Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When sulphate availability is increased sulphate reducing bacteria proliferate and eventually may outcompete methanogens when the sulphate supply is sufficient . |
| 2 | According to the US consul in Saigon , three and a half of these four statements were completely false but , in fact , not only may Under-Secretary of State Dean Acheson have offered the ‘ good offices ’ of the US ( as they were to be offered in Indonesia ) but there was also at the same time in effect a plea from Moffat , then in Singapore , that for various reasons the US should intervene . |
| 3 | Not only may law influence human conduct but human conduct may influence the content of the law . |
| 4 | Not only may policy have to be carried out in a discretionary approach , but the authorities may be constrained to , |
| 5 | So let's sort of think about attitude , keep back , keep ourselves safe . |
| 6 | Much may hinge upon points that the typical executive might understandably regard as irritating technicalities . |
| 7 | Clause 9.15.2 may in particular be considered objectionable and so may clause 9.15.3 for that matter . |
| 8 | It seems likely that just as extremes of neglect may have long-term deleterious consequences , so may overprotection . |
| 9 | Therefore , take what occurs around the 29th or thereabouts as a definite sign or signal from the heavens that not only must life go on , but that it also has to get better and better . |
| 10 | Not only must federalism be stopped in its tracks . |
| 11 | Not only should school be a good place for children but a good place for teachers and other adult workers too ! |
| 12 | Not only should cycling shorts only be seen on people over six feet tall with perfect bodies , they should never be seen on Ben Lawers in October . |
| 13 | Recent research projects have emphasized that , not only should library skills not be taught in isolation from the curriculum , but they should also be taught in close partnership with study skills and communication skills . |
| 14 | So should psychoanalysis do anything to undermine people 's religious beliefs ? |
| 15 | So should crime be a priority this election . |
| 16 | How long should restraint last ? |
| 17 | His speech was delivered by means of fingerspelling ( the mode adopted by all speakers who were each limited to ten minutes ) : Before I went to America I was rather one-sided , and opposed the teaching of speech too much ; but after entering the celebrated college at Washington , I saw that not only could speech be taught with much success , but that those educated on the combined system spoke better than those educated on the so-called pure oral method . |
| 18 | There was a simple ordinariness about those brief appearances , during which Marcus enquired about Patrick 's health ; but how long could ordinariness continue and what would happen next ? |
| 19 | So could malaria parasites be destroyed by assaulting them with free oxygen radicals ? |
| 20 | How long would servicing take ? |
| 21 | Not only would working conditions and well-being be improved , but absenteeism may diminish and both productivity and quality be improved . |
| 22 | Not only would world markets benefit but EC taxpayers would not be asked to spend money in such a wasteful way . |
| 23 | This has since been supported by an important report from the Battelle Institute in Geneva which broadly suggests that if products such as cars or powerpacks were designed to last for 20 years not only would energy and materials be conserved , but about 65 per cent more work would be created and the jobs would be the interesting , fiddling , diagnostic type jobs that human beings love doing . |
| 24 | Not only would accommodation and compromise between these various interests be desirable , but also it may be that the best solution would be some alternative to a motorway , or some alternative route not already considered . |
| 25 | Councillor regrets that er we 're bringing council rents up by nine and half percent but what we 're doing is in fact precisely what his government is recommending us to do , so I 'm a little sup so would councillor kindly at some point explain why he regrets his own government 's policy . |
| 26 | Not only would Ulster be right to resist , but so would army officers who refused to enforce the decision of parliament : |
| 27 | With the return of the clippie , pick-up time would be dramatically reduced , and so would fuel consumption , air pollution and driver frustration . |
| 28 | So would coffin making stop on the island when your father stopped ? |
| 29 | Classroom organisation , teacher behaviour , and the influence of single-sex vs mixed-sex teaching of mathematics would be classed as ‘ educational ’ , and so would sexism in the curriculum or in classroom materials . |
| 30 | That as the State withered away , so would sexism , racism and all other unpleasant social evils . |