Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [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 | Variances may relate to cost or volume of work , that is controllable items , but not to inflation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If your amaryllis has produced seed pods , you may fancy raising seedlings . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Consequently , pastures may remain contaminated , albeit at a very low level . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Some bad moments may arise paying fares on buses . |
| 15 | Examples of the sorts of situations that may arise include : |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Well it 's harder than you may think to make a copy of your dick . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The possibility that these momentarily high pressures may damage jointed rocks can not be ignored , but there is , curiously enough , no direct evidence as yet that actual damage has been caused by waves of this type . |
| 22 | 11 The use of citation counts in performance assessment may influence citing behaviour . |
| 23 | Or , with the ridge proper complete , you may prefer to return to Castleton via the path which passes Losehill Farm . |
| 24 | Peter Dale ( 1989 ) talks of ‘ defensive practices ’ where managers may choose to play safe in order to avoid criticism ‘ if anything goes wrong ’ , whereas their staff , more closely in touch with children and families , may prefer to employ a strategy of rehabilitation . |
| 25 | If he feels very unsafe , because the traffic is moving fast , he may prefer to ask a passer-by to help him across the road . |
| 26 | You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you . |
| 27 | The reader may prefer to move directly on to Section 3 ‘ The OED and the Future ’ . |
| 28 | For this reason women who have no children may prefer to use another method of contraception . |
| 29 | In cold weather male golfers may prefer to use a ladies ' ball because it will have similar feel to that of a 90 compression ball in normal temperatures . |
| 30 | However , egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue . |