Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 We are sometimes scared that , if we tell the other person what we think , we may hurt that person .
2 We have seen , for instance , that the magnitude of transaction costs in the market for control may shield all but the most egregious cases of management failure .
3 Such considerations , sometimes working together , may debar many adjectives from ever appearing postnominally ; in other instances , acceptability may be marginal enough to depend not only on these factors , but also on the particular circumstances .
4 Before long Bill Clinton , who is keen on grand visions , may rediscover these ideas and start trying to apply them once more to the global economy .
5 You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key .
6 You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key .
7 Governments ought to acknowledge that .
8 Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman .
9 Though it is often suggested that Metastrongylus may transmit some of the porcine viruses , and may enhance the effect of viruses already present in the lungs , the role of the worm is not conclusively proven .
10 I think on those Work in Progress meetings , I think you ought to circulate those , the minutes of those meetings , to the whole group , it would be helpful .
11 Locally elected municipalities may modify those guidelines , but ‘ The vast majority of the municipalities adopt the Ministry guidelines for all or almost all subjects ’ .
12 The British government , for the sake of the world trading system and the welfare of its people , ought to support this vulnerable initiative .
13 A Christian may relate this concept to that of the Word in the prologue to St John 's Gospel , or to the idea of Wisdom in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha with its quasi-personal cause .
14 But , as Archer ( 1981 ) points out , class may affect many psychological measures , like mathematical ability and childrearing practices , more strongly than gender .
15 Research work also continues on serotonin secretion by the brain and on drugs that may affect that process .
16 Leaked preliminary results from a study by the department of environmental and occupational medicine at Newcastle University have suggested that organophosphorous sheep dips may affect those regularly involved in sheep dipping .
17 Other sources of fungi which may affect some people
18 Frost-hardening may affect some tissues but not others ; it is not unusual for well-established tissues to be hardened but for buds and growing shoots to be nipped by frost .
19 ( 2 ) The register may be rectified under this section , notwithstanding that the rectification may affect any estates , rights , charges , or interests acquired or protected by registration , or by any entry on the register , or otherwise .
20 Other regulations may affect any supplier , whether manufacturer , wholesaler or retailer ( e. g. regulations requiring information to be supplied with goods ) .
21 This necessity for innate leadership qualities may affect these managers judgement when choosing someone for a supervisory job .
22 Subjects will have been infected for varying lengths of time , which may affect these findings .
23 When you are assessing a patient who is being admitted to your ward , make a list of potential risks which may affect this particular individual .
24 Let let's relate this to organisation .
25 And er let's think That 's it on that .
26 Let's think this through .
27 If the subsequent treaty prevents performance of a State 's prior obligations , parties to the former may regard that State as committing a material breach of the earlier treaty and act accordingly .
28 The picture is complicated by the fact that national authorities may regard some discrimination between nationals and non-nationals as being necessary in order to ensure the protection of national interests such as the collection of taxes .
29 Unconsciously , they may regard those sort of questions as intrusive or threatening , in that the other person may not say what they wish to hear .
30 Luxury hotels may only allocate twenty per cent of their accommodation , whereas other hotels may regard this type of business as their main source of income and allocate eighty per cent or more of their accommodation and plan their services around this kind of market .
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