Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 2 | Now this means that erm putting it in its simplest way that for any of the districts in North Yorkshire and for Harrogate and if I may presume to say so in Selby in particular where the need is greatest , the local authorities must have the ability to designate what is provocatively called green field land , if they so wish in their local plan , proper consultations and strategic policies , they must have that freedom to do that if they are to be able to offer in their district land which will prove attractive to erm employment generating uses . |
| 3 | The reader may prefer to move directly on to Section 3 ‘ The OED and the Future ’ . |
| 4 | However , there are reasons why the state may prefer to own rather than merely to regulate . |
| 5 | In the face of such a task some personnel officers may prefer to rely almost entirely on memory . |
| 6 | If you 're lucky enough to live at home , or you have your own room in college or good lodgings , you may prefer to study there ( see also Chapter 2 on accommodation ) . |
| 7 | BP 's John Browne was bullish yesterday , suggesting that BP will be one of the gainers , but there will be others who may prefer to stay rather more mute . |
| 8 | You may prefer to pay more for a course geared specifically to the needs of health visitors rather than something more general , and may be able to recoup at least part of the costs of attending a course from your local continuing education budget . |
| 9 | Though the demand is great , the danger is that we may want to do too much too quickly . |
| 10 | The existence of A level courses may be seen not simply as a useful tool for individual pupils who may want to go further in their education ( or have a certificate to show that they have not left school till they were l8 ) ; but as a measure of the standard of the school itself . |
| 11 | She is my responsibility and I am merely suggesting that you may want to go home . |
| 12 | You may want to put further sub-directories below that , maybe for different years , ninety three , ninety four ninety five . |
| 13 | Some may want to ask immediately : ‘ Why on earth not ? ’ |
| 14 | A potential result of such strong attitudes against credit is that when financial pressures mount to the point where they override a reluctance to borrow , the reluctant borrower may want to borrow covertly — that is , borrow from an informal-seeming local lender rather than from a recognised lending institution such as a bank . |
| 15 | And you can go further down under the ninety three and you may want to create further sub-directories . |
| 16 | For example , you may want to cover only part of the loan , in order to keep down premiums . |
| 17 | You may want to look more closely at an image which is unfamiliar . |
| 18 | Firms may want to produce more at point B but are unable to do so because of insufficient resources . |
| 19 | It is therefore very useful to make up lists of those outlets which you may want to contact regularly . |
| 20 | Erm y'know I mean because people have a whole variety of reactions to these things which you may want to investigate more specifically . |
| 21 | In practical terms , this creates a different and exciting aspect of work for care workers who may seek to engage constructively with a wide variety of neighbourhood care schemes . |
| 22 | Taxis are obviously easier to use , but if the patient can not speak properly , he may need to use clearly written cards to explain to the taxi driver why he can not speak , and where he wants to go . |
| 23 | What what we should be doing is make s making sure that we have er the negatives of all those drawings that we 've produced over the last ten or fifteen years , that we may need to use again . |
| 24 | Like UK language schools , ELT publishers , particularly the smaller ones , may need to examine exactly what it is they have to offer . |
| 25 | Whilst the Act protects the rights of artists in this country , those whose work is sold or published abroad may need to examine carefully how their work is likely to be affected by laws in other countries . |
| 26 | In the early months of her grief , you and her other helpers may need to listen endlessly and give her quiet comfort during her episodes of extreme anguish and emotional excursions into the past . |
| 27 | You may need to remain nearby in case they do slip , but this can prevent some people from functioning so you will have to be sensitive to their feelings . |
| 28 | The Powerserver 970E requires a minimum of 64Mb memory , so people upgrading may need to order more . |
| 29 | ( 6 ) Pupils may need to visit individually for coursework or project work . |
| 30 | The orally fixated individual however , like the primal hunter-gatherer , can not achieve such a self-mastery and must rely on his luck to feed whenever and wherever he may need to do so . |