Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time Robertson sent his signal from AFHQ [ KP 103 ] on the night of 14/15 May , the decision had been taken in principle that the Cossacks in 5 Corps area should be handed over to the Soviet forces . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , police insured with MMI may end up paying compensation for the Hillsborough disaster . |
| 3 | Material which starts out at regional may also go on to be used on the national networks . |
| 4 | It is an extract from Act no. 18 of the parliament of 1848 and reads : ‘ Censorship having been abolished forever , freedom of the press re-established , each may freely convey and express his thoughts through the press . ’ |
| 5 | The ‘ meaning ’ theist is capable of recognising that he or she considers the problem in a mutual dialogue with the ‘ meaning ’ atheist , that each is out to convince the other and that each may convert the other to his or her views . |
| 6 | Each may have a completely different attitude from the other on the subject of husband and wife roles , money , children and the family . |
| 7 | While it is not right that either partner should always have to give way to the other , each may have to concede at times , for both their sakes and for the well-being of their marriage . |
| 8 | A newly arrived unskilled Mediterranean worker living in a run-down neighbourhood in a Scandinavian city is more likely to feel , and appear , in some significant ways more socially incompetent that a middle-class , professional native living in the suburbs : even though the boundaries for each may be comparable in kind and number , for the skilled and socialised native the boundaries be relatively more open than for the unskilled and unsocialised gästarbetare . |
| 9 | Note Although most Champagnes are a blend of all three classic grapes , their individual varietal characters are described to give readers an idea of how each may affect the style of a cuvée |
| 10 | Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is . |
| 11 | But pondering each may heighten awareness or trigger new avenues of thought to help us break through the double walls which arise around every church : one built by the members and the outer one constructed by the community . |
| 12 | The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way . |
| 13 | Each of these are covered in this leaflet as each may affect you personally when deciding whether to take the HIV antibody test . |
| 14 | Each may provide assistance in times of infirmity or sickness or in the provision of baby-sitting or other services . |
| 15 | Usually , each will have some paid employment outside the home and each may have his or her career . |
| 16 | If two groups acquiesce in the representation of their perspective through the same array of objects , which for one group is acceptable because it is bright and cheerful , while for the other is acceptable because it enshrines a sense of good design , each may project its own perspective onto the other ; in this case , the object permits the coexistence of two perspectives , rather than the dominance of either . |
| 17 | Individuals within each may well diverge from the norm . |
| 18 | The Toraja believe we have many layers of spirits , or astral bodies , which at death must detach themselves like the skins of an onion so each may find its proper place . |
| 19 | It is perhaps useful here to bear in mind the distinction often made in the study of pressure groups between ‘ interest ’ groups and ‘ cause ’ groups , though in the tactical struggle for influence each may seek to co-opt the support of the other . |
| 20 | The new minister who wants to introduce changes into this pattern has a variety of options open , but each may involve complications wherever there is resistance to new ideas . |
| 21 | Each may handle up to 2,000 applications from the Polytechnics Central Admissions System ( PCAS ) in a year and is responsible for counselling a proportion of Stage I students . |
| 22 | We have seen how the vibration frequencies may be observed and how each may be allocated to a particular symmetry species . |
| 23 | The declaration should be prepared in duplicate , so that both parts can be signed by both parties , so that each may hold one part , or leave them with you to hold . |
| 24 | Both parties to the contract may have their own terms , and each may wish to contract on its own terms . |
| 25 | A precise chronology is impossible , but Bede says it was in 653 — by which 654 may need to be understood , for Bede also says it occurred two years before the death of Penda ( in 655 or 656 ) — that Peada was converted ( HE V , 24 ) . |
| 26 | Though EIGHT may read well , he may not spend as much time at reading by himself as he did at seven and he again likes very much to be read to . |
| 27 | Wales ' two wins out of eight may be the relevant benchmark . |
| 28 | Moreover , comets may be less dense than the 1gcm -3 value chosen here ; values as low as m 0.3gcm -3 may be possible . |
| 29 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 30 | We will now consider how pivoting may be carried out in the framework we have outlined . |