Example sentences of "[modal v] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why may this patient develop bladder problems postoperatively ? |
| 2 | Moreover , the receivers may some day want to use the imprecision and ambiguity to their advantage . |
| 3 | The Irish Government may some day allow non-Catholics , and Catholics too , to buy contraceptives in Eire . |
| 4 | Viscount Simon and Lord Simonds reserved their opinions on this question , and Lord Porter considered that opinions expressed supporting the application of the rule to personal injuries are an undoubted extension of it , ‘ and may some day require examination . ’ |
| 5 | In the Middle Ages it was generally accepted that women 's ears turned men on to the same extent as the more obvious feminine attributes ; that is why so may medieval headdresses ensured that women 's ears were discreetly covered . |
| 6 | What form should monetary policy take ? |
| 7 | It clearly influenced the League of Nations Union ‘ Peace Ballot ’ , held in June 1935 and involving about eleven and a half million people , the majority of whom voted in favour of disarmament and the need for collective military action against aggressor nations should economic sanctions fail . |
| 8 | What should each prisoner do , if motivated solely by self-interest ? |
| 9 | These components should each bear reference to the development plan . |
| 10 | As we have seen , this approach became less dominant in the second half of the 1980s , although it is still there as a card to be played should political problems necessitate it . |
| 11 | The limit SHOULD political loyalty have any limitations ? |
| 12 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |
| 14 | And should that day come — bear in mind that I say " should it come " , not " when it comes " — who shall blame them ? |
| 15 | What should that student do ? |
| 16 | Mr McCallum continued that the decisions made by the Social Work Department were made on the basis of confidential information , and should that department reply to the Action Committee , he said , they might divulge information which should nut be revealed at that time . |
| 17 | What else should that perjurer expect , but to be chained in a dungeon ? |
| 18 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 19 | If MPs from south of the Border are to have no influence over certain matters in Scotland , why should Scottish MPs vote on parallel issues affecting England and Wales ? |
| 20 | Must this period last until an agreement is reached by both parties , or will it be a finite period at the end of which the unions must accept the propositions put forward by their employers ? |
| 21 | Here , in Britain , the attitude of women is quite different ; they may say why should another woman look after my baby or even touch my baby . |
| 22 | Should some delegate impede the wishes of the people , it will be an easy matter of removing him . |
| 23 | Should this noise become louder suddenly and be heard in the nearby town , it was an evil omen . |
| 24 | Should this approach receive no response they were to form joint anti-Fascist committees at a lower level " despite the leadership " . |
| 25 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |
| 26 | 1812 " It is proposed that the Clergymen of the Island shall … convene the poor of their respective Parishes , & to such as they find needy , to issue a Ticket of his or her name & Parish Written thereon , who only should be served as the Poor , & impostures excluded — It is Represented to this Meeting that a number of Beggars keep dogs at home and abroad — and as Scarcity is apprehended , it is considered proper that every person should this year Discharge every unnecessary Dog … " |
| 27 | All the more remarkable , then , that Honda should this year have upstaged its European class competitors by introducing standard-fit driver 's side airbags to no fewer than 13 models of its range , beginning with the £11,750 Civic VEi . |
| 28 | why should this person need five hundred pound a month more . |
| 29 | Further 800,000 reported moving north to Austria from Yugoslavia … should this number materialize food and guard situation will become critical . |
| 30 | Should this number materialize food and guard situation will become critical . |