Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Once it has been killed , the kitten may trigger off a new reaction .
2 A monarch 's speech at a state opening of parliament , though spoken , is far from the reciprocal end of the scale , but a scribbled memo from one teacher to another , though written , may trigger off a series of replies and counter replies , and is thus highly reciprocal .
3 It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality .
4 LICENSING difficulties may slow down the building of nuclear power plants in the United States , Britain and West Germany — but the French still press on almost untrammelled by objectors .
5 For a long time this was a virtual no-go area for climbers , particularly scruffy ones , but this is now no longer the case , and a pint or two here ought to round off a Froggatt day rather nicely .
6 We ought to go down the tip later on again .
7 Let's throw out the horrible one and put the nice one on .
8 So I said , ‘ Let's knock up a quick vocal and let's knock up Keith 's guitar , ’ and he just banged up a solo very quickly and it was great . ’
9 ‘ He came across this seed in Cumbria and said : ‘ I wonder if we ought to invest in a bit ? ’ .
10 For people with long-standing difficult social circumstances that may throw up a crisis at any time , intervention might best combine practical help with a scheme to foster the person 's sense of control over his or her life , to reduce their sense of hopelessness .
11 Competitors may throw out a challenge by improving the product and offering a better distribution service , for example .
12 But , as our correspondents in Europe report , this looks increasingly uncertain : The Irish may throw out the treaty at their referendum because of controversy over the ‘ abortion protocol ’ .
13 When he has attracted a female , she becomes the boss at the nest and may throw out the decorations to assert her occupancy .
14 Each student can make up a package of tests to go for ; he may repeat those that he fails , without the social disaster of being kept down a year ; and he may make up a mix of practical and theoretical according to a plan worked out with his class teacher , and bearing in mind what he aims to do next .
15 We have seen how millions of fossils may make up the rocks themselves , crammed together layer after layer to form formations thousands of feet thick .
16 For example , a designer may build up a sequence of actions which an operator must follow in order to cause his product to function properly — he has synthesised the task from a knowledge of how the machine or other product was designed to function .
17 It is thought that the defence is most relevant in the context of take-overs where a merchant bank may build up a stake in a target company for a prospective bidder .
18 If you listen carefully , over two or three interviews you may build up an understanding of the themes and patterns of what the person is trying to say , through watching out for repetition .
19 We can cut money off , let's make some easy quick decisions about cutting money off , let's chop out the arts you could do that on one line easily and I think you have to look at the long term you have to look at what happens in terms of our culture , our civilization if you do do that , how people change and to me it 's about and that was raised last night too about how an saying that they had put a limit on the cost of opera tickets forty pounds , compared
20 The key is turned to the left for maximum output , but if turned too far the integral cleaning needle engages and may snuff out the flame — you need to be really careful .
21 Let's snuff out the shod people and welcome the long shadows .
22 I said to Bet I said they ought to write out a cheque on the end .
23 Erm , but you wo n't remember all the things to test , as you forget very quickly , so as you 're building the spreadsheet , you ought to write down a list of things you 're going to go back and test .
24 Before we start slapping all sorts of controls and restrictions on cars , we ought to find out a little more about the effect that they are really having on the environment .
25 Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training .
26 Using a wedding bouquet as an example , and assuming that you are either attending the function or collecting the bouquet afterwards , you should make up a simple box , such as the one shown in the photograph .
27 Mono-unsaturates ( MUFAs ) should make up the largest proportion of fats consumed .
28 ‘ Three or four goes should make up the mind for her , ’ said Raimundo evilly , as Perdita picked herself up off the dusty ground .
29 It did , however , recommend the immediate closure of the two oldest of Sosnovy-Bor 's four reactors , and suggested that nearby Western states should make up the energy shortfall to enable this to take place .
30 They must spring up the trees as the monkeys are driven into them and they are the ones that usually make the kill .
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