Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we do n't succeed in this then we may require other people to act as our parents , or we may regard others as a threat to this self-sufficiency and therefore avoid intimacy . |
| 2 | Textile workers in Bradford and Brick Lane may regard Saddam as a liberator : the metropolitan middle classes despise him as a thug . |
| 3 | The court may stay execution pending a hearing under any of the rules in Ord 37 ( Ord 37 , r 8 ) . |
| 4 | We have rules that executive share option schemes may grant options at a discount only if the employer also runs an all-employee scheme . |
| 5 | If the customer may make orders for a number of parts , then ‘ part ’ must also be a key attribute as there will be several tuples with the same ‘ Name ’ . |
| 6 | Whatever the truth , it is to be allowed that in speaking of them as effects in the ordinary way , to the extent we do , we may make use of a conception other than the one we have been examining . |
| 7 | Fourteen miles away you can visit Grey Mare 's Tail , a great waterfall , and here you may catch sight of a herd of wild goats which live in the area . |
| 8 | Some individuals can take up the suggestions of the hypnotist to the extent of becoming deaf or blind or unable to smell ; they may withstand pain without a murmur , re-experience being a six-year old , or even forget everything that happened , after hypnosis , until given a prearranged ‘ release ’ signal . |
| 9 | Remembering always that it is far better to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Funeral Service ’ to a person who may seek information regarding a memorial , than to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Memorial Service ’ to a person who requires information regarding funeral arrangements . |
| 10 | People may buy shares in a target company simply because it has attracted the attentions of a potential offeror which is known to have a good eye for investment opportunities . |
| 11 | Large leaves may need support from a cane or , in the case of ficus , can be gently rolled up with an elastic band . |
| 12 | But finds that are deteriorating ( such as iron objects which corrode rapidly in damp conditions ) , that have been preserved by unusual conditions ( such as waterlogged wood or leather which dry out and warp or crumble if left untreated ) , or any others which are fragile may need conservation in a laboratory to prevent further decay and to strengthen them , so that they can be handled and studied . |
| 13 | And the County Council 's consistently said to the West Yorkshire authorities , you must make provision for a range of sites in suitable locations to help draw er development that would othe otherwise come to North Yorkshire . |
| 14 | To explain this type of unemployment more fully , we must make use of a model of the economy within which the level of DD unemployment is determined . |
| 15 | However , it should not just act as a check-list but should relate facts about a country to the expatriate 's new life style . |
| 16 | But in addition the British government went along with the er demand by the French government that they should recognise Strasbourg as a meeting place for the European parliament in perpetuity . |
| 17 | I feel sure that this is a marvellous concept and should introduce people to a number of talented new artists . |
| 18 | An employer from a partnership company should consider membership of a course committee as a right rather than a favour , and the college should see the invitation as an obligation not a dispensation . |
| 19 | in this case the defender was not insured and was not licensed but an insurer was conducting a holding defence while they considered whether they should repudiate liability under a policy issued to the owner of the vehicle and persons taking the vehicle on hire . |
| 20 | The problem for any new supra-authority will be to sort out its priorities , which must benefit London as a whole rather than local short-term interests . |
| 21 | ’ I think you should bring Mavis on a bit , ’ I said . |
| 22 | Thus for SiFH 3 , the stretching vibration of the SiF bond must give rise to a dipole change along the C 3 axis , conventionally the z axis ( see Fig. 5.17 ) . |
| 23 | The trustee must give notice of a dividend to all creditors who have proved their debts ( r 11.6(1) ) . |
| 24 | But Hsu was so anxious that " West Town " should typify China as a whole that the Min Chia peculiarities of the local culture are hardly ever mentioned . |
| 25 | ‘ Someone should send Katrina on a cookery course . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's grossly unfair and discriminatory that cold take-out food should carry VAT from a hotel but not from anywhere else . |
| 27 | A program object which must precede declaration of a user defined function ( FN ) or procedure ( PROC ) . |
| 28 | He thought that the discount for contingencies should be comparatively small and that the £10,000 the widow received from the estate should give rise to a deduction of £200 from the annual dependency for the accelerated benefit that she received by obtaining it on his death . |
| 29 | The first big solo of the Brahms B flat should give the impression , hopefully , of surmounted effort , but later on there are passages of the greatest intricacy that should emerge light as a feather . |
| 30 | ‘ And while , in due course , we should provide Thomas with a brother or a sister , on this occasion I suggest we take the appropriate precautions . |