Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The recipient may experience a variety of sensations . |
| 32 | Let's eat a pile of sticky cakes in Florian 's . ’ |
| 33 | OME props ought to carry a warning . |
| 34 | ‘ Men like Luke Hunter ought to carry a government health warning , ’ she agreed . |
| 35 | More to the point is that the Discourse indicates the scientism of the period : it is taken for granted by the lecturer that Turner ought to paint a tree of a recognizable species , for example , and assumed that portrait painters are after an exact likeness . |
| 36 | Good quality , additive-free , fresh lean meat is an excellent food , but our fast food philosophy means we may eat a lesser version . |
| 37 | And let us hope that the reader , on summing-up this look into the past at the Gorbals of yester-year , may say : ‘ These were real people , ordinary men and women , whose passage through the Gorbals not only added colour to a drab area of this Scottish city , but whose presence may remain a lasting influence for good . ’ |
| 38 | Just as within states murder may remain a crime even if not all possible murder weapons are specifically identified in the laws , so between states indiscriminate slaughter may remain a crime even if nuclear weapons are not specifically mentioned in the laws of war . |
| 39 | Just as within states murder may remain a crime even if not all possible murder weapons are specifically identified in the laws , so between states indiscriminate slaughter may remain a crime even if nuclear weapons are not specifically mentioned in the laws of war . |
| 40 | For such domains separate dictionaries may remain a necessity . |
| 41 | I do hope I may remain a member ? |
| 42 | If the purpose of the annexation be for the better enjoyment of the object itself , it may remain a chattel , notwithstanding a high degree of physical annexation . |
| 43 | Obviously positive inflation may remain a feature of this hypothetical economy even if it is operating at the natural unemployment rate ( i.e. owing to the persistence of inflationary expectations . |
| 44 | Here there may arise a conflict between two principles , one that the court will not imply a term unless it is one which reasonable men would obviously have agreed to if their minds had been directed to the point , the other that a contract should if possible be interpreted in such a way as to achieve fairness between the parties … mistake is a much more difficult problem … [ than fraud or partiality ] . |
| 45 | Using an overhead projector , instructors may elicit a range of answers to each question and then compare these with the samples provided . |
| 46 | Perceptions contain no element of approval or disapproval though they may trigger a reaction in terms of approval . |
| 47 | Errors sometimes occur , in part because an innocuous substance may trigger a positive . |
| 48 | One of the most important measures in the effective treatment of sickle cell disease is to minimise the number of crises by educating sufferers and their families about circumstances which may trigger a sickling crisis . |
| 49 | True recovery begins with physical abstinence : i abstaining from sugar , white flour and specific " anorexic " foods such as salty substances and raw vegetables or binge foods that the sufferer knows may trigger a binge . |
| 50 | Thumbsucking in the womb , for example , may trigger a preference for being right or left-handed , according to De Peter Hepper at Queens University in Belfast . |
| 51 | Surgical procedures may trigger a transient rise in serum CRP as a response to cytokines which are secreted in response to trauma . |
| 52 | Events which have been implicated in schizophrenia are of a more everyday nature ( although it is possible that many also have a private meaning ) , and a very wide range of emotionally arousing events may trigger a relapse . |
| 53 | Following a share buy-in , a capitalisation issue may trigger a distribution for tax purposes under s210 . |
| 54 | It is not recorded who said first ‘ Let's build a golf course at Henley ’ but it was probably one of four men inspired by the opening of Huntercombe course at Nuffield in 1901 . |
| 55 | The industrialised world is also looking to developments in technology to help it out of materials shortages — and China may lend a hand too |
| 56 | It may lend a certain dignity to the whole transaction but is notoriously slow . |
| 57 | Classification of functional gut disorders is proliferating at present , but there is much overlap of various functional symptom clusters and labelling these does not necessarily prove a common cause and may lend a false validity to the diagnosis . |
| 58 | And however tasteless you may think a gift is , it does n't automatically make it useless . |
| 59 | Making a ‘ real ’ , fully carved rocking horse is a fascinating challenge and some may think a rather formidable one . |
| 60 | Malcom Ward , on the Oxford circuit , may loose a hundred thousand . |