Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I and 2.0% suggesting that some of them may still be within the gas window . |
| 32 | A very , very few of them may still be alive today , with their memories . |
| 33 | The industrialists of the water-power age , out in the open country , had put up houses for their workpeople — as at Cromford , Mellor and Styal , where many of them may still be seen — which were , in Professor Ashton 's words , ‘ not wanting in amenity and comfort ’ and even possessed a certain quality of design and proportion . |
| 34 | Even if the technological aspects are fully understood , the application of the law to them may still perplex . |
| 35 | Doctors are themselves not immune from the disease of alcoholism and some of them may therefore give inappropriate reassurance to patients . |
| 36 | Boaden found no evidence that the availability of resources was a cause of spending by local authorities though the lack of them may obviously ‘ limit how far any authority can go ’ ( Boaden 1971:116 ) . |
| 37 | Not only may a campaign raise public awareness of the issues involved and win you new supporters , but the sheer relentlessness of pressure and eventual embarrassment at being seen to do nothing may also prompt parliament or Government to introduce new policies . |
| 38 | ‘ If it is so important to you , Miss Kenton , I will allow that the Chinaman behind me may well be incorrectly situated . |
| 39 | What pleases me may not please you , and my recommendation may disappoint you — and then what would you think ? |
| 40 | ‘ I know what you 'd like to do — and it may surprise you , Kit , if I admit that part of me may even want to myself . |
| 41 | Everyone must therefore renew their objections , amending them as appropriate . |
| 42 | Many academic research projects take years to complete ; a scheme designed to support them must thus be future-proof — and this in a world where technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate . |
| 43 | The petitions on their own may be unreliable , but the response of the Crown to them must surely be an indication that they had some substance : a government which was regularly short of funds would be unlikely to grant remissions , and the fact that different towns were allowed varying amounts of tax allowance suggests that some attempt was made to calculate the resources available . |
| 44 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 45 | The fact that the claim is made in third party proceedings in the context of a denial by the third defendant that he has conspired against the plaintiffs or defrauded them must not be allowed to conceal the fact that the claim for contribution from the third party necessarily asserts the contrary , albeit on a contingent basis . |
| 46 | And seeing you 've got another life inside you , it must be doing something to them must n't it ? |
| 47 | There are also two paths , d and e , in figure 13.7 which represent the other unspecified causes ; all variables in a model which have causal paths leading to them must also have arrows reminding us of the proportion unpredicted by the model . |
| 48 | As a consequence the dinosaurs that preyed on them must also have grown bigger . |
| 49 | The title is imitated from the delightful Ivy and Stevie ( about Ivy Compton-Burnett and Stevie Smith by Kay Dick , though my materials are very different from hers and therefore the pattern that I shall construct from them must also be very different . |
| 50 | At the front of Laura 's mind constantly was the realization that these shops bore her name and everything in them must therefore reflect what she stood for . |
| 51 | The inferences are systematic , they are decodable by different interpreters in the same way , and without most of them the exchange can not be understood ; most of them must therefore be part of what is communicated , in Grice 's strict sense of meant-nn . |
| 52 | But all of them must now align against the beast … |
| 53 | Often she had passed the stone house where he lived with his children , some of whom must now be grown . |
| 54 | ‘ Everyone should therefore be vigilant , and pilots will notice the presence of cracked panels by creaking sounds when they are on the wing walkway ’ , says the CAA . |
| 55 | No-one should ever think that what they were doing was too small . |
| 56 | I had seen things which no-one should ever see . |
| 57 | The choice between them should thus rest entirely on simplicity of key — the piece as a whole with all its modulations and sectional key-changes being taken into consideration . |
| 58 | Removing them should also be quick by simply depressing the sleeve of the holder in the direction of the arrow so the bit can be pulled out . |
| 59 | Rags and dusters with polish , window-cleaning liquid or white spirit on them should also be removed . |
| 60 | Material sent to them should not exceed 100 words . |