Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Will the Secretary of State confirm that whatever savings the Ministry of Defence may make by the regimental amalgamations proposed in ’ Options for Change ’ , there will be considerable on-costs to the public purse , through expenditure on unemployment and housing benefits ? |
| 32 | Protesters and their organisations may fall to the covert scrutiny or surveillance of the police through Special Branch ( and M15 ) . |
| 33 | The forsaken particle or antiparticle may fall into the black hole after its partner , but it may also escape to infinity , where it appears to be radiation emitted by the black hole . |
| 34 | Its forsaken partner may fall into the black hole as well . |
| 35 | However , if there are adverse exogenous shocks to the established unionized sector ( such as a worsening of outside opportunities , an adverse demand shock , or increasing polarization in attitudes to the trade union movement ) , then equilibrium wages and membership may fall below the critical level , and the union vanish from the sector . |
| 36 | Spring can be wet , especially in the Basque country , and snow may fall in the high mountains even in July . |
| 37 | There is no power under the section to impose any other sorts of conditions , such as those relating to the sorts of implements that may be carried at the assembly , or as to the apparel that may be worn , although these may fall within the general law relating to the possession of offensive weapons or the wearing of uniforms . |
| 38 | Let's concentrate on the important , serious issues and spend less time worrying about such matters as the quality of the beer . |
| 39 | There may well be all sorts of contributory factors which need stating but these ought to come after the full apology . |
| 40 | If some clarity of purpose and coherence of action is to take the place of this drift , the ideas and energy ought to come from the political parties because , in theory , they are supposed to provide the driving force in political development . |
| 41 | Translated into seats , the result of the Norris poll shows that the Tories will be unopposed in the Commons throughout the next Parliament with a working majority of 650 , though psephologists may quibble about the low sample size — 30 — which could give a margin of error of about minus 60 per cent . |
| 42 | Where their interests overlapped with the Maud Committee they reached similar conclusions , and we may concentrate on the latter as dealing in greater detail with the concerns of this chapter . |
| 43 | If you find a swim where you can trot down you could end up with a good bag of dace as large , individually , as those you may catch from the main river . |
| 44 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 45 | If any branch is not satisfied with the decision of the branch they may appeal to the Regional Committee . |
| 46 | Those who are removed from the Register by the Professional Conduct Committee or Health Committee and are aggrieved by that decision may appeal to the appropriate Appeal Court for the part of the UK in which they reside . |
| 47 | Any party to proceedings may appeal to the High Court against a magistrates ' court decision to make or refuse to make an order under the Children Act ( s94(1) ) . |
| 48 | The operator may deviate from the listed procedure because it may require excessive moving about or because he is interrupted by the requirements of other tasks . |
| 49 | We have noted that , given a certain type of search space , the A* algorithm may behave in the same way as breadth-first search , since the latter is a special case of the former . |
| 50 | A leaflet explaining how disabled people may qualify for the new disability living allowance , which came into effect on Monday , has been produced by Stockton Borough Council for distribution to 75,000 households . |
| 51 | He says they ought to jump in the nearest river ! |
| 52 | I do n't know who well I do n't know whether you ought to write to the chief constable and explain the situation , all the |
| 53 | In other words , they may win within the established system but it does not get them very far if they are not carrying the people with them in a popular crusade for change . |
| 54 | The other is that the molecule magnetite may act as the magnetic sense , and traces of magnetite have indeed been found in bones in the brains of pigeons and other species including humans . |
| 55 | Snow may linger on the high passes as late as June . |
| 56 | ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . ) |
| 57 | They wake with this sense of suffocation and must sit up and bend forward or else must rush to the open window ; they feel they must take a deep breath . |
| 58 | Under the Act , passed in 1973 , federal agencies must consult with the Interior Department to ensure that their activities do not threaten endangered species . |
| 59 | ‘ I really must think about the whole question , ’ she thought , as she went up the stairs to the flat . |
| 60 | We must think of the nervous system encoding the perceived world ; and in trying to understand this process we should consider not individual spikes but their potentially infinite combinations . |