Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen , feeling at last that he ought to retire from contra matters — — but remembering what he had sworn ‘ on the altar of God ’ — hoped that he might still be of use to North ‘ against another group of Godless communists . ’ |
| 2 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 3 | But er eventually I found out that er , er , I ca n't er work peacefully here , because if I stopped for er , fighting for the benefit of the workers then er they will think that er I have been bribed or something like this and if I keep fighting for them then there 's no peace of mind , there 's always struggle , so I thought I 'll leave , and the second was , that I wanted to bring my family into this country and I was n't saving anything while leaving them because that 's a bit expensive area and er , the person who got the job for me he said let's migrate to Yorkshire . |
| 4 | Complaints may range from criticism of the architecture of the house to criticism of the methods available for doing housework : |
| 5 | As the people from whom paper SPRs originate may range from software developers with an intimate knowledge of the software to users with only a rudimentary understanding of computers , it is advisable to route incoming SPRs through a single responsible authority , or one per project , associated with the LIFESPAN manager . |
| 6 | Their prey may range from insects , snails and lizards to rodents , birds , birds ' eggs and small mammals . |
| 7 | It may be caused by an accidental or inadvertent release from an industrial plant , and the effects may range from annoyance ( e.g. odour ) through minor illness or discomfort ( nose , eye and breathing irritation , coughing , nausea ) to , in some cases , serious illness or even death as happened at Seveso , Bhopal and Chernobyl ( table 7.3 ) . |
| 8 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 9 | Criteria may range in breadth from very narrow ( " can add two single-digit numbers when no regrouping is required " ) to very broad ( " can calculate using any of the four rules of number " ) ; the narrower a criterion statement the less equivocal its reference and so the more precisely assessment tasks based on it will be specified . |
| 10 | The disappearances may range in cause from the Roman invasion to the obliteration of a village for an aircraft runway , from sheer neglect to site redevelopment . |
| 11 | Individual saints may testify to God 's supernatural provision , but their experience can not be universalised . |
| 12 | This may relate to collateral development and/or remodelling of the lesion during the period following thrombolysis . |
| 13 | This may relate to transactions costs and limits on proportions of issues that can be lent . |
| 14 | Gustason indicates that this may relate to attitude and shows further evidence on positive attitudes towards both ASL and Manual English among teachers , The problem which arose among deaf teachers was whether it was possible for teachers to use ASL in teaching . |
| 15 | Such conditions may relate to route , size , timing , etc. , of the march . |
| 16 | These advantages may relate to factor supplies , technology spillovers from domestic firms that can only be captured by locating there , the need to jump over trade barriers , or simply the opportunity to exploit a potential monopoly position . |
| 17 | There are scenes on pottery which may relate to periods of licence and mockery . |
| 18 | For the depressed person , the loss may be of a more ideal kind and may relate to aspects of himself that destroy his security of self-esteem . |
| 19 | I note you 've got a site inspection on the hockey club room but not for the eighty seven houses that may affect for generations , I E . |
| 20 | Also , with the use of steam in large rooms , high volumes of condensation may occur which may drip onto food contact surfaces bringing with it bacterial and physical contamination . |
| 21 | But especially Peter let's let's think about people like ourselves and the kind of work we do . |
| 22 | Let's think about motive . ’ |
| 23 | Let's think about opinion poles . |
| 24 | Thus in ordinary custody disputes between father and mother the status quo often dictates the answer which the court has to give , notwithstanding that the status was achieved in circumstances which the court may regard with disfavour . |
| 25 | What the workers might think is a lively practical joke , management may regard as disruption or sabotage ; what workers might see as an intensification of their labour , management may regard as an improvement in flexibility , and so forth . |
| 26 | I 'll tell you who you ought to fall in love with , Clare . ’ |
| 27 | These are just some of the losses we may experience in life . |
| 28 | These unreasonable expectations are behind not a few referrals to social services , or they may militate against success in other cases which involve children and young people . |
| 29 | And then we may retro-fit to places like Finchley . ’ |
| 30 | Any particular drugs that you ought to acquire in readiness for an outbreak here ? ’ |