Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If its speed of planning is uniform with that of others , the school may prefer to be cautious .
2 You may want to be sure a certain heirloom — perhaps worth little financially — will be passed on to a particular person .
3 Fellow PFK readers may want to be aware of this , should they be fortunate enough to find themselves in , or near , the principality .
4 However , if the unit is to be sited some considerable distance from the water supply , it may need to be thicker to prevent excessive voltage drop — loudspeaker wire , for example .
5 These may need to be debated as they were before compromises may need to be rich , but I 'm afraid it looks as though it 's gon na be a compromise only between two parties , but this is n't a .
6 Where there are boys alone in the front rows there may need to be parallel opportunities for girls , either by turn or by the formation of a second choir .
7 Chemical energy however is particularly easy to waste , through misuse or overuse , so levels of skill and control may need to be higher .
8 Any of these may need to be present or indicated when students process discourse or are asked to produce it .
9 They may need to be bulky and unsightly in large tanks .
10 Although there are no perceptible weak links in this collection , the band may need to be wary of overburdening every track with intricate musical twists and turns .
11 Third , clients may need to be prepared to wait until the start of the next course , which might not be for up to two months .
12 A social worker may need to be aware of those aspects , and of the need to assess the client before forming a social care plan .
13 Since nominal GDP growth is probably decelerating fast , the budget may need to be loose — which risks being misinterpreted by the headline-writers and the markets as the Tories going soft .
14 Second , such findings may have therapeutic implications , as optimal therapy for paritns with oesophageal alkaline exposure as well as acid exposure may need to be different from that from those with acid exposure alone .
15 He may need to be able to use apparatus , and generally speaking science teachers are accustomed to explaining necessary points about its use and keeping a close watch on safety .
16 It has now been recognised that often the company , and indeed the regulatory authorities and the public , may need to be able to find out who the beneficial owners are and other sections , dealt with later , seek to enable them to find out .
17 ( also known as education social worker ) Education welfare officers liaise with Social Services Departments and are responsible for the general well-being of school children , not only ensuring that they attend school regularly but also dealing with grants , allowances and services which they may need to be able to attend ( e.g. clothing , transport , free school meals ) .
18 Each level is accompanied by a Teacher 's Book which includes , for each chapter , a description of the teaching aims of the chapter , vocabulary which may need to be pre-taught , notes on the presentation , grammar and exercise sections , ideas for additional activities and answers to the exercises .
19 In answer to one of the questions posed by employees in meetings throughout the Group , Chief Executive Kneale Ashwell explained : ‘ If , as expected , 1993 remains on a par with 1992 , we will have some over-capacity , so there may need to be some small pockets of short time working .
20 Notation which is to be inscribed on the spine of books may need to be shorter than that used in catalogues , indexes , databases and bibliographies .
21 It may need to be tailor-made , and therefore it 's best left to the experts .
22 The three questions in the centre concern the proper focus of RE , attending to what religious people may consider to be central to religion : the questions of definition , integrity and truth .
23 ( 4 ) At the hearing the arbitrator may adopt any method of procedure which he may consider to be convenient and to afford a fair and equal opportunity to each party to present his case .
24 But you asked me to comment on potential weaknesses , and this is one area which you may consider to be worthy of some serious attention .
25 ‘ When your Uncle Jim died , ’ Louise continued , ‘ and I decided to retire up here , it seemed the most natural thing in the world that cousins should want to be close in their widowhood .
26 Your notes , however , should strive to be concise and need to be stripped of unnecessary words .
27 So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect .
28 Another criticism he makes is that it has an uneasy relationship with such values as justice which some people should consider to be important in human life .
29 The Staff Guide offers advice on this matter and recommends to staff when a module should need to be double marked .
30 The moral decline of the West cries out for a return to the morals of protestant Christianity which will tell the nation what they must do to be strong once more .
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