Example sentences of "we [modal v] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wrangham comments : ‘ We may thus find the first evidence that so-called abnormal sexual behaviour may have a biological function ’ ; but he points out that a number of issues need to be resolved . |
| 2 | We may thus envisage a gradient of what we shall term establishment of senses . |
| 3 | ‘ We may soon witness the recurrence of all those awful health problems which made Diana so terribly ill , ’ says Penny . |
| 4 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 5 | The progression associated with ionization of a strongly bonding level may show a maximum ( the vertical ionization energy ) well down the band , and we may not detect the ( 0 → 0 ) level ( the adiabatic ionization energy ) . |
| 6 | We may not possess the same mind structure , the same subtle energy anatomy and function , but enough similarities are present for some sort of meaning to be conveyed . |
| 7 | Campbell concluded that we may not see the effect of economic recovery for at least a year — perhaps not until 1993 . |
| 8 | He was quite prepared to argue the case that savage practices might be integral to a culture : ‘ We may not like the notion of cannibalism or head-hunting , but that it formed part of a distinct and tenable form of culture in Melanesia is indisputable . ’ |
| 9 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 10 | ‘ You have only brought one teacup with you , McAllister , so we may not share the tea as we shared the coffee earlier today . ’ |
| 11 | In such circumstances we may not describe a band as being due to a single local mode , and the empirical methods we have used so far break down . |
| 12 | We may not understand the occult ( hidden ) powers that lie behind these activities but be warned — they are REAL and they are HARMFUL . |
| 13 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 14 | As I said we may not have a set up but if we have n't we 'll set one now . |
| 15 | We may not have the courage to scream for attention but we can ensure , by being ill , that we get it . |
| 16 | Likewise , we may not wish a budget-holder to take risks with taxpayer 's money and to ensure equity the official may need to follow formal rules rather than respond flexibly to each new case . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , given that it will not do to define law as a means to institutionalise dispute-resolution and so inhibit unregulated conflict , we may surely expect the control of force to be a major objective of law . |
| 18 | We may surely placate the shade of Max Beerbohm sufficiently to acknowledge that the danger we run in approaching poetry this way is indeed the danger of one sort of professionalism — specialized and therefore blinkered , inflexible , and humourless . |
| 19 | If events contradict the way we see things , we may either turn a blind eye or resist hotly . |
| 20 | In view of the potential for chlamydia to damage the fallopian tubes we may even prevent a few cases of infertility in the process . |
| 21 | If he can help Zara to translate her enthusiasm , talent and desire into winning , then who knows , we may even have a champion on our hands . |
| 22 | If these skills improve then we may yet have the desired effect of improving the flow of the ball . |
| 23 | It is of course important that growth in size be linked to growth in maturity , otherwise we may simply see the fulfilment of Jesus ' warning about the seed sown on the rock , which shoots up fast but withers because its roots are not deep enough . |
| 24 | Of course it may , and indeed has , been argued-that the middle-class model is the model for the future [ = = ] but for the present we may simply note the variety of modes of family living that continue to exist and flourish . |
| 25 | We may also detect a crisis of national consciousness in the old nations , and for similar reasons . |
| 26 | We may also feel the need to use the toilet during a severe panic attack and we may find that our breathing pattern changes markedly . |
| 27 | ‘ Freedom ’ , said Oliver Wendell Holmes , ‘ is freedom for the thought we hate ’ , since if we deny the rights of the odious , we may also threaten the rights of the unpopular , which in time may become the wisdom of posterity . |
| 28 | We may also instruct a solicitor or debt collection agent . |
| 29 | We may also monitor the electrical activity of the muscles using an electromyograph ( EMG ) and would find reduced activity as the muscles relax . |
| 30 | We may also ask the French police for help in tracing Madame V. But it 's a tall order . |