Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Techs who were expert in the Machine Mysteries , autonomous-minded slaves , administrators , ship crews — all the host of support staff for the Marine chapter — slept in modestly comfortable dormitories … assuming that they needed , or could avail themselves of modest comfort during sleep-time . |
| 32 | What struck me , however , was how distant the preoccupations of the audience were from those which could capture a majority in modern Britain , or could govern it successfully if that majority were ever won . |
| 33 | These various substantives evoke a state or quality which disposes the support to perform an action ( willingness , desire , impudence , ability , etc. ) , an action he performs which prevents or could prevent him from realizing it ( hesitation , refusal , reluctance , etc. ) , something he needs in order to realize it ( right , permission ) , a circumstance in which he finds himself which favours something 's occurrence ( chance , occasion ) , etc. — all of which evoke a situation existing before the infinitive event , and so imply a reference to a prior position of the support . |
| 34 | Most of this Greg felt he could ignore : either he had read it , or could read it in more convenient circumstances . |
| 35 | Indeed it did , to anybody who remembered or could visual-ise it as a busy dock . |
| 36 | No other observer was so close to Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge [ q.v. ] during their most productive years together at Alfoxden and Grasmere ; and no one else had such an eye for the landscapes which inspired them , or could provide them with living materials for poetry out of her own observations . |
| 37 | For all Wexford knew or could remember there might have been a bank robbery in that city at that time . |
| 38 | Not that any amount of designer labels would or could reconcile her to the prospect of meeting Antoinette again . |
| 39 | He said he would & would advise them strongly to support me . |
| 40 | But in ( 5 ) there is no " and then " sense ; and here seems to mean just what the standard truth table for & would have it mean — namely that the whole is true just in case both conjuncts are true ; hence the reversal of the conjuncts in ( 7 ) does not affect the conceptual import at all . |
| 41 | That leaves us then with or would leave us with a substantial provision in Greater York . |
| 42 | There was no suggestion that this order would be impossible for the husband to comply with or would cripple his business . |
| 43 | So the first people who made films , the first people who invented the apparatus by means of which they could be made , were relatively simple showmen or photographers , or in certain cases like Edison , erm the , you know a professional inventor , who would use either his staff to develop a piece of apparatus , or would do it himself . |
| 44 | He knew that the animal would either kill Sir Henry or would hurt him so badly that it would be easy to complete the murder . ’ |
| 45 | If Merton 's ‘ partner ’ adopted a character , he would refuse to accept it , or would decide he 's rather they were something completely different . |
| 46 | The second argues more generally that since we have made mistakes , or would make them in imaginary similar circumstances , we do not know now . |
| 47 | The argument is that we or others have made mistakes in the past or would make them in circumstances which , so far as we can tell , are not relevantly different from our present circumstances . |
| 48 | He said : ‘ We can therefore expect , on government logic , local Conservative Associations to be taken over by business ratepayers bent on winning control of councils to promote spending on services and goods they either supply or would benefit them . |
| 49 | He either would n't give me a line or would say my line himself . ’ |
| 50 | What will or would cause something is not a cause , but only a possible cause or potential cause , until or unless the effect actually occurs . |
| 51 | Whether she 'd be alone , or would have someone waiting . |
| 52 | It 's all I can or will tell you . |
| 53 | Thus it may soon come about ( may indeed have come about already ) that teachers will be advising ‘ average ’ pupils not to attempt the difficult questions ; or will separate them out to sit special papers suitable only for the F grades . |
| 54 | So women you 've sent , have you sent up Avriel 's name or will send it up . |
| 55 | ‘ Nothing has changed or will change my plans , ’ he answered . |
| 56 | We reserve the right in any circumstance to cancel your holiday , and , in this event , we will return to you all monies you have paid us or will offer you an alternative available holiday to purchase , or comparable standard , in no case , except for reasons of war etc. ( see Important note above ) , will your holiday be cancelled less than 8 weeks before the scheduled departure date . |
| 57 | The important thing is to avoid mistaken career moves , no matter how much your employer wants — or will pay you — to make them . ’ . . |
| 58 | Therefore , the majority of those who are to be made redundant will either have their own homes or will buy them shortly after . |
| 59 | Sometimes insects are disinclined to collect pollen , preferring nectar , or will pack it away in places from which it is not easily dislodged . |
| 60 | Your Field Officer will either provide you with direct advice and support or will put you in touch with someone who can help . |