Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a programme in which you can devote six hours a day to language learning , Brewster and Brewster suggest the following amounts of time on each phrase : In your daily programme you may experience two reactions — boredom or frustration . |
| 2 | In fact , a pre-school child may swallow 0.3 grams to 0–4 grams of toothpaste at each brushing ( Journal of Dental Research , vol 5 p 1317 ) . |
| 3 | Adults may remain -5 months without feeding or notably moving in their winter aggregation site . |
| 4 | Salmon and sea trout enter throughout the year and may remain 10 months before spawning , during which time they do not feed . |
| 5 | A question such as Does Agatha sing in the bath ? may elicit three answers , of which answer ( a ) is an example of substitution , answer ( b ) of ellipsis , and answer ( c ) of reference : |
| 6 | Means ( 1988 ) argues that some authors treat the total group of " pensioners " ( a group which may cover 40 years given the trend to early retirement ) as a " special needs " category . |
| 7 | He may want one kind of person . |
| 8 | Elements other than in the uth , vth columns and rows are unaltered from those in A ; at the intersections of the uth , vth columns an rows the new elements are given by ( 3 ) ( with Buv = 0 ) , while the remaining elements Biu , Biv in the uth , vth columns and rows are unc We may make two deductions . |
| 9 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 10 | A pair of swallow-tailed cotingas , for example , may build two nests , laying eggs in both . |
| 11 | In-the-womb sucking may stimulate one side of the brain , which in turn may affect left-handedness . |
| 12 | So it would seem that children may assist one parent to care for the other who might otherwise go into a home , but apart from this they have to residential homes for some while caring for and thus avoiding the admission of others , and that these two influences cancel each other out in the statistics . |
| 13 | In short , we may recognise three sources for the similarities in bylaws of common field farming in the East Midlands : first , a pattern of intermingled parcels of land involving all classes of tenants and lords ; second , some commonly accepted principles governing social life , which may fairly be regarded as the necessary outcome of the first proposition ; third , a similar physical environment which influenced the choice of farming objectives ; and last , similar economic pressures arising from the basic human need for food , and developing along similar lines , as the market in agricultural produce expanded and communities were driven to pursue change in the same general direction . |
| 14 | They may attack 30000 men each year in Britain . |
| 15 | Attempts are being made to link gasifier deployment with the planting of fast-growing species such as the ipil-ipil ( Leucaena leucocephala ) , which may yield 25 tonnes of dry wood per hectare per year . |
| 16 | Your army may include one unit of Phoenix Guards . |
| 17 | Your army may include one unit of Knights of the White Wolf . |
| 18 | Your army may include one unit of Reiksguard Knights . |
| 19 | Your army may include one unit of Outriders from the Engineer 's School at Altdorf . |
| 20 | Your army may include one unit of Reiksguard . |
| 21 | Your army may include one Mob of Big'uns . |
| 22 | Your army may include one Mob of Black Orcs . |
| 23 | Your army may include one regiment of the Knights Panther . |
| 24 | Your army may include one regiment of the Knights of the Blazing Sun . |
| 25 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
| 26 | Each firm with a broadcasting service may need four satellites to reach all the US 's time zones . |
| 27 | Larger containers may need two water bottles . |
| 28 | Some arguments may need twenty mannequins , some 120 . |
| 29 | We may wait two hours in the cold or dark , but when the show starts , it 's a moment of magic , ’ says Gertrude Holle-Suppa , 44 , a veteran of 20 years on the circuit . |
| 30 | What may suit one place wo n't suit another . |