Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may hurt to hear accusing comments like this — for highly-charged emotions are often linked to equally-highly-charged events , or a series of events , from our past . |
| 2 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 3 | Several factors may modify prescribing such as the patient ( morbidity , deprivation , health education , and expectations ) , the doctor ( workload , repeat prescription systems , consultation style , and prescribing formulary ) , and external criteria ( therapeutic advances , primary/secondary care interface , and drug company marketing ) . |
| 4 | He 's a thief , a criminal , he nicked my bag and I had to sift through every shit-bin in Bristol till I found my dreams and found out what I ought to 've known all along if you had n't … |
| 5 | Variances may relate to cost or volume of work , that is controllable items , but not to inflation . |
| 6 | Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter . |
| 7 | Conversely , if people take account of the costs to themselves but not the burden on the National Health Service in deciding whether or not to smoke and damage their health , society may regard smoking as a merit bad that should be discouraged . |
| 8 | One could imagine a ‘ price pause ’ for a limited time ; but after that — is there something familiar about all this ? — one would have to start discovering which prices ought to rise and which ought to fall to offset them , and this is just what we want a commission to do for us because we pretend that we do n't know how to do it for ourselves . |
| 9 | Now this means that erm putting it in its simplest way that for any of the districts in North Yorkshire and for Harrogate and if I may presume to say so in Selby in particular where the need is greatest , the local authorities must have the ability to designate what is provocatively called green field land , if they so wish in their local plan , proper consultations and strategic policies , they must have that freedom to do that if they are to be able to offer in their district land which will prove attractive to erm employment generating uses . |
| 10 | If your amaryllis has produced seed pods , you may fancy raising seedlings . |
| 11 | More exceptionally still , Parliament may endeavour to prevent judicial review and may wish the decisions of the tribunal to be final and beyond the supervisory jurisdiction of the ordinary courts . |
| 12 | Consequently , pastures may remain contaminated , albeit at a very low level . |
| 13 | On reinfection with most species the larvae may remain arrested at L4 in nodules for up to one year ; however with Oe. venulosum nodules are absent while in Oe. dentatum they are barely visible . |
| 14 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 15 | Depending on the nature of the defect , electrons may remain trapped for long periods of time ; such a trap would be referred to as ‘ deep ’ . |
| 16 | Hadley acknowledges there is a possibility that opportunities may arise to represent Japan at international level but stresses that he would not consider selection if it in any way jeopardized his standing with the Canadian Rugby Union . |
| 17 | Some bad moments may arise paying fares on buses . |
| 18 | Examples of the sorts of situations that may arise include : |
| 19 | Third , the Bank may lend to relieve " technical shortages " due to , say , oversubscription to a privatisation issue ( for example , on 30 October 1981 , the Bank lent £121 million over the weekend through the discount window because of the heavy oversubscription for shares in Cable and Wireless ) . |
| 20 | ‘ You may think to deflect the curse , ’ said the sorceress , ‘ and for a while you will do so , for your sorcerers are powerful , and the Enchantment they have woven will endure . |
| 21 | If you use a marketing department for any reason , you will need to prepare a proper brief which includes what you want , when you need it by , the reasons for the request , and how much time you may think fitting for them to spend on your request . |
| 22 | Well it 's harder than you may think to make a copy of your dick . |
| 23 | ‘ I think — I think you ought to go to see her , sir . ’ |
| 24 | Well I do n't know , but she , I said , cos she 's telling me about her coming , only three days up the hospital then she 's got ta go back to her own place because Ian said she 'd never managed , she keeps falling and she said this woman never went to see her once when she was in hospital , yet she 's getting paid it look all the time , and she ought to go to see if there 's anything she wants you see |
| 25 | Ooh I said , you ought to go get one of these ! |
| 26 | By adding the pluses and minuses , it soon becomes apparent which of the remaining six places we ought to go to visit for a final decision . |
| 27 | ‘ I think , ’ she repeated to the reporter from the Sun , ‘ that everybody ought to go sailing . |
| 28 | ‘ Maybe I ought to go have ( done ) to me what Casey had done , ’ North told a friend bitterly ; ‘ take my brain out , and leave me alone . ’ |
| 29 | And let's make do and mend . |
| 30 | A report published at about the same time as this scheme was being inaugurated suggests , however , that BES competition for limited funds may damage housing associations by raising the cost of borrowing . |