Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Neptune and Uranus may well create rather more chaos than anything else so you must be careful with your spending , and anything but trusting of other people 's interference : in fact less than trusting with anything to do with borrowing or lending . |
| 2 | However , many philosophers today would probably go along more with Hare 's original position and say that although Kant may well have answered the third sort of question ( page 98 ) well , he has not adequately answered the second ( still less , it would generally be thought , the first ) . |
| 3 | Botha will almost certainly captain South Africa rather than Jannie Breedt , though Breedt may well stay as No 8 . |
| 4 | Miss B may not want this . |
| 5 | Mr Honey may yet crack the private-car market too . |
| 6 | Looking at the patchwork nature of the results , Sir Patrick may well decide that his proposals to give new talks ‘ a sense of direction and focus ’ would be better grounded in reality than continued wishful thinking . |
| 7 | At least one writer has speculated that Carver may recently have lost a son ( by circular argument , in that selfsame Stirling plague ) , but the truth is we simply do n't know what , if any , personal reference is composed into the music . |
| 8 | Workouts featured by stars like Hollywood tough guy Dolph Lundgren and TVam 's Lizzie Webb may not help fight the flab and could land you in bed for weeks , says BBC TV 's Watchdog . |
| 9 | If the holder 's vehicles suffer prohibitions because of unroadworthiness or overloading , if he has made false statements of intent which have not been fulfilled , if there has been a material change of circumstances relating to the licence holder or if an unnominated operating centre has been used , the LA may also revoke , suspend , curtail or prematurely terminate the licence . |
| 10 | For many political scientists involved in the study of global politics , issues of peace and war remain the principal focus of analysis , a priority with which the peoples of war-torn former Yugoslavia or the post-Soviet Caucasus may well concur . |
| 11 | This increase in TDPI may simply reflect the fact that pensioners start from a very low base . |
| 12 | Increased reliance on Moscow may now hold out much prospect of improvement in growth , productivity or living standards , but intra-bloc trade at least offers assured markets , predictable performance benchmarks , and the kind of long-term trading agreements which are the staple of central planning and of central planners . |
| 13 | Now Mr. Duggan may well have video evidence of Welsh dirty play in the past and also the statements of Will Carling , the England captain , may not be quite to his liking , but please gentlemen , come on ! |
| 14 | Brampton may still have killed my son , and Vechey 's death be totally unconnected with this . ’ |
| 15 | It is exactly this point which D. J. Enright makes in the observation that ‘ Plato may once have thought more highly of speech than of writing , but I doubt he does now ! ’ |
| 16 | In other words , Offa may never have wished this to be anything other than a wholly Mercian ceremony . |
| 17 | Although Offa may once have aspired to be ‘ king of the English ’ , Cenwulf did not , and it is arguable , for all his control of southern England apart from Wessex , that Mercian power declined in his reign . |
| 18 | Pierre Le Rue may not have mega sales or an exceptionally large following behind him , but the combination of the band 's musical ability and his stage presence made for a very enjoyable evening . |
| 19 | I think Roger 's Roger has , we might not like it but Roger may well have a point cos he does n't ha |
| 20 | Victoria may yet have lessons for its British parent . |
| 21 | According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard . |
| 22 | and it 's a case of er if you 're talking to somebody about pension requirement it would be a case of Mr Prospect let's just have a look , let's imagine today is the last day that you 'll be working as a carpenter . |
| 23 | MAGIC ITEMS : Magnus may not carry magic items — until his election as Emperor Magnus the Pious used no magic weapons or other items . |
| 24 | Their squad could just prove to be too big , ie Ferguson may not know who to pick . |
| 25 | Boss Alex Ferguson may now gamble on his veteran as United prepare for the second leg of this UEFA Cup tie with the scores at 0-0 . |
| 26 | Amelia may not have been in the same league as the great adventurers who scale mountain peaks , cross oceans and the icy wastes of the Antarctic and Arctic or shoot the white water rapids of unnavigable rivers , but she was a real traveller , ranked among those who actually get up and go , sacrificing security and facing the cold disdain of their bank managers . |
| 27 | With Great Britain coach Mal Reilly again likely to pick Gary Connolly and Alan Hunte for his side , St Helens may also have to switch their fixture with Sheffield Eagles at Knowsley Road with Jonathan Griffiths and Anthony Sullivan in the Welsh squad . |
| 28 | C. P. Snow may not have delineated the cultural divide until 1959 ; but commentators still return to Victorian England for the most potent illustrations of desiccated , materialistic science set against the life of the imagination . |
| 29 | Snow may also lie later in block screes ( which also tend to be located below north-facing slopes because they were mostly formed by freeze-thaw action ) . |
| 30 | Ben may not have been much of a theatre-goer , but he would no doubt have been fascinated by one unexpected visit in the June of 1801 : |