Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put your foot down or let's put our hands up . ’ |
| 2 | The Tribunal may reserve its judgement or may give its decision after a retirement before the close of the meeting . |
| 3 | In return , the supplier agrees to , or may assign his obligations to , buy goods or technology of equivalent value , from the purchaser or the purchaser 's country or state . |
| 4 | The supervisor may also monitor the same information or may have his own separate displays or both . |
| 5 | ( 1 ) What market position should you adopt that makes sense to those who buy or may buy your services ? ( a ) Should you adopt a niche approach to certain aspects of personal injury work ( eg paraplegia , brain injuries , disaster litigation ) ? ( b ) Will plaintiff personal injury work preclude defendant or insurance defence work ? |
| 6 | But all this did not yet add up to a widespread expectation in London that Anglo-American relations would or should retain their wartime intimacy . |
| 7 | I do not believe that Scotland can or should avoid its international obligations , but I object to the fact that we are apparently being singled out as the one country that will be the nuclear laundry for everyone else . |
| 8 | Held , allowing the application , that since section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 made provision for persons arrested for breaking bail conditions , or on the likelihood of their so doing , to be brought before a single justice , it was an enactment falling within the exception contemplated by section 121 of the Act of 1980 which , in any event , was limited to summary trials of informations and the hearing of complaints under the civil jurisdiction ; that Parliament had intended by section 7(4) to create a simple and expeditious procedure whereby a justice was required , before forming an opinion under section 7(5) , to conduct no more than an informal inquiry , hearing the arresting officer 's grounds for belief that the person had broken or might break his bail conditions and allowing that person to respond , but without the giving of evidence on oath or cross-examination ; and that , since the provisions of the Act of 1980 relating to the adjournment of proceedings before magistrates ' courts did not apply , there was no power in the justice to adjourn proceedings under section 7(5) ( post , pp. 24A , G — 25B , C–G , 26B , E–F , H — 27A , G–H ) . |
| 9 | There was no suggestion that this order would be impossible for the husband to comply with or would cripple his business . |
| 10 | He either would n't give me a line or would say my line himself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing has changed or will change my plans , ’ he answered . |
| 12 | can do your work can do your work or can do your work , whatever , maybe that 'll maybe that 'll mix it up a bit |
| 13 | If you can afford them , or can make your own , rough-hewn granite water basins and lanterns are far preferable to mass-produced items of reconstituted stone , though even these will mellow with age . |
| 14 | nor could enter her eyes by probing |
| 15 | Good luck with Manchester United , Eric , and let's hope your example leads more soccer players to take up such creative hobbies . |
| 16 | And let's begin our discussion with a consideration of voltage gated channels , and start with a well known example , that of sodium channels within this class . |
| 17 | And let's turn our attention to Selby . |
| 18 | And let's have our traditional Methodist preaching service , on a Sunday night . |
| 19 | Midland may at its discretion change these Terms and Conditions , give notice of variation in such a manner as it considers appropriate and may vary its charges and interest rates by general notice in branches . |
| 20 | Your family/spouse/colleagues/ friends may have benefitted from your non-assertion and may sabotage your newly developed assertion . |
| 21 | He 's formed a useful partnership with Gordon Hunter and may retain his place in spite of the fact that Tommy McIntyre and Neil Orr are again available . |
| 22 | Medical advice , like wet-nursing , was only followed by the wealthy , and may explain their inferior infant mortality rates . |
| 23 | Yet if , as teachers , we concentrate our attention on formal links within sentences , we are taking all these skills for granted , and may leave our students completely at sea . |
| 24 | But the investment company collapsed , and now Mr Woodward and his wife owe sixty thousand pounds and may loose their house . |
| 25 | Occasionally may cling and want to be carried and may show their irritation in some other ways . |
| 26 | The Guardian also says Shearer twisted an ankle avoiding a lunge from Carl Bradshaw on Sat and may miss their game with Pompey on Wednesday , I would n't mind him missing sundays game . |
| 27 | The members of the court may then confer , and may deliver their judgments in turn . |
| 28 | This is because some tablets , especially those prescribed for deworming purposes , often have a nasty taste and may cause your dog to salivate if they are swallowed in this form . |
| 29 | Failure to take due regard of this obligation places your patients at risk and may jeopardise your right to practise . |
| 30 | BITBURGER , one of Germany 's biggest brewers , has bought a second brewery in East Germany and may sell its jet-black beer in Britain in 1992 . |