Example sentences of "but this [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually they could become brittle with age , but this might take some years . |
| 2 | There was no rope connecting one with the other but this might have disintegrated completely over the years . |
| 3 | Veneers appear in the 1880s although an eighteenth-century example was discovered during the 1983–4 excavations at St Augustine-the-Less , Bristol , but this might have been no more than an attempt on the part of the coffin-maker to mask some splits at the shoulder caused by over-zealous saw-cuts when kerfing . |
| 4 | But this might allow them to be retained , when other class affiliations are lost . |
| 5 | The downhillers will win the headlines , but this might win more hearts ; free style ski-ing . |
| 6 | An article is more likely to be accepted if it says something new but this might annoy some of his party leaders . |
| 7 | As already indicated , laws-of-war considerations may lead writers or policy-makers to advocate targeting missile bases rather than cities — but this might prove in practice an open invitation to compete in nuclear hardware or , even worse , an incentive to strike first . |
| 8 | But this 'll tell you if you 're veering that way , so you can go , ooh , and perhaps spend one day a week on that , just to get into it , and the rest of it 's going to be managing my practice . |
| 9 | ‘ Old Keithie would have made more of it , but this 'll do . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a pity , but this 'll have to go . ’ |
| 11 | But this may assume too much . |
| 12 | A contractual licence may also be revoked at any time , but this may involve the grantor in an action for breach of contract . |
| 13 | I did not learn much about remedial therapists but this may reflect the state of knowledge rather than any criticism of the author . |
| 14 | For instance , childhood conduct disorder may often lead to anti-social behaviour in adulthood , but this may reflect either the continuity of the disorder or the different effects of the same social stress acting first upon a child and later upon an adult ( Graham , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Some of the pottery found in the temple at Knossos says that it is ‘ royal ’ , but this may mean no more than ‘ state ’ or ‘ official ’ or even that the pottery was made by state potters ( Haskell 1983 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The colour you are assigned arises from your position in the draw , but this may change from round to round , so do n't go to the same position as you went to previously . |
| 18 | Because we pay a set charge based on the ratable value of our homes , we do n't think twice about turning on a tap — but this may change . |
| 19 | Insects can also lose heat by evaporation from their spiracles , but this may lead to desiccation . |
| 20 | The Historia Brittonum ( ch. 63 ) states that Eadwine was baptized with thousands of his people by a Briton , Rhun , son of Urbgen ( possibly to be identified with Urien , lord of Rheged ) , but this may rest on a confusion of Bede 's account of mass-baptisms by Paulinus in the River Glen near Yeavering ( HE 11 , 14 ) with the occasion of the baptism of Eadwine which took place in York ( HE 11 , 14 ) . |
| 21 | In theory the program will run with 512k but this may leave the planner with inadequate memory for data associated with the plan . |
| 22 | This is usually the 7th kyu , denoted by a yellow belt , but this may vary from club to club . |
| 23 | The elderly partners may have varying degrees of disability and , at any one time , the more able may be the primary carer , but this may shift over time and with variation in the physical health of each partner . |
| 24 | The organism induces decreased acid secretion , at least in the early phase of the disease but this may persist for weeks or even months . |
| 25 | But this may look like a very odd form of neutrality to the weaker child . |
| 26 | It is possible to destroy the coherence of a discourse by altering its information structure ( as we did in Task 32 ) , and then ask students to restore its coherence for a specified receiver , but this may cause problems . |
| 27 | Rescission is the standard remedy for misrepresentation but this may cause hardship , therefore , in the case of negligent or innocent misrepresentation , a court may award damages in lieu of rescission by Section 2 of the Misrepresentation Act . |
| 28 | Where space beside the house or access past it do not exist , your last resort is to site a garage in your front garden , but this may spoil the appearance of the front of your house ( and may also be unacceptable to the local planning authorities — see RULES AND REGULATIONS ) . |
| 29 | I find a zig-zag tends to pucker the fabric , but this may differ with makes of sewing machine . |
| 30 | In normal grief , within about six months , but this may take considerably longer , the claims of friends and family still left should reassert themselves , and more normal social relationships be re-established . |