Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | or let's forget the whole thing . ’ |
| 2 | The plaintiff may accept the payment in settlement or may continue the action . |
| 3 | An increased number of children may not lead to more dwellings being required , but rather to the same number of larger homes ; or may affect the types of homes needed , such as those with amenities like gardens : conversely , an ageing population , which tends to consist of smaller household sizes , may need a larger number of dwellings , perhaps smaller and with special requirements such as ease of access . |
| 4 | A legal culture — particularly important in local government where much of the work may be governed by statute , or may involve the regulation of activities . |
| 5 | Pseudocysts may compress or indent the kidney or may displace the ureter . |
| 6 | 1.3 " the Site " means the [ building and adjoining ] Premises described in the First Schedule The " site " may be merely the site upon which the premises are to be constructed or may comprise the whole of the landlord 's development . |
| 7 | ( ii ) Pupils should consider the notion of appropriateness to situation , topic , purpose and language mode and the fact that inappropriate language use can be a source of humour ( either intentional or unintentional ) or may give the impression that the speaker or writer is pompous or inept or impertinent or rude . |
| 8 | As the Group is vertically integrated , finished goods held by one company may be sold outside the Group or may form the raw materials of other companies within the Group . |
| 9 | It may be taken by any student as an outside subject , or may form the starting point for a single or joint honours MA in Scottish Ethnology . |
| 10 | These may either be addictive themselves or may reinforce the view that there is a pill for every ill . |
| 11 | The practical problems are that there may be no evidence of violence on the woman 's body , which usually means that the case will be a question of the victim 's word against the defendant 's ; this may lead the police to be sceptical of the woman 's complaint , or may incline the prosecutor to accept a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of indecent assault . |
| 12 | It may not occur ; pupils may be resilient enough to deal with negative social encounters themselves , or may have the kind of personality that makes them unlikely to arise . |
| 13 | Some risks may not be appropriate or may increase the premium unreasonably or unnecessarily . |
| 14 | The presentation of the result may use any of the charting methods described in this chapter , or may take the form of a descriptive narrative . |
| 15 | This argument overlooks a feature of addictive disease that is often overlooked by those who currently advocate substitution with medically prescribed drugs : the addict will commonly take the prescribed drug and an additional illegal drug or may sell the prescribed drug in order to obtain a preferred illegal drug . |
| 16 | … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years … |
| 17 | If he does not appear the proceedings may be struck out or the district judge may proceed with the review in his absence or may order the action or matter to be struck out ( Ord 17 , r 5 ; Ord 21 , r 1(2) ) . |
| 18 | They may prefer to say nothing because to raise an objection may cause offence or may prolong the sales interaction . |
| 19 | There was some slight discussion whether the British should keep Canada or should choose the large French sugar islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe ; very few politicians close to the centre of power thought of giving Canada back to France , but the issue underlined the fact that Canada was unlikely to provide much revenue for the British treasury directly , and certainly would not provide the amount of revenue that sugar for re-export would give at a time when Britain used for consumption or for manufacture all that her West Indian islands could produce . |
| 20 | No set of contract conditions can or should protect the seller totally against his own incompetence . |
| 21 | How this could or should affect the political decision about banning lead in petrol is not a question which I am competent to answer ; it involves too many non-scientific aspects . |
| 22 | First papers derived from mapping theses should , if this is the only consideration , either be singly authored , or should cite the researcher first . |
| 23 | First papers derived from mapping theses should , if this is the only consideration , either be singly authored , or should cite the researcher first . |
| 24 | The UK exports no wastes , but accepts them from countries which either have or should have the capacity to destroy their own ‘ chemical arisings ’ , as scientists call waste products . |
| 25 | In the end , the account in Chapter 3 of the pressures for change amounts to an effective review of the recognition of the right of trade unions to be fully informed and consulted , in good time , by management about its intentions where they will or might affect the interests of employees organised by unions ; and so may be said to provide a firm footing for the argument that the practice of providing full information and of engaging in full consultation should be extended and adopted generally , in order that unions may better consider , and act in pursuance of , those interests . |
| 26 | ‘ In all these circumstances I think that it is a proper inference that , in the case of each journey in question , the plaintiffs paid the money unwillingly and only because they apprehended on reasonable grounds that without the permit which could not otherwise be obtained officers acting under the authority of the State of New South Wales would or might stop the motor vehicle and refuse to allow it to proceed upon the journey . |
| 27 | The syndrome causes bizarre responses to any stimulus to the hemiplegic side , so Rose might feel very cold in very hot weather , for instance , or might perceive the lightest touch as extreme pain . |
| 28 | It will only be small at the outset for example one might get the opportunity to go in and on or might get the opportunity to go and advise on P R P or something and it 's not suddenly going to result in an invitation er to . |
| 29 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |
| 30 | This might involve , for example , the use of self and peer assessment based on structured interviews or the completion of detailed report forms , or could involve the use of simulations or assignments . |