself , rather than by the pollution control officer . |
| 28 | It is a commonplace in murder investigations that more may often be learned about the murderer from the victim than from any other source . |
| 29 | Tom Faber has recalled how Eliot would characteristically dress in immaculate plus-fours ; they would picnic in deserted coves , although " Uncle Tom " would often be overcome by vertigo on the perilous descent to them . |
| 30 | Pan-pipes ( see SB 27 ) ; when played by street-musicians they would often be fastened round the neck so as to leave the hands free to beat a drum or play some other percussion instrument . |