Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that after to-night I might be of no further use , & should resign with the whole Cabinet . |
| 2 | MacDonald said that he ‘ might be of no further use , & should resign with the whole Cabinet ’ ; the night before his interview with the King , Baldwin had gone to Neville Chamberlain 's house in Eaton Square , and ‘ hoped and prayed that he might not have to join a National Government ’ ; even after his interview with the King . |
| 3 | Maxwell-Fyfe replied that virulent anti-Americanism was confined to a small minority , but he made the most of the opportunity to spell out the extent of British alarm over what the Americans were doing or might do in the Far East . |
| 4 | In other words , the Board of Trade could more or less control the Service , co-operating with other agencies when and where it thought necessary , although those LEAs which had or might have in the future statutory powers for dealing with juveniles were permitted to submit schemes for the exercise of these powers , provided they could obtain the permission of both Boards . |
| 5 | It is not easy to judge how many of the ten millions do or might belong to the prosperous aristocracy of the working classes , that section with which politicians come into contact , and from whence come those whom society is rather over-hasty to welcome as ‘ representative working men ’ … |
| 6 | What I done on that night was no more than any other police officer does or would do in the same situation . |
| 7 | Whether their accounts confirm , coincide with , or can substitute for the psychoanalytic account of desire as lack is hard to say . |
| 8 | The DRO can follow up a placement to discuss any problems that may arise between the disabled worker and his employer . |
| 9 | Recognising that the apparently low incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome was difficult to explain wholly in terms of currently recognised risk factors , we sought to identify other differences in infant care practices that may contribute to the lower incidence of such deaths in Bangladeshi babies . |
| 10 | This is not good practice as it leads to confusion amongst users with an increased possibility of errors that may lead to the very problem the procedure was trying to avoid . |
| 11 | This case illustrates the sense of hopelessness that may develop in the unemployed , especially when finding a job appears to be in almost impossible task , and how this may create other problems , particularly when a major life event occurs , such as the break-up of an important relationship . |
| 12 | Closer examination of these studies shows a number of features that may help in the clinical management of these patients . |
| 13 | Within this region we noted two short T n A elements and one ATTTA element that may account for the low steady-state levels of RNA seen in transfected cells ( see below ) . |
| 14 | This type of geomorphology , which has subsequently attracted both great support and disenchantment , has been the subject of at least two groups of interpretations and it is perhaps the lack of equal familiarity with the achievements of both groups that may account for the differing viewpoints some of which are listed in Table 4.1 . |
| 15 | In America 's case that should amount to the same thing . |
| 16 | This is an important adaptive feature for a species that must reproduce under the dense canopy of primary forest . |
| 17 | Increased versatility of learning would confer great selective advantage and is just the kind of change that might lead to the very rapid evolution of neocortex , so we can add this to global connectivity and greater genetic control as possible causes of the neopallial explosion . |
| 18 | They suggest that he could become the country 's national president in any strongly reformist administration that might emerge from the current upheaval . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) Provide the Chairman with a note for each item of business , giving him the previous history of the discussion and indicating not the decision but at least the possible decisions that might emerge from the current meeting . |
| 20 | Ho , as well as Bao Dai , was to be consulted and it would be put to him that if he was the real nationalist which he professed to be he would ‘ accept loyally the decisions and mandates of the government and the subsequent constituent assembly , etc. and bind himself unequivocally not to … subvert the true nationalism of his people or a government that might emerge from the multilateral effort ’ . |
| 21 | If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos . |
| 22 | She was suddenly afraid , not just of Gesner but of the catastrophes that might occur to the whole company because of the tension . |
| 23 | However , Microsoft is expected to offer a single-user version of SQL Server for NT that 'll appear at the same time as the operating system which , according to reports , may cost less than $1,500 , and will be targeted at value-added resellers , integrators and corporate developers . |
| 24 | So we should not be dogmatic , and assume that the kind of life we have on Earth is the only kind that could exist in the entire Universe ; and ‘ living ’ clays may flourish elsewhere , perhaps even on Mars ( as suggested by Professor Hyman Hartman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) . |
| 25 | Hopes and expectations were high ; Britain was desperate for a car that could compete at the top level with Alfa Romeo and Ferrari , and BRM , with the backing of British industry , was the car to do it . |
| 26 | The granting of patents on plants rewards a technology that could lead to the genetic pollution of nature , an outcome that is clearly not in the public interest . |
| 27 | All the authorities have twenty eight days to appeal that could result in the final cap being higher , lower or staying the same . |
| 28 | A series of appalling disasters in the public services , notably the Kings Cross underground fire and the rail crashes at Clapham and elsewhere underlined the damage that could result from the public sector being run down . |
| 29 | So the parable envisages a situation that could arise in the early Church and advises that human judgment makes mistakes . |
| 30 | We can now deal with the main problems that could arise in the new community care system . |