Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , from time to time the consensus may weaken in one science or another ( — the paradigm shifts ’ , as we have learned to say ) and then , for a period , matters grow more complicated . |
| 2 | Outside is a lovely garden where you may eat in fine weather , and occasionally the hotel offers zither music during the evening . |
| 3 | This technique may also provide valuable information on the pathogenesis of cerebral embolism , and our case shows the large number of apparently symptomless emboli that may arise in such patients . |
| 4 | Problems which may arise in any family are those which may be seen as related to the Oedipal situation — the sexual attachment which arises between parent and child and which is not always worked through adequately . |
| 5 | To contribute to the development of richer economic theories that take simultaneous account of a number of issues that may arise in particular contexts . |
| 6 | The default set of reference resolution rules in CLE-1 follows Hobbs ' pattern , but this set can easily be respecified to reflect the ordering argued for below ( or , indeed , to deal with the special circumstances that may arise in particular applications ) . |
| 7 | Talk of the ambiguities which may arise in sexual situations is largely irrelevant in a discussion of the rights and wrongs of Morgan . |
| 8 | and in empirical sorry and in in empirical work we tend to use these nonlinear demand functions simply because they have this nice property that they have constant elasticity , and it makes subsequent calculations considerably easier , and you may think in actual fact that linear demand curves are quite restrictive . |
| 9 | Sometimes , the estate agent 's particulars are not very explicit about what is included and what is not , and in any event , sellers may change their minds , or may throw in certain items such as carpets and curtains in the course of the negotiations to settle a price . |
| 10 | This primary ego-feeling of an all-embracing kind may persist in some people , alongside the narrower and more clearly demarcated ego-feeling of maturity . |
| 11 | This type of situation may exist in other cases of language interaction , but it is not universal : in any event , the model seems " leaky " and has yet to be demonstrated to be valid in any bilingual community where code switching occurs . |
| 12 | If one is to recognize that there are applied linguists and language teachers in the world identifiable by the difference of role they play ( even though these roles may exist in different degrees of convergence ) then the division of responsibility which corresponds with appraisal and application seems to be just about the only one to make . |
| 13 | The latest sub-atomic theories , for example , say that we are all made up of infinitely thin pieces of string which may exist in ten dimensions . |
| 14 | The plants that these animals dispersed may thus be seen as vegetable anachrorlisms and the introduction of horses and cattle in historical times seems to have locally restored the ranges of such trees as jicaro ( Crescentia alata , Bignoniaceae ) and guanacaste ( Enterolobium cyclocarpum , Leguminosae ) , which may fall in this category . |
| 15 | Different agencies may assist in different situations and lawyers still labour under the handicap of their public image . |
| 16 | They may attack in any case , thinking themselves ‘ dead clever ’ for tricking the adventurers by talking before attacking . |
| 17 | Amendments made : No. 62 , in page , 47 line , 43 , at end insert — ( ) The terms and conditions on which the Secretary of State may make any grants under this paragraph may include in particular conditions — ( a ) enabling him to require the repayment , in whole or in part , of sums paid by him if any other condition subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with ; and ( b ) requiring the payment of interest in respect of any period during which a sum due to him in accordance with any other condition remains unpaid , but shall not relate to the application by the college council to which the grant is made of any sums derived otherwise than from the Secretary of State . ' . |
| 18 | A wide variety of operations may be undertaken , or the ward may specialise in one aspect of surgical care , such as abdominal or chest surgery . |
| 19 | It is possible for a man 's commitment to his fundamental principles to remain firm even though he may act in certain circumstances in a way contrary to those principles . |
| 20 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |
| 21 | Either circumstance can have a lasting effect upon self-view and relationships , while the youngster who has not come through the " mourning " phase adequately may act in later life exactly as though a " new " parent were sought . |
| 22 | It 's now been agreed that while modules with less demanding outcomes should exist in many areas of the catalogue , these modules should not be separately listed or be labelled in a way which implies restricted use . |
| 23 | The cartographic data must exist in digital format before they can be used within a GIS ; although the amount of digital map data is growing larger a considerable amount of manual digitizing is needed in practice to provide the database necessary for a successful GIS . |
| 24 | This problem was also before the Roman lawyers and it must exist in all systems of law . |
| 25 | Medical sources in Moscow said while it could be fatal in extreme cases , most symptoms should disappear in six months . |
| 26 | The pressure — both economic and political — is now on the country 's other conglomerates , such as Anglo American-De Beers , to explain why they should remain in one piece . |
| 27 | There is no intrinsic reason why education , an equally universal and vital need , should remain in local control . |
| 28 | I will not rehearse again my reasons for believing that the European Parliament is incapable of filling this democratic void and that for the foreseeable future the elected legislature should remain in national hands . |
| 29 | Is the Home Secretary aware that his decision of 2 May put that Zairean teacher in an extremely dangerous and vulnerable position , and that it is not the first time that his Department has deported people in the face of a court decision that they should remain in this country ? |
| 30 | The Government says there 's no reason why it should remain in public hands . |