Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [be] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spicules may be only loosely associated within the sponge tissues , or may be more or less fused to form rigid skeletons . |
| 2 | Iota¹ ; may look unspectacular , but it is immensely powerful , and may be more than 150000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 3 | It therefore seems probable that the incidence of chronic radiation enteritis has been generally underestimated ( and may be more than 50% ) , that increased bowel frequency is the most frequent symptom of chronic radiation enteritis , and that most patients with this condition do not seek medical help until the occurrence of a severe complication such as stricture , perforation , or anaemia caused by blood loss . |
| 4 | The MacSharry proposals , which discriminate against the larger and more efficient British farmer , are totally unacceptable and must be firmly and unequivocally rejected . |
| 5 | I quote from the declared aims and policies of CND : ’ CND believes that British independent nuclear weapons and American nuclear bases and weapons in Britain do nothing to increase the security of Britain and should be unilaterally and unconditionally rejected and removed . ’ |
| 6 | Then she sparkled , took a ritzy walk to the bar and could be delightfully and surprisingly coarse . |
| 7 | It should be public property and would be so if the millionaire had the same heart and principles of Beefy . |
| 8 | ‘ The nature garden has given everyone a lift and will be somewhere that the children can enjoy . ’ |
| 9 | These all offer particular costs and benefits and will be more or less suitable to particular patterns of complexity . |
| 10 | He was a dear friend to many and will be greatly and sadly missed . |
| 11 | The latter are quite as real as the former , may have equally far-reaching results and can be just as limiting to the quality of life in the individual concerned . |
| 12 | We are right to be scrupulous to maintain our system of open justice , to require that people be tried for charges the purport of which is known , and in courts which are open to the public and to the press and can be fully and fairly reported . |
| 13 | The giant forest hog of the central African highlands weighs up to 275kg and can be more than two metres long . |
| 14 | Not known if present in Graecopithecus , but may be so if it is associated with increased brow ridge development . |