Example sentences of "[vb infin] and perhaps " in BNC.
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| 1 | In summary , we do not know and perhaps we can never know if babies experience pain as the word is understood by adults . |
| 2 | But she did n't know and perhaps Maria Luisa was still in love with Fernando … but why was she with Steve now ? |
| 3 | Before you take to the high street , it is worth spending time with your partner to think carefully about what you will actually need and perhaps more importantly what you both like : it is surprising how much tastes can differ over the smallest of items ! |
| 4 | Warm odours such as floral or woody scents will make people linger and perhaps buy more . |
| 5 | I do n't know whether that will actually happen , because Guild really have the first option , but I was hoping there 'd be a way that we could cooperate and perhaps Eggle could do the British end of it . |
| 6 | See what see what you can do and perhaps er Jane you could just look into the possibility of erm because if I mean if we were going to do a run of pens we would n't just have a thousand would we ? |
| 7 | One could use the intent and motive argument to claim that to maintain the standing of the House one should seriously devalue and perhaps scrap early-day motions . |
| 8 | If they are rather worse for wear you could always just paint and perhaps stencil them . |
| 9 | The hope is that the courts will remain and perhaps be upgraded , though this could be a lengthy process . |
| 10 | Mr. Wilson : I fully understand that the Minister hopes that one bid will emerge and perhaps that would be the best answer , but if one bid does not emerge , will the Minister maintain the right to dictate that either only one bid will emerge or that he will condemn those involved in an alternative bid to effective disqualification ? |
| 11 | What we do know is that I M R O asked for this information in June nineteen eighty-eight and not long afterwards I M R O granted recognition to B I M and other Maxwell Companies , all the more surprising perhaps having raised the questions whether the question must come about , did they continue with their investigation , or did they let the matter drop and perhaps you might to comment in that context . |
| 12 | The possibility that she might have been raped should have made him pause and perhaps pity , but his savage jealousy allowed no room for it . |
| 13 | Each male may meet and perhaps mate with several females in the course of moving through his range . |
| 14 | He will soon return and perhaps we can hear your news then . |
| 15 | let's proceed and perhaps erm at a convenient moment we could take instructions as to er what resolutions if any have been made in this regard . |
| 16 | A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism . |
| 17 | With that as its dominant posture , particular schemes could fail and it would still retain and perhaps even enhance its support , if it could claim that it pursued a course which was known to be difficult but which was still the ideologically sound thing to do . |
| 18 | In addition to their fears that ratification would fail and perhaps also their own doubts about the enterprise , French governments argued that ratification must await agreement by their proposed partners on suggested modifications to the treaty , as well as upon a clarification of the British attitude . |
| 19 | Alida Thorne is a lonely woman , but it is easy enough to make an effort , to understand and accept and perhaps I have not tried . |
| 20 | But sometimes a naturalist or collector overseas would find and perhaps train local artists to depict what he collected . |