Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may make sense to take professional advice on the wording of an appropriate letter . |
| 2 | Suppose the same sort of bargain will have to be concluded quite often , then it may make sense to devise a framework , or ‘ governance structure ’ or protocol , to facilitate it . |
| 3 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 4 | In exceptional cases , though , such as those in which dishonesty is alleged , it may make sense to press the point strongly . |
| 5 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
| 6 | Within an organisation , depending upon these variables , it may make sense to have different organisational structures . |
| 7 | Thus , for example , it may make sense to have an integrated commuter rail service and inner-city subway , and to subsidize it to prevent people driving through congested streets ; but only a local government embracing both the suburbs and the inner city is likely to get close to the efficient policy . |
| 8 | Normally , clients will want to support strong seasonal sales , but if , as sometimes happens , market seasonality has been created by promotional activity , it may make sense to try to even out the cycle by advertising in the low season . |
| 9 | Public companies , for example , may seek permission to have their shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 10 | These may include ability to learn easily , familiarity with new technology such as computers , no demanding family ties , willingness to travel , willingness to work , plenty of energy . |
| 11 | Relocation policies may include provision to protect or cushion employees against financial loss when they sell their old properties and buy elsewhere . |
| 12 | The method is very costly and there are fears that a proportion of PCBs may survive incineration to escape into the atmosphere . |
| 13 | Some pupils with special educational needs , with or without statements , may need assistance to enable them to communicate their achievements . |
| 14 | The patient may need assistance to cough . |
| 15 | Betty Rathbone points out that young children may need help to cope with their anger . |
| 16 | For example , pupils who speak ( and therefore possibly write ) in a non-standard dialect of English may need help to see that their dialect is regular and patterned , and to recognise the systematic differences between it and formal , academic Standard English . |
| 17 | In particular , one may need help to see that caretaking for other people , protecting them from damaging consequences and also doing everything one can to " help " , may be having the exact opposite of the desired effect . |
| 18 | However , if you think you may need help to meet the charges , please contact your local Social Work Centre or Hospital Social Worker who will be able to arrange an assessment of your needs . |
| 19 | Some parents do not like disagreeing in front of an outsider and may need permission to do this . |
| 20 | She may need money to buy food for the family , or she may be trying to stop him leaving her and the children . |
| 21 | Hard-worked planning officers may need encouragement to pursue the matter and find letters from concerned members of the public about neglected buildings a useful prompt to take the matter to their superiors or to their committee . |
| 22 | may need fuel to support burning |
| 23 | The current stars are generators of profits which may need investment to sustain their position . |
| 24 | William Sumption , director of a private water-development group in Alabama , says : ‘ It seems we may need Daddy to tell us where the toys are on the floor , and how to share them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ New ’ animals may be subject to ‘ new ’ disorders , and ‘ better ’ , more disease-resistant animals may tempt AgriBusiness to keep them in worse conditions . |
| 26 | She may lack motivation to increase knowledge and improve skills , and appear uninterested . |
| 27 | For example , the nurse should make time to talk to the patient and not be involved in other activities which might distract her . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend is correct — it must make sense to have pay bargaining as near as possible to the point and location of work so as to make the labour market work as efficiently as possible and to reward people as fairly as possible . |
| 29 | Mr Cosic added : ‘ We no longer have the means to make war , we must make peace to win . ’ |
| 30 | Francis Bacon who put money into an unsuccessful company to colonize Newfoundland wrote in his essay On Plantations ( the word used then and for most of the seventeenth century for what would later be called colonies ) ‘ You must make account to lose almost twenty years profit , and expect your recompense in the end . ’ |