Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , from time to time the consensus may weaken in one science or another ( — the paradigm shifts ’ , as we have learned to say ) and then , for a period , matters grow more complicated . |
| 2 | It may range from one afternoon a week to full extension services opening daily , staffed by a paid worker and volunteers . |
| 3 | Studies of sulphate absorption using ileostomists have indicated that concentrations of this anion can vary considerably in diet and that amounts reaching the colon may range from 2 to 9 mmol.day - 1 . |
| 4 | They may relate to one institution ( a primary school ) or to several ( linking a number of primary schools to the neighbourhood secondary school ) , they may relate to primary age children within a community centre or youth club , they may simply serve as a bridge between local pre-school playgroups and the schools which the pre-school children will eventually attend . |
| 5 | The discretion given to a power-holder may relate to one or more aspects of an activity . |
| 6 | The students may stay between 3 and 9 weeks . |
| 7 | The council may demur for two reasons . |
| 8 | Tokyo 's price/earnings ratio of 36 may compare with 22 for Wall Street , 19 for Frankfurt and 13 for London . |
| 9 | Still , it is also quite possible that hesitancy or disagreement may persist without one side of the dispute or one aspect of one 's personality being more rational than another , or in possession of any deeper insight into truth . |
| 10 | For many years a companionate relationship may exist between two generations of adults in a family , each leading an independent existence . |
| 11 | Information may exist in one of two forms : implicit or explicit . |
| 12 | The latest sub-atomic theories , for example , say that we are all made up of infinitely thin pieces of string which may exist in ten dimensions . |
| 13 | When it drops to minimum it may fall to 15 , and will be out of binocular range for some time . |
| 14 | Glendinning 's ( 1992a ) study indicated that these may fall into four main groups . |
| 15 | Different forms , well let's concentrate on two , oral communication , written communication . |
| 16 | The survival of H. contortus infection on tropical pastures is variable depending on the climate and degree of shade , but the infective larvae are relatively resistant to desiccation and some may survive for 1-3 months on pasture or in faeces . |
| 17 | A wide variety of operations may be undertaken , or the ward may specialise in one aspect of surgical care , such as abdominal or chest surgery . |
| 18 | But although a woman psychologist may act like one of the boys , her sex never becomes irrelevant to her work . |
| 19 | Alternatively , if used as part of the external audit process , a contract audit may demonstrate to one party that the contract is being managed efficiently and effectively . |
| 20 | That they should make of one body a site where the variousness of all other bodies is in some way received . |
| 21 | Medical sources in Moscow said while it could be fatal in extreme cases , most symptoms should disappear in six months . |
| 22 | The Boundary Commission for Scotland concludes that the number of Scottish seats in the House of Commons should remain at 72 in spite of widespread speculation over the loss of Glasgow seats . |
| 23 | Divisional Grant should remain at 230 , but the extra payment option in case of need be increased from 75 to 100 . |
| 24 | No sir I I do accept first of all that the capacity of the city should remain at thirty three . |
| 25 | The age of consent was considered by the Policy Advisory Committee which recommended that it should remain at 16 . |
| 26 | Subsistence should remain at 11.50 per day , as this had been increased ahead of inflation in recent years . |
| 27 | In 1988 , the government 's Chief Medical Officer , Sir Donald Acheson , told the DoE that the level should remain at 50 mg/litre , mainly because , if a cancer risk existed , it would be a result of long-term exposure . |
| 28 | The pressure — both economic and political — is now on the country 's other conglomerates , such as Anglo American-De Beers , to explain why they should remain in one piece . |
| 29 | Calvet was in spectacular form at Paris , calling for an immediate rethink on Japanese access to Europe and outlining a five-point plan : that no new transplants be established in Europe ; that those in existence have outputs capped ; that quotas be maintained between 1992 and 2002 and continued after that if the Japanese do n't play ball ; that overall European penetration levels should stay at 10 per cent from the East and that France could keep its three per cent quota ; and finally , that all Japanese cars , no matter where they 're built , should be included in calculations , and the EC should assist automotive industry investment . |
| 30 | ‘ We must stay on one path , while being aware in our hearts where others may lead . |