Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " 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 | You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key . |
| 3 | You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Research work also continues on serotonin secretion by the brain and on drugs that may affect that process . |
| 7 | Other regulations may affect any supplier , whether manufacturer , wholesaler or retailer ( e. g. regulations requiring information to be supplied with goods ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | At least you are starting with a breeding pair , but even so you may experience some disharmony . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | PERHAPS the Independent Traveller ought to carry some sort of warning : ‘ Reading this section can change your life . ’ |
| 15 | Whether they love it or hate it , they ought to acquire some knowledge of it . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Well trampled ground may remain that way for some time . |
| 18 | You may think that noise just has something to do with an airport at Stanstead , but it is n't . |
| 19 | Lillie , Lillie , we was playing darts on Monday , came out from the ladies toilets ' and said You ought to see that skirting board , it 's all coming away and rotting . |
| 20 | I do n't know if there 's anything on tomorrow Maybe we ought to go this evening if she 's there to work . |
| 21 | Again , this may explain that phenomenon which is central to the relevance of discourse analysis to language teaching : how is it that a student with an advanced proficiency in pronunciation , grammar , and lexis somehow fails to use these language skills to communicate successfully ? |
| 22 | Differences in sample characteristics may explain some part of it ( for instance in Ipswich the action samples contained a higher proportion of heavily dependent people who went straight into institutions after their referral to the psychogeriatric service ) . |
| 23 | When a number of people have taken that holiday , they may conduct another poll to investigate whether they enjoyed it , and , most important , whether they would repeat it or recommend it to friends . |
| 24 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 25 | ( 6 ) Where an award has been given in the absence of a party , the arbitrator shall have power on that party 's application to set the award aside and to order a fresh hearing as if the award were a judgment and the application were made pursuant to Ord 37 , r 2. ( 7 ) With the consent of the parties and at any time before giving his decision and either before or after the hearing , the arbitrator may consult any expert or call for an expert report on any matter in dispute or invite an expert to attend the hearing as assessor . |
| 26 | You may consult this man , but he is to have no direct or unsupervised contact with the families of the girls , and he is to work only under your orders , not independently . |
| 27 | Male and female waved albatrosses ( Diomede irrorata ) , which live on Isla Española of the Galapagos Islands , may court each other , with an extensive repertory of stereotyped movements of the neck and bill , for several hours a day , day in day out for much of the year ( Figure 8.1 ) . |
| 28 | The developments described in this section will continue to have a cumulative impact , and , as differences in income , wealth and welfare are widened still further , Britain 's underclass will become even more vulnerable , particularly when part of this strategy may disenfranchise this group from citizenship . |
| 29 | It is a defence for a person charged with ‘ Being in Charge ’ to prove that at the time he is alleged to have committed the offence the circumstances were such that there was no likelihood of his driving the vehicle whilst the proportion of alcohol in his breath , blood or urine remained likely to exceed the prescribed limit ; but in determining whether there was such a likelihood the court may disregard any injury to him and any damage to the vehicle . |
| 30 | The change agents , in the light of their professional values , get satisfaction out of client participation ( Bernstein , 1960 , although the findings in York , 1989 , referred to above , in the third section , may throw some doubt on this ) . |