Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may eventually come to think in terms of a Minoan Universal Spirit , which manifested itself in many different transformations , each with a different name , character , and function , and which yet somehow was regarded as a single deity . |
| 2 | The scheme has been approved by UK energy secretary , John Wakeham , who has indicated that it may eventually become incorporated into building regulations for new houses . |
| 3 | ‘ We do not think it is possible to deny that there are circumstances in which individuals may justifiably choose to enter into a homosexual relationship ... [ although ] such a relationship could not be regarded as the moral or social equivalent of marriage . ' |
| 4 | Within a specific environment problems may be solved or they may only minimised depending upon external constraints imposed . |
| 5 | Where the minister and elders of a church have decided to pursue an application for demolition , remember they may only have come to this decision as a last resort , perhaps having received advice that there was no possibility of alternative use . |
| 6 | The main reason a purchaser will insist on buying assets , and may perhaps refuse to deal with the vendor on any other basis , is that the purchaser can then select which of the vendor 's liabilities he will assume and more importantly which he will leave behind for the vendor to deal with . |
| 7 | Dr Johnson begged a Berkeleian not to take his leave from the group he was with , ‘ for we may perhaps forget to think of you , and then you will cease to exist ’ . |
| 8 | This may perhaps have corresponded to the last creation of the world , for the Maya believed that the world had been created and destroyed several times . |
| 9 | I very much doubt whether Wolfgang will find there all those things which he has imagined and the great advantages which several people may perhaps have described to him . |
| 10 | Kirkman and Hendy , the Earl of Camden 's agents , may merely have responded to the College 's advertisement , but another explanation for their involvement seems possible . |
| 11 | ( His father 's occupation is particularly significant , because the invention of the mechanical clock must presumably have depended on the co-operation of the learned man , probably a monk , who first thought of it and the blacksmith who actually constructed it . ) |
| 12 | Ellis believed that the women 's movement had taken a wrong turn in demanding equality with men in the public sphere and should rather have worked for the elevation of motherhood . |
| 13 | Yeah fucking weird though in n it why it should suddenly start pulling like that |
| 14 | But I would like to mention that conflicting evidence is not always the result of a social worker being inexperienced and taken in easily by appearances when he or she should obviously have checked with an independent source . |
| 15 | If therapeutic hypochlorhydria is carcinogenic to the stomach , gastric cancer associated with cimetidine use in 1977 should only begin to appear by now . |
| 16 | ‘ And yet to have been there and heard none of the holy words which we should naturally have listened for from those lips at such a time — how distressing ! ’ |
| 17 | But about a year ago she had begun to remember incidents which she must hitherto have blocked from her mind . |
| 18 | good practice must not go to waste without the proper commitment and backing |
| 19 | Europe must not try to compete by cutting costs . |
| 20 | ‘ And I tell you frankly that in my opinion one must not hesitate to go to a prostitute occasionally if there is one you can trust and feel something for … . |
| 21 | The nurses on this ward had to be primarily responsible for Faye 's care while she was here , and Belinda must not risk treading on their professional toes , although she would tell Judy Stack that she was available whenever they had questions . |
| 22 | Work on drilling more than 100 anchors should already have started by the time you read this . |
| 23 | However , the drafter should generally avoid relying on the interpretation given to a word or term in a previous decided case . |
| 24 | You 've got ta be able to run a little tidy up programme , we should just get rid of all these stubs and things ! |
| 25 | Had that guess of 3% proved right , GDP should comfortably have expanded by the same amount . |
| 26 | We follow a different model : that each point of view must be allowed a voice in the process of deliberation but that the collective decision must nevertheless aim to settle on some coherent principle whose influence then extends to the natural limits of its authority . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't see fit to compound this tragedy by adding to the deep distress that the incident must already have caused to you , the deceased 's relatives and others , ’ he said . |
| 28 | This means that a child acquiring language who does not yet know what chair means but will acquire the knowledge must already have represented in his ‘ language of thought ’ a predicate of the kind ‘ is a portable seat for one ’ . |
| 29 | He must already have begun to be aware that his dependency on alcohol was weakening his creative drive . |
| 30 | If so , that Hidden Master must already have known about the hydra . |