Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some PCs these days can already offer this type of performance or may offer a one megabyte graphics card as an optional extra for as little as £20 over the price of a 512K card . |
| 2 | The adviser may feel inadequate to discuss the problem or may justify a referral using the many benefits cases waiting in the waiting room as an excuse . |
| 3 | Transient ischaemia , often with plaque rupture and formation of platelet fibrin thrombi , distal embolisation , and possibly local vasoconstriction may serve as a primary cause of cardiac arrest or may modulate a fixed arrhythmogenic substrate . |
| 4 | The greatest possible self-created order , he wrote , compatible of course with the freedom to work , which may mean very little order indeed or may mean a great deal of order , depending on the individual and the circumstances . |
| 5 | ( A dog may have a birth abnormality , or may lose a leg in an accident . ) |
| 6 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 7 | One can agree that another has or should have a right , that is , believe that he has or should have it , or agree to give him a right . |
| 8 | The head of the bed should be against a wall , or should have a head-board . |
| 9 | There was further dispute later in the year over the issue of whether the country should retain its current presidential system of government or should adopt a prime ministerial system . |
| 10 | Certainly neither Attlee nor Bevin took account of those in the Labour party who suggested that Britain could or should pursue a " socialist " foreign policy , nor did they accept the claims of the Labour left that the United States was more aggressive than the USSR . |
| 11 | If the makeup of the whole of a person 's being was represented by a frozen block of egg yolks and whites ( colour coded — dyed different colours ) then any other person wishing to investigate and make conscious or broadcast his feelings upon this being might have to take a sample or sliver through the block or might collect a number of such slivers , some from other people 's different angle scanning of that being , then I would suggest that the picture of flat slivers built up would in no way give the many complex proportions of shapes originally in the block . |
| 12 | As Lord Wilberforce said , the GLC might direct fares to be raised or services to be adjusted ; or might make a grant to the LTE . |
| 13 | Summary In this chapter , we have suggested that literary essays have a characteristic style or voice which is different from the way you talk or might narrate a story or write a letter . |
| 14 | Qualifications disqualify the person from being considered ( e.g. on the grounds that they will become easily bored or might become a trouble maker ) . |
| 15 | The computer could offer suggestions , e.g. " There are eleven ____ in a team " , or might produce a list of words containing one the child has n't tried . |
| 16 | Towns could take some space at a normal street comer to give ‘ more chance to be seen and to see others ’ ( a ) ; or could create a vest-pocket park ( b ) ; or a play area ( c ) ; or an island in a cul-de-sac for the local children ( d ) . |
| 17 | These included suspicion that a person 's actions could result in armed robbery or ethnic conflict or could deprive a community of the " essentials of life " . |
| 18 | Not that the James Committee was convinced that the CNAA would or could accept a validating role for the colleges and the field of study . |
| 19 | How many readers knew that , or could name a single book of his ? |
| 20 | Dunvegan had a well ; the water , Johnson found upon enquiry , was not brackish but hard ; Rorie More 's drinking-horn held two quarts of liquor , ‘ which the heir of Macleod was expected to swallow at a draught … before he was permitted to bear arms , or could claim a seat among the men ’ . |
| 21 | Genetic make-up , early childhood socialisation , class divisions and inequalities of opportunity are things which we either do not know how to change , or would involve a degree of social and economic transformation which is very unlikely to be embarked on in the name of reducing crime . |
| 22 | Britain would either be overwhelmed as France had been or would seek a compromise with Hitler . |
| 23 | Sean always had his wits about him and had tried to placate him by saying there was nothing they were doing at Rafferty 's Bar that would offend a brother , or would concern a policeman . |
| 24 | In contrast with One 0ver The Eight in which he constantly said his ‘ gloo — oo-oo-m ’ words or would take a word like ‘ now ’ and repeat it excessively , he behaved with total seriousness in this ; a different character entirely . |
| 25 | Others have a large enough budget to be able to retain their independence , these publications will probably ask for background material only or will send a journalist to cover the story on the spot . |
| 26 | It is the child who refuses to abandon Dreams — who stubbornly persists in believing that he or she will explore the depths of the Amazon , or will become a film director — who becomes the adult who will achieve those ambitions . |
| 27 | If your instruction is complex , length or will have a major impact please consult us first ! |
| 28 | In such a contract there is no implied condition that the seller has or will have a right to sell the goods . |
| 29 | He is the sort of person who can , or will find a way of doing it all if push comes to shove . |
| 30 | It should be free of weeds or seeds that are poisonous or can damage a horse 's mouth , such as barley grass . |