Example sentences of "[modal v] suggest [conj] the [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 We might suggest that the speaker is talking about a joke or a prank .
2 Such radical criticism appears to have gained less support in Britain than in the US and I would suggest that the NHS is largely responsible for this .
3 Where the price of the goods is more than the value of the token , the inclusion of a money consideration would suggest that the transaction is a sale of goods .
4 However I would suggest that the problem is more apparent than real .
5 Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part .
6 If there is , it would suggest that the encyclopedia is not entirely up-to-date .
7 The experience of the Birmingham County Court when it established a separate office to deal with litigants in person would suggest that the answer is that it is not .
8 Acceptance of any of the patterns of responsiveness outlined above will suggest that the bureaucracy is not likely to be particularly responsive to a largely unorganized ‘ general public ’ and , in most contemporary forms of democracy much will depend on the ability of the people 's representatives to publicize their grievances .
9 Looking at the act of speaking in a broader way , we can see that intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as ‘ new ’ information and what is already ‘ given ’ , can suggest when the speaker is indicating some sort of contrast or link with material in another tone-unit and , in conversation , can convey to the listener what kind of response is expected .
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