Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
| 2 | Indeed , one of them may get more information out of it than the author realised he was putting into it . |
| 3 | Although creeks are thought to be largely areas of non-deposition rather than areas of erosion , the scour of the tide along them may cause some lateral erosion and water draining at times of very high tides from areas behind the zone of creeks may plunge into the heads of the creeks and so cause a certain amount of headward erosion . |
| 4 | Hyphenating them may overcome this problem . |
| 5 | I tried telling her she was wrong , which was silly really , because no-one ought to decide such things for anyone else … ’ |
| 6 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 7 | She held Xanthe at arm 's length , to look at her , and revolved her , almost prancing to distract attention from herself , and exclaimed , ‘ Everyone must say this , but you look amazing . ’ |
| 8 | Any course of action such as I have suggested is fraught with difficulty , and everyone must recognise that . |
| 9 | I mean I know there 's always an argument , especially here in Oxford , that people just come , look round the colleges and they 're gone again , but having said that some of them must spend some money . |
| 10 | Everyone should feel this . |
| 11 | But the government intends everyone should pay some amount . |
| 12 | that he thinks that erm of all of these forced motivations class interest is the most damaging and he argues there 's a remedy for this , we 'll see why it 's a remedy in a minute , that certain people ought to be given more than one vote so that although everyone should have some votes , not everyone should have the same number of votes . |
| 13 | There 's a lesson here for the BBC or for any television organisation — and it 's important that everyone should get that lesson right . |
| 14 | Doubtless one of the reasons for this approach is that Parliament is presumed to have considered the interests of those who will be affected by the undertaking or works and decided that benefits from them should outweigh any necessary adverse side effects . |
| 15 | And nothing must threaten this sacred duty . |
| 16 | And nothing must spoil that … ’ |
| 17 | Nothing must smash this cloud-cuckoo world . |
| 18 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 19 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 20 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 21 | Someday I may meet another mammoth . |
| 22 | In this chapter , therefore , I may omit some of the standard descriptions of the Great Mother , which the reader can easily find elsewhere . |
| 23 | Perhaps I may pursue that in Committee . |
| 24 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |
| 25 | Please can you tell me where I may purchase some dog 's tooth violets . |
| 26 | I say it should be a nice evening , and I think to myself I may need all that wine . |
| 27 | Chairman , if I may add this add this to the outline application , indicating that that 's to the rear of the site , the Mayor |
| 28 | If he stims me much more , I know that I may seek such stimming again , however unwillingly . |
| 29 | I may ask any of the following : |
| 30 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |