Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tourists in search of a little colonial nostalgia can still go ballroom dancing in the crumbling grandeur of the Eastern & Oriental Hotel or may chance across an ancient guide book : ‘ To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland 's Yacht ’ . |
| 2 | Or should development be given over to a broad church of interest groups and realised by a catholic mix of architects working in a number of complementary styles ? |
| 3 | Whether he is sober enough to go back and fetch his dilapidated car , or should soldier on , is the question here , or at any rate part of it . |
| 4 | Or should policy concentrate more on clarifying the goals and outcomes of learning , and on providing the kind of support which will enable schools to identify for themselves the best possible ways of achieving such goals and outcomes ? |
| 5 | Should criminal or civil sanctions be employed , or should regulation fall to the professional bodies , to be dealt with in the time-honoured fashion of self-regulation ? |
| 6 | It put the stark question : ‘ Shall we put an end to the human race : or shall mankind renounce war ? ’ |
| 7 | Or shall Mammy read it ? ’ |
| 8 | Are there any special circumstances making legal representation desirable or would hardship follow if it was withheld ? |
| 9 | Would Coker , Australia 's World Cup No 8 , be back for the Pilkington final on May 2 or would selection requirements 12,000 miles away take precedence ? |
| 10 | In recent years people have been asking : does the post need to be filled or can reorganisation be used to distribute the work among existing staff ? |
| 11 | Must the existence of God be probable , or can theism seek to defend its position against the improbability of God 's existence ? |
| 12 | First there was the trend to focus upon extreme events because these are the ones that may occasion damage and costs , they are the ones for which landscape management strategies may be designed , and this was a departure from the earlier emphasis upon the average experience . |
| 13 | Clear indication should be given of any areas of uncertainty that may impact significantly on the amount of the offer ; |
| 14 | Any areas of uncertainty that may impact significantly on the quantum of your offer . |
| 15 | On continental Antarctica two species of penguins , emperors Aptenodytes forsteri and Adelies Pygoscelis adeliae , are the most prominent breeding birds ; both breed colonially in groups that may number tens or hundreds of thousands . |
| 16 | Dr Cassidy put forward fairly Burmin 's assertions that gold mining on Croagh Patrick would in no way interfere with the pilgrimage : ‘ I say in all fairness that should planning permission for mining ever be granted Burmin have given me repeated assurances that there will be no interference with the Pilgrim Path , there would be no interference with Patrick 's Peak or that particular part of the mountain range . ’ |
| 17 | But , for Labour , the awkward fact remains that should devolution re-appear on the political agenda , then the ‘ West Lothian ’ question must re-emerge . |
| 18 | There is no requirement that use or disclosure be intentional ; nor must loss to the company be established . |
| 19 | Nor should industry expect ‘ to find refuge in a perpetually depreciating currency ’ , Mrs Thatcher said , underlining Nigel Lawson 's opposition to devaluation of the pound . |
| 20 | Certainly censorship should not be allowed to masquerade as virtuous compromise , but nor should commitment to free speech go unexamined . |
| 21 | Nor should News on Sunday be part of it . |
| 22 | They should not learn different roles depending on their sex , nor should learning be based on punishments but on respect for their understanding and potentialities . |
| 23 | It must be able to run full-tilt down any of its tracks , anticipating every hazard on the surface that might trip it up and leaning into familiar bends like an experienced racing driver going round a well-practised circuit . |
| 24 | Easton 's section police tour the district in their vehicles awaiting such calls , although this meander does have another purpose in that ‘ You just never know what you could come across : maybe someone in a car that might containammunition , perhaps a stolen car , or perhaps your wife in a car with a best mate ’ ( FN 7/3/87 , p. 3 ) . |
| 25 | The Bank is looking at other options : a variable-rate gilt that might interest banks , or more index-linked gilts . |
| 26 | Well now that , that 's the thing we did appreciate , because er in those days no , no house had got its own bath it was a case of a tin bath on the hearth , but when I joined the club when I was working in the , when I was thirteen I , I left school cos me being having no father I was able to l leave school when I made me attendances , oh that 's something that might interest you I was thinking about . |
| 27 | But despite Rumens 's wit and some good supporting acting , this gets to be little more than one of those stories that might grace Woman Now 's problems page . |
| 28 | Nor could capitalist or socialist states deal by themselves with the threat of a nuclear catastrophe , or the difficulties that were facing the developing countries . |
| 29 | Nor could peasant society be kept unchanged over 250 years . |
| 30 | Nor could colonization and controlled tenures satisfy the deep-rooted popular desire for outright ownership . |