Example sentences of "[modal v] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brothers have been brothers ’ bane — and may the nephew be sure of the uncle ? |
| 2 | Evidence can be freely taken by agents acting on behalf of foreign litigants ; but no compulsory processes may be used , nor may the evidence be taken on oath . |
| 3 | What the quarto labels ‘ the First SONG ’ runs right through from ‘ Come all ye songsters ’ to ‘ Sing while we trip it ’ Purcell divided this into no fewer than five separate numbers : the countertenor solo ‘ Come all ye songsters ’ ; the trio ‘ May the god of wit inspire ’ — without the chorus repeat specified in the quarto , but duly followed by what it labels ‘ a Composition of Instrumental Musick , in imitation of an Eccho ’ ; a chorus which , instead of repeating ‘ May the god of wit ’ , sets the first line of the second stanza , ‘ Now join your warbling voices all ’ ; and finally a solo , ‘ Sing while we trip it ’ , this time with the specified chorus repeat . |
| 4 | Not only may the boundaries of competence vary in distribution and number , they also vary in quality . |
| 5 | In what other ways may the powers of government be limited ? |
| 6 | Not only may the meetings of the relevant bodies absorb time and energy , but there is a danger that the number of approaches and instruments may lead to incoherence in international and domestic law . |
| 7 | But clearly , as society changes , so too may the patterns of inequality that prevail . |
| 8 | But again , depending on your hardware you may the output phase hardware , you might need to alter some things in the synthesizer to change it to the from eight to ten to twelve to sixteen bit data . |
| 9 | What other advantages may the managers have seen for a car assembly industry near Liverpool ? |
| 10 | May the men love you , and may the women do you no harm . ) |
| 11 | May the men love you , and may the women do you no harm . ) |
| 12 | By 12 may the patient had become encephalopathic . |
| 13 | How may the message be disentangled from the original imagery through which it was conveyed , or is this to distort and change its meaning Farrer has been criticized by Ian Barbour who writes : ‘ By his appeal to authority , Farrer makes ‘ authorized images ’ immune to criticism … . |
| 14 | Long may the spirit carry on in all all our lives . |
| 15 | ‘ May Britain be great once again and in the hour of the greatest danger in the west may the standard of the Hakenkreuz [ Swastika ] be raised from the dust , crowned with the historic words ‘ Ihr habt doch gesiegt. ’ [ you have conquered nevertheless . ] |
| 16 | Just as the phonetician may wish to make a more detailed , more specific description of the [ b ] under consideration , for example mentioning delayed onset of voicing and some protrusion of the lips during the period of closure , so may the ethnographer wish to specify some of the contextual features in great detail . |
| 17 | If they do come in and give a computer or prevent the school library closing by providing books , may the council not simply take the opportunity to make more cuts in the hope that the parents will pay up ? |
| 18 | I may the fele " ( p.87 ) ) Hilton spends thirty chapters ( 55 – 84 ) in defining that within man which hides his integrity and its source from him . |
| 19 | ‘ What task may the Douglas ask of me , Dunbar and March ? |
| 20 | Also the nature of the trade-offs may change over time , as may the choices of the policy-maker . |
| 21 | 4 ) How may the scope and structure of industrial goods markets affect the selling and buying activities and policies of supplier and purchasing companies ? |
| 22 | It may the removal of that hedgerow may not just may have other knock-on effects . |
| 23 | O may the memory of Charlie 's love and his earnest desire that you shall grow up an earnest Christian lead you to … throw your whole soul into the service of Christ … ‘ |
| 24 | They may differ from country to country , as may the level of pollution deemed acceptable , but there are common elements which make it possible to distinguish four types of strategies : ( 1 ) air quality management , ( 2 ) emission standards , ( 3 ) economic , and ( 4 ) cost-benefit . |
| 25 | It may change gradually over time , as indeed may the level of damages generally . |
| 26 | Only then may the supplier 's product be classified as satisfactory , and , perhaps after a number of years of further product tests have elapsed , the supplier may be added to the list of recognised contractors . |
| 27 | The seminal vesicles can become infected and inflamed , as may the epididymis and testis . |
| 28 | In either case , the tail may be held very low , as may the head . |
| 29 | Long may the scum have their day in the light . |
| 30 | What factors may the policeman take into account in deciding whether or not a breach of the peace is likely ? |