Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An addition may nut he able to take up its home address , because it is already occupied by a synonym from some other address .
2 ( In earlier sets patterns may leave have a different number . )
3 VARIOUS : Smashie And Nicey Present Let's Rock VARIOUS : Blockbuster !
4 European Investment Bank loans guaranteed by the EC budget may amount over 1990-2 to $1.1billion for Poland and Hungary .
5 Many large firms will have official anti-discrimination policies , although the personnel management at local level may practice discrimination , perhaps avoiding hiring black workers or laying them off first in time of recession .
6 That the country would be lifted from recession should Neil Kinnock step aside in my favour counts for nothing .
7 This output is also protected by clamp diodes ( D1 , D3 ) to prevent damage should inputs and outputs be reversed .
8 However , this conflict between preparation for an invasion and the immediate raiding of the enemy coasts was never clearly resolved ; and a force of Royal Marines and Commandos was held on the Clyde forever preparing for landings against the possible need to capture an Atlantic island base should Gibraltar fall .
9 Aims of learning : What knowledge and skills should children acquire ?
10 Further comment might be superfluous , except to say that the disposal of fission products should interest many chemist but is hardly central to a text on inorganic chemistry .
11 Chi Ma Wan inmates have been threatening violent resistance should moves be made to deport them .
12 Shareholders should pre-register with ShareLink by telephoning 0922 744500 .
13 Shareholders should pre-register with ShareLink by telephoning 0922 744500 .
14 Yet such triumphant tragedies must needs occur .
15 Given that industrial democracy , defined as the ultimate right and duty of the men and women working in an industrial enterprise to call management to account for its performance , and , if that performance does not satisfy them , to replace management , is desirable in principle and as a means of making the efficient conduct of the enterprise their natural concern ; recognising that the rights of use attaching to ownership , whether in the private or public sector , are inalienable ; recognising the value in general of competition as a means of keeping production and provision sensitive to public needs and tastes , and as a means of relating the distribution of resources to them ; to consider ( i ) in what sort of industrial organisation would industrial democracy be feasible ; ( ii ) how far and in what circumstances would the adoption of such a form of organisation be feasible ; ( iii ) by what means should its adoption be promoted and how long would it take to establish it as a characteristic feature in the industrial scene ; ( iv ) what part should trade unions play in its promotion and adoption and what changes would that part require in their functions as they are commonly understood ; and ( v ) where in the case of a particular industry , or organisation , the general interest requires that accountability should be to the public at large , considered for example as consumers or users of goods produced or beneficiaries from services provided , what compensatory measures should be introduced so as to make good as far as possible the permanent denial to employees of a right which is in principle generally desirable ?
16 When Camille had choked on an Aztec cuff-link , a sizeable piece of jewellery such as had then been fashionable , Constance 's mum had held her upside down by the ankles and banged her until she disgorged it , while Scarlet had knelt in the unutterable anguish of one about to be bereaved , determining to destroy herself without hesitation should Camille not survive the experience .
17 This will be included in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement as an obligation which the transferor must procure. ( 2 ) Exemption from the pre-emption provisions to allow : transfers within corporate groups : transfers to immediate relatives and family trusts ; transfers by an investor which is a managed fund to other funds managed by the same investor ; " warehousing " ( subject to the control of the investor ) .
18 This will allow regression should LIFESPAN ABLE fail at any stage .
19 Leaders of some ECOWAS member countries were reported to have agreed privately that ECOMOG forces would be ordered on to the offensive should Taylor 's group renege on the agreement .
20 To which activities should priority be given ?
21 Cypress ' Sparc ‘ sunsidiary ’ Ross Technology shipped only about $3.9m worth of product last quarter and its continued existence should Sun not opt for the HyperSparc is in doubt .
22 Indeed , a Marine must needs become gigantic to contain within himself how did the litany run ? — the Secondary Heart , Ossmodula , Biscopea ; the Haemostamen , Larramen 's Organ , and Lyman 's Ear …
23 I mean , there ca n't possibly be any hope now that some survivors may surface . ’
24 Some sort of test — a ritual May hunt — She
25 The eye of the affected side may water with tears .
26 To be sure , designers on one side may pirate good ideas , may imitate design features , from the other side .
27 The stretcher across the back of the chair will similarly have angled shoulders , but not necessarily at the same angle as the seat rail , as the back legs may taper away towards the bottom ; indeed they generally do .
28 A large Emmenthal wheel may weight up to 80kg/200lb .
29 The main emphasis is on the various ways that these relationships may pattern and establish expectations and opportunities for different individuals .
30 But it now looks as though pressure for earlier action may surface at the United Nations in the autumn , led by Canada and Malta .
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