Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those fluent in Anglo-Saxon may prefer to consult the original text . ) |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Therefore a potential growth stimulatory autocrine cycle may exist to explain the aggressive nature of these cancers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Or you may want to compare the alcoholic strength of one wine or beer with another . |
| 8 | Thus even here we may want to reduce the total time required to record the spectrum . |
| 9 | Each material has its advantages and conservatory manufacturers between them , offer all options that any potential buyer may want to make the right decision . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Unless such differences are taken into account , estimates of abatement costs will be inaccurate and governments may seek to control the wrong fuels . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Some students may need only to make good on areas where their performance has not been up to the Compact mark , others may need to negotiate the complete range of Compact goals at this level . |
| 14 | To remove the algae which is already in the aquarium , you may need to remove the offending items and scrub them clean . |
| 15 | In particular , GABA may act to counter the glutamate-induced excitation . |
| 16 | I could n't understand why I should want to leave the relative safety of the house in Fulham to walk into a hornets ' nest of horrified disapproval and rejection . |
| 17 | He thought of the calls he must make to tell the other T'ang , but for the moment he felt no impulse towards action . |
| 18 | Despite this major problem , banks must endeavour to monitor the external debt position of countries . |
| 19 | RE must endeavour to revive the natural awareness and sensitivity which most likely has been lost by middle junior school , and apply this recovered awareness to the religious vocabulary which pupils need to understand in order to make sense of religion . |
| 20 | The counsellor should seek to assess the various factors which might be contributing to the ill-health of the older individual . |
| 21 | A conclusion might therefore be that management should seek to harness the informal organisation to operate to the benefit of the formal organisation . |
| 22 | They should seek to organise the maximum number of people at local level to bring pressure to bear on local authorities , on Stormont , but particularly on Westminster . |
| 23 | We must strive to create the economic framework in which record numbers of jobs will once again become available . |
| 24 | ‘ We must strive to change the African situation by first changing our own perception of its causes and nature and then by forging a new but positive image of ourselves , ’ they said , adding : |
| 25 | 3 In addition to providing for strong and responsible government it has been claimed that the system provides for moderate government because the two parties in a two-party system must strive to occupy the middle ground where the votes lie thickest and this obliges them to control their extremists who might dissuade the middling voters from giving their support . |
| 26 | The first is the support to be given to what women can and must do to unfold the full meaning of marriage and motherhood . |
| 27 | There was one girl , however , who knew what she must do to please the Great Spirits . |
| 28 | However , as this is a riskless hedge the investor should expect to receive the riskless rate of return . |
| 29 | Those who break it must expect to face the full force of the law . " |
| 30 | The treaty on political union must begin to supply the democratic foundations of a devolved democratic federal system of government , without which monetary union will never survive . |