Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are sometimes scared that , if we tell the other person what we think , we may hurt that person . |
| 2 | Such considerations , sometimes working together , may debar many adjectives from ever appearing postnominally ; in other instances , acceptability may be marginal enough to depend not only on these factors , but also on the particular circumstances . |
| 3 | Before long Bill Clinton , who is keen on grand visions , may rediscover these ideas and start trying to apply them once more to the global economy . |
| 4 | You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key . |
| 5 | You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key . |
| 6 | Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman . |
| 7 | Locally elected municipalities may modify those guidelines , but ‘ The vast majority of the municipalities adopt the Ministry guidelines for all or almost all subjects ’ . |
| 8 | A Christian may relate this concept to that of the Word in the prologue to St John 's Gospel , or to the idea of Wisdom in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha with its quasi-personal cause . |
| 9 | Research work also continues on serotonin secretion by the brain and on drugs that may affect that process . |
| 10 | Frost-hardening may affect some tissues but not others ; it is not unusual for well-established tissues to be hardened but for buds and growing shoots to be nipped by frost . |
| 11 | Other sources of fungi which may affect some people |
| 12 | ( 2 ) The register may be rectified under this section , notwithstanding that the rectification may affect any estates , rights , charges , or interests acquired or protected by registration , or by any entry on the register , or otherwise . |
| 13 | Other regulations may affect any supplier , whether manufacturer , wholesaler or retailer ( e. g. regulations requiring information to be supplied with goods ) . |
| 14 | Subjects will have been infected for varying lengths of time , which may affect these findings . |
| 15 | This necessity for innate leadership qualities may affect these managers judgement when choosing someone for a supervisory job . |
| 16 | If the subsequent treaty prevents performance of a State 's prior obligations , parties to the former may regard that State as committing a material breach of the earlier treaty and act accordingly . |
| 17 | The picture is complicated by the fact that national authorities may regard some discrimination between nationals and non-nationals as being necessary in order to ensure the protection of national interests such as the collection of taxes . |
| 18 | Unconsciously , they may regard those sort of questions as intrusive or threatening , in that the other person may not say what they wish to hear . |
| 19 | Luxury hotels may only allocate twenty per cent of their accommodation , whereas other hotels may regard this type of business as their main source of income and allocate eighty per cent or more of their accommodation and plan their services around this kind of market . |
| 20 | While non-evangelicals and atheists might agree that there have been historically specific benefits from Protestantism , and that we ought to preserve such benefits , the evangelical adds a more direct link with the belief that God will punish us if we deviate further from his commands . |
| 21 | Sometimes a person may experience several deaths in the family close together . |
| 22 | At least you are starting with a breeding pair , but even so you may experience some disharmony . |
| 23 | You may experience some symptoms or " side effects ' from the foods under test . |
| 24 | If concern for B 's predicament as a pure matter of justice were not sufficient to convince the Court that it should have exercised its discretion in B's favour , the Convention arguments ought to carry more weight . |
| 25 | PERHAPS the Independent Traveller ought to carry some sort of warning : ‘ Reading this section can change your life . ’ |
| 26 | There are no harems in this kind of polygyny ; males only associate briefly with females , one at a time ; and one female may sample several males . |
| 27 | Whether they love it or hate it , they ought to acquire some knowledge of it . |
| 28 | ‘ where it is shown to the satisfaction of a rating authority that any amount paid in respect of rates , and not recoverable apart from this section , could properly be refunded on the ground that … ( e ) the person who made a payment in respect of rates was not liable to make that payment , the rating authority may refund that amount or a part thereof . |
| 29 | Well trampled ground may remain that way for some time . |
| 30 | You may think that noise just has something to do with an airport at Stanstead , but it is n't . |