Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 2 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 3 | Let's go , let's cover ourselves in glory — in Africa , ’ and his usually mild tones rose in indignation . |
| 4 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 5 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
| 6 | Academics regard bias as a sin , but others may regard it as a virtue . |
| 7 | For example , Christians may regard it as an expression of Christian love to convert others to Christ , and they may consider it their moral duty to urge men to follow Christ . |
| 8 | ' ’ This may fool it into thinking you are not afraid and therefore more powerful than it is . ’ ‘ |
| 9 | The larger donors will use their leverage to influence policy ; an NGO official in a district may lord it over his Mozambican counterparts . |
| 10 | With the hot spell set to continue , doctors now fear some people may expose themselves to the risk of skin cancer.Gareth Furby reports . |
| 11 | Over-committing yourself to a foot sweep may expose you to your opponent 's full point counter |
| 12 | You really are not so handsome as you promised to be ; and I have long wished , by conversation like this , to do away what mischief the flattering character I gave of you may expose you to . |
| 13 | Asthma , heart conditions , diabetes or epilepsy may expose you to special risks with watersports in the heat . |
| 14 | Now as I understand it the minister 's position is that he be bound to refer that matter to the partner responsible for audit and that partner er would then be put on notice that er he ought to report it to the relevant authority . |
| 15 | ‘ They ought to thank us for letting our Thing do their job for them , ’ said Gurder solemnly . |
| 16 | As we have seen , such organisations tend to be dominated by formal rules and by committees which may lend themselves to the more autocratic style of leadership . |
| 17 | Finally , the information found may lend itself to various forms of presentation , ranging from fact sheets to some kind of argument for or against various issues . |
| 18 | Acute , function-related pain is primarily sensory or peripheral , and may lend itself to treatment with analgesics directed to the involved organ . |
| 19 | You ought to shop him for the income tax then |
| 20 | It is not simply that it is a vital matter for some small group of people ( as some may think them to be ) called ‘ Christian feminists ’ who would reconcile their feminism with their Christian faith . |
| 21 | One may think there to be very little point in simply reciting that ‘ the church has never ordained women ’ without enquiring into why this should have been . |
| 22 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 23 | As to the visit to Merstham , I had hoped that if he were to come all that way , he ought to see something of the country , as it was then still of an unspoilt rural character and in autumn especially beautiful . |
| 24 | This group 's only sin is their wry self-consciousness which falls smugly short of arrant narcissism ; the fey , running commentary implicit in their song-titles ( ‘ Rent ’ , ‘ Shopping ’ , ‘ Suburbia ’ , ‘ Opportunities [ Let's Make Lots of Money ] ’ ) signifies detachment , and finally alienation From the allure , the lush materiality of pop . |
| 25 | Negative attitudes are sometimes rationalised and disguised as concern , emphasising that disabled people may damage themselves by undertaking such demanding work ( Safilios-Rothschild , 1976 ; French , 1986a ) . |
| 26 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 27 | In the same way we may stress ourselves at work , causing ulcers , backache and nervous breakdowns in the process , but for what ? |
| 28 | Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school . |
| 29 | In examining these conflicts and changes the particular aims of the researchers are to : elucidate the changes that occurred in the UK defence science and technology system in the 1980 's and to analyse their dynamics and interactions ; ii identify and examine the assumptions about the future being made by firms and governments to guide their current decision-making in this area ; iii consider whether clear and stable structural trends are emerging , and the factors that may influence them in the 1990's , including the transition to a single European market ; iv establish a better framework for assessing contemporary developments in defence technology policy and their consequences for other areas of science and technology policy . |
| 30 | The agricultural experts pushing crop substitution programmes may congratulate themselves on Pakistan 's declining opium output , but the truth is that the country is now specialising more in processing and marketing . |