Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you . |
| 2 | Accordingly the man in our example may prefer to keep an additional fraction of his income as money balances in excess of his transactions demand , just in case something unexpected happens which necessitates immediate expenditure . |
| 3 | You may need to evaluate an existing pedagogical grammar . |
| 4 | The purchaser may need to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders if insufficient share capital or authority exists and consider the need to disapply any pre-emption rights . |
| 5 | Wordwrapping is normally automatic , but with some programs you may need to give an additional Format command to tidy the edited text . |
| 6 | You may need to make an advance payment ( the difference between the total cost of the three year hire for the vehicle selected and the amount of finance available from mobility supplement ) , but for smaller cars there may not be anything to pay . |
| 7 | You must 've got an extra sheet than me because one of the things I was moaning about this morning erm , maybe you 've got a different |
| 8 | These development strategies should seek to preserve an acceptable balance of the various priorities , now in my position statement I set out the role and general advantages of new settlements as part of a development strategy in satisfying housing and employment needs of an area . |
| 9 | Greening the Machinery of Government suggests that this duty should include ensuring an optimum use of natural resources , reduction in waste , and the enforcement of the " polluter pays " principle . |
| 10 | If you do decide to move , you should consider transferring an existing mortgage to your new property or getting a new one up to £30,000 , even if you could afford to buy the property outright . |
| 11 | With just 3,839 points , however , the odds are now stacked against the former Middlesbrough and Cleveland Harrier reaching 7,850 points , the qualifying score the winner must achieve to claim an automatic place in Britain 's Olympic team . |
| 12 | So we should like to see an authoritative source of comparative APRs : both typical rates and the extremes of the range of rates , for different types of credit and ( where this makes a significant difference ) different types of purchase financed by the same type of credit . |
| 13 | But should this approach be followed if a future government should decide to make an across-the-board increase in national insurance rates that is significantly above the increase in prices ? |
| 14 | In particular , we must avoid giving an ideological answer . |
| 15 | The fact that the number of word paths should decrease using an allophonic representation is easily demonstrable . |
| 16 | The bank then decided that remaining a regional bank was too risky , so it should try to become an international one . |
| 17 | I remember one time I reported that he had developed a cough and back came a directive that we should try to make an audio recording of it . |
| 18 | But it does not follow , as Strawson asserts that it does , that we should have to take an objective attitude to all behaviour just like the attitude we now take to behaviour we call abnormal . |
| 19 | ‘ It should have become an I Tatti of modern French art ’ |
| 20 | unc After you have studied the see-saw problems you should have discovered an important rule about how to keep an equation in balance . |
| 21 | You should have bought an American dog with you something like a |
| 22 | So it was not surprising that Col. Savill should have had an attentive and appreciative audience on 1 December 1989 , when he spoke on this subject . |
| 23 | ‘ You should have had an early night , ’ she commented . |
| 24 | Judith Cook should have had an easier job in her pamphlet against water privatisation , for it 's British people themselves , in the near future , who will suffer . |
| 25 | But now the shot by Gemmell and the rest of the players of and the bench are curious they thought they should have had an off should have had an offside in that er buildup . |
| 26 | It is ironic that those of us who want to live in an environment-friendly style , and are really ‘ on your side ’ , should have to fight an increasing plethora of restrictions and regulations designed , it seems , to discourage us from using rail at all . |
| 27 | It is ironic that those of us who want to live in an environment-friendly style , and are really ‘ on your side ’ , should have to fight an increasing plethora of restrictions and regulations designed , it seems , to discourage us from using rail at all . |
| 28 | For the young , there must have existed an inherited inborn enjoyment of life , for it can fairly safely be assumed that the pleasure experienced by them when at play , so obvious to modern man , must have been observable all through evolution . |
| 29 | You must have cared an awful lot about her to deliberately stay away from London because of her . |
| 30 | Exceptionally dashing in his polo clothes ( he was a ten-goal player ) , he must have struck an imposing figure at six foot four . |