Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you . |
| 2 | However , egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue . |
| 3 | Those fluent in Anglo-Saxon may prefer to consult the original text . ) |
| 4 | Others may prefer to continue the addictive process rather than accept the need for personal change which they may perceive to be more painful than continuing the addiction . |
| 5 | Likewise , if you find you will need specialist equipment , even though this is easy to hire , you may prefer to leave the whole job to a specialist firm . |
| 6 | Rather than target help on those who need it most , Mr Major may prefer to protect the middle class and let the poor get poorer . |
| 7 | We do , however , appreciate that being creatures of habit , many people may prefer to have a similar breakfast each day , for the sake of speed and perhaps taste also . |
| 8 | To make the comparison fair , we should have to assume that built into each typist 's chair is a gun , wired up so that if he makes a mistake he is summarily shot , his place being taken by a reserve typist ( squeamish readers may prefer to imagine a spring-loaded ejector seat gently catapulting miscreant typists out of the line , but the gun gives a more realistic picture of natural selection ) . |
| 9 | Accordingly the man in our example may prefer to keep an additional fraction of his income as money balances in excess of his transactions demand , just in case something unexpected happens which necessitates immediate expenditure . |
| 10 | Therefore a potential growth stimulatory autocrine cycle may exist to explain the aggressive nature of these cancers . |
| 11 | Kitchens can be cramped , steamy places to swing a camcorder in , and if yours is particularly small you may want to use a wide-angle adapter-lens of the kind which screws onto the front of the lens to increase the angle of view . |
| 12 | You may want to hold a simple ceremony in your pet 's honour , as a last chance to say goodbye . |
| 13 | You may want to replace the cold water system either to convert a direct system into an indirect one or to replace old lead piping ( or a rusting galvanised cistern ) with more modern copper or plastic . |
| 14 | Or you may want to compare the alcoholic strength of one wine or beer with another . |
| 15 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
| 16 | Once the teething phase has passed you may want to get a new bed , rather than a cardboard box with its sides cut down . |
| 17 | Thus even here we may want to reduce the total time required to record the spectrum . |
| 18 | John Watkins University Press I think there 's a copy in the library erm , you may want to have a little look at it , but so what we 're going do is we incorporate both these two hypothesis into a model supply response okay . |
| 19 | Aside from running their hands over the dog 's body and legs , checking its conformation , judges may want to have a clear view of the dog 's mouth , to check , for example , that the jaws are neither under or overshot , according to the breed standard . |
| 20 | Chapter III will help you to choose a rug suited to your individual needs — you may want to make a worthwhile investment , or simply brighten up your home . |
| 21 | Each material has its advantages and conservatory manufacturers between them , offer all options that any potential buyer may want to make the right decision . |
| 22 | You may want to make the nice gesture , which was made to me when I first moved into a flat and I have repeated myself whenever I have moved , of leaving a plant or a box of chocolates and a note wishing the next occupants a happy life in your former home . |
| 23 | Loss of self-respect and faith in self may make communicating a problematic activity . |
| 24 | Any young woman may enjoy following the latest fashions , but for Pakistani women there is a difference in their attitude to clothes . |
| 25 | Let's consider CREATING a National Think Tank on infills . |
| 26 | Unless such differences are taken into account , estimates of abatement costs will be inaccurate and governments may seek to control the wrong fuels . |
| 27 | The taxpayer may seek to raise a robust argument based on fundamental Schedule E rules that the benefit should be limited to the amount which the taxpayer could obtain on a sale of the rights ( Tennant v Smith ( 1892 ) 3 TC 158 , Abbott v Philbin ( 1960 ) 39 TC 82 and Heaton v Bell ( 1969 ) 46 TC 11 ) . |
| 28 | However , it remains unclear how far the Soviet leadership may seek to influence the internal composition of the post-settlement Afghan regime in order to safeguard the minimal security and strategic needs of the USSR which , Moscow asserts , originally compelled the intervention of Soviet troops in Afghanistan . |
| 29 | Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates . |
| 30 | First , the agency may seek to expand a given government programme by systematically overstating the benefits or understating the costs . |