Example sentences of "and [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is reflected in the relative use made of the two methods ; though use of the Hague Evidence Convention is increasing and may ultimately change this pattern . |
| 32 | The solution is to recruit managers who are more talented than themselves , but in so doing they risk losing decision-making power and may ultimately put their own positions in danger . |
| 33 | Thus , the molecular genetic approach has the potential to contribute to our understanding of the underlying biochemical mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease and may ultimately enable ‘ high risk ’ individuals to be identified in whom preventive measures such as counselling can be undertaken . |
| 34 | This idea of historical study as the rigorous combination of knowledge and method is central to any defence of a key position for history in the curriculum of the 1990s , and may best be summed up in the term " historical literacy " . |
| 35 | Alerted by her dulcet tones , a crowd began to gather outside a downtown boutique and May generously offered a few fashion tips to the throng . |
| 36 | However , it has also been observed that those with wrinkled testa ( coats ) appear to be slower to germinate and may well benefit from piercing , scratching or abrasion . |
| 37 | Speed of response can be set over a range of five steps , and may well have to be reset because , particularly in graphics mode , if it is too sensitive , loading up several movement commands into the buffer will require having to wait for them to clear . |
| 38 | Among them was Jonathan ( no relation ) Aitken , who is hostile to the European Community and may well have preferred Mrs Thatcher 's approach to Sir Anthony 's Euro-fanaticism . |
| 39 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 40 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 41 | ON the golf course , 1989 was a vintage to declare and may well be the source of good things to come in the publishing world . |
| 42 | John Gerard grew them both , but their fates have been quite different and may well change again , with the weather . |
| 43 | Their occurrence seems to be cyclic and may well express the evolution of levels of consciousness . |
| 44 | Marling already occupied Pitts Mill and may well have been in Freames as well . |
| 45 | Variations across London often reflected the differential performance of the parties there at the last general election , and may well portend trends for the next . |
| 46 | The nurse is committed , both professionally and personally , to the care of a patient , and may well , out of well-meaning but misguided concern , mistake respect for a patient 's wishes for neglect . |
| 47 | At club level , his persistent niggling paid off , but at international level , it often acted as a destabilising influence , and may well have led to the premature departure of Willie Ormond as the national team manager . |
| 48 | Club records , and such photographs , often yield interesting and sometimes amusing information on many aspects of past local activities , and may well record architectural features long gone/ |
| 49 | Time limits are important and may well prevent a grievance from rumbling on , thereby causing ill feeling and low morale . |
| 50 | This enables the interviewer to burrow much further into the complexities of some situations and may well introduce him to relevant factors which had not been thought of before at all . |
| 51 | This means the customer has to walk right through the store and may well be tempted by other items . |
| 52 | This has undoubtedly caused temporary local damage and may well have contributed to the general decline of the shrimp fishery . ’ |
| 53 | This is noticeable when short term goals can be identified and seen to be worth reaching and may well account for the very impressive efforts by schools in agricultural , sports and music competitions . |
| 54 | Although difficult to date he believes the trackway to have been in existence for at least 2,000 years and may well pre-date Roman times . |
| 55 | Many people regard this work as a great masterpiece , though , and may well want to hear this impressive new version . |
| 56 | While catalytic converters may cost the manufacturer around £50 to buy , to fit them requires skilled labour and may well bump up the price of a new car by between £100 and £1000 depending on the model . |
| 57 | Cornwall and Devon have some of the hilliest countryside in the country , and the agility of a mountain goat is needed in order to traverse it — hardly suitable for someone who is elderly , and may well become frail . |
| 58 | Some archosaur fossils showed that one species , the longisquamata ( ‘ long-scales ’ ) , possessed heat-insulating scales that possibly also trapped air-pockets and may well have been the forerunners of feathers . |
| 59 | People vary greatly and may well experience regression in many different ways . |
| 60 | There will , however , always be those who tend to see the negative side and may well suggest you ‘ do n't lose weight too quickly or you 'll look old ’ or ‘ you 'll only put it back on twice as fast if you lose it quickly ’ . |