Example sentences of "[verb] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the concepts explained may appear to be self-evident but their thorough understanding will assist the reader in later chapters which concentrate on international banks , markets and financial flows . |
| 2 | It is tempting to sit on your backside at the hut on a hot afternoon but an hour 's reconnoitre may repay its effort many times over . |
| 3 | I understand the Campaign for Real Ale Limited may change the amount only after giving me prior notice . |
| 4 | The time scale for which such forecasts may be calculated may vary from one month to several years ahead . |
| 5 | The time scale for which such forecasts may be calculated may vary from one month to several years ahead . |
| 6 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
| 7 | But the psychologism this encourages may help to mute feminist debate . |
| 8 | The desire to continue to nurse may have to be subjugated to the need to work at something which enables the other responsibilities to be satisfied . |
| 9 | The list of the sort of aggravations that could arise may appear to be daunting . |
| 10 | But you 're , but you 're quite right you , you certainly , you certainly have the right to say look , you know , rather than signing this now er I do need some time to think I mean let's face it there 's a load of s If you turn it over on the back of the credit agree |
| 11 | No it was just it was just so you , I mean let's face it , er my father used to mend our shoes , repair our shoes , in fact I 've still got his hobbing iron now . |
| 12 | I mean let's face it |
| 13 | wherever you go wherever you go there 's gon na be all this upheaval and I mean let's face it if the Tories do n't get in this time , and pray god they do n't , Labour 's gon na completely |
| 14 | No , no not a blocked one but I mean let's face it |
| 15 | . I mean , like , okay it was n't bad I mean let's face it and I 'm not exactly flipping Dolly Parton am I ? ! |
| 16 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
| 17 | and I mean let's face it you might not like it ! |
| 18 | and I mean let's face it if he is still with the old grandmother , it 's , that 's a different world as well in n it ? |
| 19 | I mean let's face it it 's not realistic . |
| 20 | on this , on this particular matter , I would like to add erm on C E G traffic manager as a tem as a temporarily lease because , I mean let's face it unless we plan ahead we are going to be in a hell of a muddle , in trouble . |
| 21 | I mean let's say this |
| 22 | Not , not to be s unsympathetic but I mean let's try and get this in |
| 23 | I mean let's take one er because of the hyper- inflation in Venezuela you pay fifty percent on debt there . |
| 24 | Education in schools , colleges and youth projects to try and prevent young people from sniffing may help to reduce casualties . |
| 25 | Ultimately , of course , Æthelred 's inactivity did cost him his throne , but the point at which this could reasonably have been foreseen may have been little clearer to contemporaries than it is today . |
| 26 | Declining the chance to invest may result in considerable losses through lack of maintaining competitive strengths in the industry . |
| 27 | But they do not decide the issue because many of the Catholic scholars listed may have experienced the frustration of censorship to a degree not experienced by their Protestant contemporaries . |
| 28 | John Fletcher , who spends his spare time stargazing , photographed comet Swift Tuttle — an object which some astronomers fear may collide with the earth on it 's next visit . |
| 29 | Developing a ‘ collaborative classroom ’ did not mean suddenly insisting that everyone works together all the time ( as some teachers fear may happen if enthusiasm for ‘ group work ’ gets out of hand ) , but rather creating conditions which would allow the collective resources of the group to be used to support and enhance across the whole range of classroom activity . |
| 30 | It ranks high among those topics which you fear may bore your listeners , but which , secretly , you take very seriously . |