Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a case of dramatic irony when we as readers recognize and share with the fabliau author a knowledge of the " realities " of the fictitious situation denied to the merchant of Orléans and may laugh at the merchant 's misguided belief as a result . |
| 2 | You may laugh at this rvolutionary theory BUT I speak from experience . |
| 3 | There are , for instance , mnemonic devices in oral cultures which offer some resistance to this process : ‘ formalised patterns of speech , recital under ritual conditions , the use of drums and other musical instruments , the employment of professional remembrancers — all such factors may shield at least part of the content of memory from the transmuting influence of the immediate pressures of the present ’ ( 1968 , p. 31 ) . |
| 4 | Any worker may eat at any of the canteens or special selection dining rooms . |
| 5 | Both types of mutation — harmful or useful — may arise at different rates depending on stresses inherent in the environment . |
| 6 | Moreover , different configurations may arise at various times . |
| 7 | Kay O'Neill , who lives in the street , said her house was worth much more than one may think at first glance . |
| 8 | The minder may interject at times , but will allow a relationship to build up between the client and the trainee . |
| 9 | Our combined age is 151 so we think we can cope with any problems life may throw at us ! ’ he jokes . |
| 10 | Leadership is also apparent in many different spheres of activity — the military , the political , the organisational and so on — and it may exist at different levels . |
| 11 | The best attested case is the temple complex west of the mansio at Godmanchester , though comparable examples may exist at Chelmsford and Water Newton . |
| 12 | Because expression may exist at various levels of abstraction ( for example , in the program 's structure ) the courts have to be able to distinguish between idea and expression . |
| 13 | In his poetry , Wordsworth uses the language of faith years before his ‘ prose mind ’ can accept Christian doctrine ; this is why his ‘ conversion ’ is impossible to date , and why there is so much divergence between the poetic and prose statements he may make at any stage in his progress . |
| 14 | Words flung out in temper , for instance , do not carry lasting conviction although they may wound at the time , whereas a calm statement , arising from inner knowledge , is likely to come from the centre of one 's being and to hold fast . |
| 15 | Conan The Librarian is not now considered E7 and has been reported at possible E5 , so let's compromise at E6 . |
| 16 | Sceptics may baulk at such an idea , but given the attested presence of such equally implausible-sounding objects as a block of portable eighteenth-century soup ( ex Captain Cook ) , Inuit seal-gut underwear , African cobweb hats and other equally exotic objects , the concept of dressed fleas may seem more acceptable . |
| 17 | Some may baulk at the name though : Converse Rear Entry . |
| 18 | For one thing , the government may baulk at giving the financial guarantee . |
| 19 | The story — accompanied by more than 150 colour paintings — of how they find a land where humans and dinosaurs live in harmony is an imaginative and interesting read , although adults may baulk at the price . |
| 20 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
| 21 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 22 | Some of the latter may excel at specialised subjects such as engineering or finance . |
| 23 | Fewer teachers have difficulties in responding to reminders that children share substantial common ground regardless of whatever special attention they may need at any one time . |
| 24 | It will be shown how conclusions based upon the analytical economic framework may need at least some qualification when these other matters are brought into account . |
| 25 | Although patients with infarction may vomit at presentation or secondary to opiate administration , this usually settles with antiemetics and may not interfere with oral therapy . |
| 26 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |
| 27 | Some executives may resign at a Daiwa board meeting that is due to be held on May 18th . |
| 28 | The Curriculum says that as part of the programme 11–14 year olds should experience at least two outdoor activities . |
| 29 | Every glider pilot should make at least one downwind landing during training in order to realise that there is no particular problem in making a safe landing as long as the wind is not very strong . |
| 30 | A screening programme is a public health measure , and any balanced discussion should make at least some reference to its overall impact on the use of health care resources . |