Example sentences of "you [modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a key worker or a care assistant , you may go to see the person in their own home . |
| 2 | You may choose to validate the contents of the directory using VALIDATE before re-starting the process — refer to Section 3.5 for details of the operation required . |
| 3 | You may prefer to fix the matchboard across the narrowest width of the room . |
| 4 | In order to wash the shampoo out of the coat , you may prefer to lift the dog out of the bath and rinse the coat separately . |
| 5 | Deeper hard pans require more drastic operations such as double digging ; in established gardens you may prefer to delay the upheaval until each area affected is due for renewal and replanting . |
| 6 | But of course , you may prefer to join The Ramblers ' Association simply to add your voice to that of our 63,000 existing members and to keep in touch with what is going on in the countryside . |
| 7 | You may prefer to keep the diet simple during your working week and to save the more elaborate meal for the weekends of , if you feel really adventurous , for dinner parties . |
| 8 | As the recipe makes a great many biscuits , you may prefer to halve the quantities , though you can store them in an airtight container . |
| 9 | Kits may be borrowed from local hire shops , or you may prefer to share the cost with a number of neighbours or friends . |
| 10 | ‘ You may think to deflect the curse , ’ said the sorceress , ‘ and for a while you will do so , for your sorcerers are powerful , and the Enchantment they have woven will endure . |
| 11 | Erm , clearly in an in any agricultural supply function , you may want to incorporate the fact that weather plays a vitally im important , important role . |
| 12 | Alternatively , however , you may want to emphasise the point that actual readers are unlikely to respond all in the same way , especially readers differing in gender , class , age , ethnicity or some other aspect of social identity . |
| 13 | When you have n't had time to prepare , however , you may want to leave the item just where it is . |
| 14 | However , if you have a mirror and need to cut it to size , drill holes in it , or smooth , bevel or polish the edges , you may want to tackle the job yourself . |
| 15 | Right , so , you know , there 's no econo-matrixes by no means the science and you can essentially get the computer to er tell the story that you want simply by choosing er critical values but nevertheless we 've re probably be reasonably confident in our estimate , particularly if those estimates , we 'll just go back to them , er the er display the regression results again , display them again but those coefficients are elasticities , right , they 're cored with our a priori reasoning right , we put ah , unit elasticity , you may want to test the hypothesis that the elasticity on erm the income variable , that income elasticity is significant given one , just generate computer a T ratio in the hypothesis value being one instead of zero , as in a normal T test , right , and that coefficient point nine five is sufficiently close to one , by looking at the standard error to er further that is an estimate of one you 've got very inelastic er demand erm for the , the textiles , that coefficient , is that the time , I ca n't believe it if that 's all , oh no that 's eight , do n't worry |
| 16 | Here the material will be used in the spoken rather than written form and you may want to rephrase the information accordingly . |
| 17 | If , over the years , you suspect that there has been a swing to or away from attending more than once a Sunday , you may want to take the trouble of further refining your data . |
| 18 | You may want to take the advice of your Consulate . ’ |
| 19 | In this case you may want to analyse the language as well as learn to speak it . |
| 20 | That 's right , so instead of , so if er , say if the price of erm , yes , say , meat went up , erm , so the price of beef , beef went up , you may want to increase the size of your beef herd , how do you increase the price of your beef herd , well you , you do n't sell as , as many cows to the slaughterhouse as you might otherwise would , you know , would do , because you want to increase your herd for , for later years . |
| 21 | If you have exhausted the possibility of an employer 's crêche facility then you may want to consider the alternatives , which are usually childminding or employing a nanny or au pair . |
| 22 | Well , yes it should , it should be , and there 's some good figures in there that you may want to tell the students about , and then what I would do is recommend that they have a look at it because the current issue . |
| 23 | You may want to change the format , say from Video 8 to VHS , so that it can be played back on your table-top VCR , or to convert the sound track from hi-fi to a linear edge track which can then be edited by audio dub . |
| 24 | In the light of the report 's findings you may want to discuss the matter further . |
| 25 | You may want to supplement the contents with your own aids or those your college provides . |
| 26 | In this case you may want to centre the pattern around the centre of the machine even if this means mismatching side seams . |
| 27 | However , if you will consider the situation for a moment , you may come to see the inappropriateness of someone such as yourself talking ‘ down ’ to one such as my father . ’ |
| 28 | If the approval listings have been turned off and you are the approver and happy with the contents of the package you may proceed to approve the package immediately using option 1.5.3 — Grant/Deny Approval To Package . |
| 29 | ( And if you use this method to send information to a laser printer , you may need to put the printer off-line and press the Form Feed button before it will produce the output ) . |
| 30 | It could take some trial and error to discover the correct interval ; and you may need to chart the person 's pattern . |