Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The three quarks inside a proton normally do not have enough energy to change into antielectrons , but very occasionally one of them may acquire sufficient energy to make the transition because the uncertainty principle means that the energy of the quarks inside the proton can not be fixed exactly . |
| 2 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
| 3 | Indeed , one of them may get more information out of it than the author realised he was putting into it . |
| 4 | Hyphenating them may overcome this problem . |
| 5 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 6 | I mean I know there 's always an argument , especially here in Oxford , that people just come , look round the colleges and they 're gone again , but having said that some of them must spend some money . |
| 7 | She 'll want at least another three watch-keepers , and preferably two of them must understand celestial navigation . |
| 8 | Ahead of me was an elliptical circle of maybe twenty people , the combined ages of whom must have seventy score and ten . |
| 9 | But the government intends everyone should pay some amount . |
| 10 | Everyone should have equal protection by the law and the ability to appeal against local authority . |
| 11 | While we all think that everyone should have unlimited access to public areas , we have to live in the real world and accept that all sports and hobbies are controlled in some way or other . |
| 12 | The Detailed Spectrum Investigation process is intended to ensure that everyone should derive maximum benefit from the limited radio spectrum resource . |
| 13 | There 's a lesson here for the BBC or for any television organisation — and it 's important that everyone should get that lesson right . |
| 14 | They are the principle of equal liberty , assuring everyone equal measure of an enumerated list of basic liberties ( freedom of expression , religion , etc. ) and the difference principle according to which everyone should enjoy equal allocation of the other primary goods ( i.e. those desirable whatever one 's conception of the good may be , e.g. wealth , income , opportunities , status ) except in so far as deviation from strict equality would improve the prospects of the worst-off group in society . |
| 15 | Applicants who consider that this exception may apply to them should seek detailed advice by writing to the Registry . |
| 16 | Applicants who consider that this exception may apply to them should seek detailed advice by writing to the Registry . |
| 17 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 18 | Someday I may meet another mammoth . |
| 19 | Please can you tell me where I may purchase some dog 's tooth violets . |
| 20 | If he stims me much more , I know that I may seek such stimming again , however unwillingly . |
| 21 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
| 22 | I may gain more acceptance . |
| 23 | I may have the gift of inspired preaching ; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets ; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — but if I have no love , I am nothing . |
| 24 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 25 | I may have more luck . ’ |
| 26 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 27 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 28 | ‘ I may have another drink , I may not , ’ Newman replied , looking at Corduroy Jacket . |
| 29 | ‘ Thee I invoke , oh our Emperor , ’ he prayed , the formula glowing neon in his mind 's eye , ‘ that thou wilt infuse these cards this hour ; that thereby I may obtain true insight of things hidden , to thy glory and to the salvation of humanity — ’ |
| 30 | The Government have cut unemployment benefit 11 times since 1979 , making a cumulative ’ saving ’ — if I may use that word — at the expense of the unemployed , of £5 billion to £6 billion over the past decade . |