Example sentences of "and [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's talk and let's just have fun . ’ |
| 2 | And let's not forget Western Samoa , Canada and Italy — with the last two really giving the All Blacks a fright — and Ireland , who were so near to bringing off a great quarter-final victory . |
| 3 | The complexities are formidable , and may well create scope for disputes about the procedures themselves . |
| 4 | People vary greatly and may well experience regression in many different ways . |
| 5 | Many Managing Directors are first-class PR operators and may well execute client programmes . |
| 6 | Variations across London often reflected the differential performance of the parties there at the last general election , and may well portend trends for the next . |
| 7 | This greatly impairs proper business planning and may well paralyse investment by the tenant in the property . |
| 8 | Traditional rape laws , therefore , also involve some sort of gradation and may well encourage plea-bargaining . |
| 9 | For example , the curriculum may ignore or devalue black cultures and achievements and may also ignore racism as a structural phenomenon and as part of the daily experience of black pupils . |
| 10 | It will remove dead hair , and may also reveal signs of fleas. ( 2 ) A brush will be essential for the first stage in the process . |
| 11 | C will have Cpq = 0 and may also have cuv = 0 ( if |
| 12 | Your library or Citizens Advice Bureau will know which groups are operating and may also have lists of private counsellors . |
| 13 | Cracks look unsightly , and may also cause instability . |
| 14 | Either a whole form is completed by a single coder who then has an overall picture of the response and may thus spot inconsistencies , or each coder concentrates on all responses to a particular question , thus developing considerable skill at that particular task . |
| 15 | Differences were observed in the expression of the various alternative splices of tenascin mRNA between tumor and normal cells and may thus indicate differences in tenascin isoform expression and function in normal and tumor cells . |
| 16 | When people have enough resources in their lives — psychological , financial , or decision-making power — they can cope with these demands and may not suffer ill-health effects . |
| 17 | In Northern Ireland new drivers already have to display an ‘ R ’ ( for restricted ) plate and may not exceed 45mph for one year after passing their test . |
| 18 | Changing from .009″s to .010″s is fine and may not require truss adjustment ; using anything heavier would require the instrument to be set up and re-intonated , but no long-term damage should be sustained . |
| 19 | Besides , it is an everyday experience that people are sometimes wrong in conversation , and may not remember events well . |
| 20 | It will fly away , and may not touch land this side of the county boundary . |
| 21 | It is revealing that , in a very similar way , to be can be present or omitted in an actual non-finite clause where it signals the passive of a verb phrase although its presence is generally preferred : ( 48 ) Cromwell ordered the Abbot of Reading ( to be ) tried and executed immediately The same insertion is sometimes superficially possible for predicate qualifiers ; but in reality this indicates a main verb which is semantically compatible with the relation of either construction ; an example would be like ( or want ) which makes it possible for us to set ( 49 ) beside ( 8 ) : ( 49 ) Alastair likes his beef tea to be strong However , with most preceding verb phrases , such a change to the predicate qualifier construction will produce a result which is ungrammatical and may even present difficulties of interpretation : ( 50 ) ( a ) the children have kept the fish-tank clean : how have the children kept the fish-tank ? ( b ) the children have kept the fish-tank to be clean |
| 22 | This idea has spawned irrational diets that defy science , cause much inconvenience , and may even threaten nutrition . |
| 23 | Indeed , it is perhaps not overly optimistic to think that the view of the relation between an event and its support put forward here may be applicable , mutatis mutandis , to the -ing form and may even throw light on the vexed question of gerund vs participle . |
| 24 | Professional : The family member may give progressively less attention to his or her own work because of the problems at home and may even change employment in order to have more time or opportunity to supervise the worsening chaos at home . |
| 25 | As the donor becomes more and more concerned at lack of action the recipient country staff become more and more dubious that the project is really in their national interest , and may even start discussions with another whose conditions may be perceived as less onerous . |
| 26 | The findings support other evidence of the importance of doctors ' attitudes towards helping patients to achieve good glycaemic control and that skilled strategies to support dietary change can make an appreciable contribution to glycaemic control and may even affect survival . |
| 27 | Very dry and sensitive skins can not use alcohol-based cleansers and may even find water-cleansing too much . |
| 28 | Skin preparation before surgery normally involves at least washing and may additionally include body hair removal to allow access to the operation site and also to reduce the risk of infection . |
| 29 | And Oxford fans will be taking heart that the side 's enjoying a good run at the moment and may yet avoid relegation . |
| 30 | Unfortunately the conscientious student who reads the official reports will find no mention either of the Hotspur or of the Félicité and may naturally experience doubts as to whether there ever was a Captain Hornblower , but if he once accepts Hornblower 's existence he may at least agree that Hornblower 's action in this case displayed remarkable self-denial as well as the clarity of vision worthy of a hero of fiction . |