Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may reawaken memories of happier times-'my husband would have done that in five minutes ' . |
| 2 | The boy who has no dad , for instance , may paint dads all over the place ; the one with a new baby sister may leave her out altogether . |
| 3 | Mud volcanoes are rather more impressive features which may attain elevations of up to 100 m , eruptions of mud arising from the heating of shallow ground water . |
| 4 | At maximum it may attain magnitude 5 , but at minimum it falls to below 12 . |
| 5 | One : the gifts and calling of the Holy Spirit given that we may attain unity and maturity ( 4:1–16 ) . |
| 6 | The figures may be better , but a sense of directionless malaise in America may hurt Mr Bush harder . |
| 7 | As I have already indicated , the critical question we must ask is how we may design selection procedures which encourage sensible teaching and learning . |
| 8 | Similarly , the use of ‘ we ’ to express solidarity and ‘ institutional voice ’ may invoke power and status through , amongst other things , lending oneself the strength of numbers . |
| 9 | The implication is that , depending on the preference of the church planter , YWAM may plant Baptist , Anglican , house church or another type of church , but not YWAM churches ! |
| 10 | The Castle has ‘ stored ’ emotions in the stones of the towers , and the effects of these ‘ memories ’ may weaken adventurers who enter them . |
| 11 | The more even distribution of food is commonly associated with exclusive ranging in mammals and the presence of potentially aggressive males may enhance dispersion . |
| 12 | If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings . |
| 13 | It enables people to develop new skills which may enhance confidence and self esteem . |
| 14 | Here some state intervention ( for example , to limit the working day across all firms ) may enhance labour productivity and boost workers ' demand for factory products . |
| 15 | Polyploidy may enhance adaptability , and is regarded as useful preadaptation for stressful environments ( Löve and Löve , 1974 ) . |
| 16 | The vagina and vaginal opening , in a healthy woman , are highly distensible and even where there is some tightness this may enhance sensation in both parties rather than otherwise . |
| 17 | Research into the various literatures that define empowerment has also begun to identify ‘ control over destiny ’ as a broad-based variable that may enhance health . |
| 18 | Whatever she had felt at nineteen , hatred was all that was left now , and hatred ought to impart strength . |
| 19 | Nor are such stories necessarily false : life may deliberately imitate literature ( cp. p. 268 on Alexander and the Homeric heroes ) , and life may imitate life — Domitian reading Tiberius ' notebooks to get ideas . |
| 20 | To be sure , designers on one side may pirate good ideas , may imitate design features , from the other side . |
| 21 | The hidden curriculum may transmit messages not only about the time perspective of tasks , but about identification with them , and in particular the non-identification that is implied by the idea of scepticism . |
| 22 | Shared use of needles and syringes may transmit HIV . |
| 23 | ‘ The Minister said we ought to circulate Tweed 's photo as well . |
| 24 | The limits within which committees may modify government proposals are fixed by the major parties . |
| 25 | We ought to support family life as one of the foundation stones of a good society and in consequence fight determinedly against the unemployment , poverty and lack of opportunity by which it is so often menaced . |
| 26 | She had the cheek to say he ought to cancel meetings only because of ill-health or for work opportunities , not because he 'd decided to go out with someone else . |
| 27 | We may construct defences for our sensibility by being deliberately offensive , diminishing others and not listening to them . |
| 28 | Social benefits are not solely restricted to cash returns but include any favourable effects that may affect members of the community at large ; for example , the time saved in travelling because a hospital is sited at a particular location . |
| 29 | There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis . |
| 30 | There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis . |