Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
2 | You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you . |
3 | However , egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue . |
4 | Those fluent in Anglo-Saxon may prefer to consult the original text . ) |
5 | Others may prefer to continue the addictive process rather than accept the need for personal change which they may perceive to be more painful than continuing the addiction . |
6 | Likewise , if you find you will need specialist equipment , even though this is easy to hire , you may prefer to leave the whole job to a specialist firm . |
7 | Rather than target help on those who need it most , Mr Major may prefer to protect the middle class and let the poor get poorer . |
8 | Thus they may prefer to skip the next two chapters which are more theoretical . |
9 | We do , however , appreciate that being creatures of habit , many people may prefer to have a similar breakfast each day , for the sake of speed and perhaps taste also . |
10 | To make the comparison fair , we should have to assume that built into each typist 's chair is a gun , wired up so that if he makes a mistake he is summarily shot , his place being taken by a reserve typist ( squeamish readers may prefer to imagine a spring-loaded ejector seat gently catapulting miscreant typists out of the line , but the gun gives a more realistic picture of natural selection ) . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Therefore a potential growth stimulatory autocrine cycle may exist to explain the aggressive nature of these cancers . |
13 | In the first place they may want to do no more than ensure that the Constitution is not altered casually or carelessly or by subterfuge or implication ; they may want to secure that this important document is not lightly tampered with , but solemnly , with due notice and deliberation , consciously amended . |
14 | Kitchens can be cramped , steamy places to swing a camcorder in , and if yours is particularly small you may want to use a wide-angle adapter-lens of the kind which screws onto the front of the lens to increase the angle of view . |
15 | You may want to hold a simple ceremony in your pet 's honour , as a last chance to say goodbye . |
16 | You may want to replace the cold water system either to convert a direct system into an indirect one or to replace old lead piping ( or a rusting galvanised cistern ) with more modern copper or plastic . |
17 | Or you may want to compare the alcoholic strength of one wine or beer with another . |
18 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
19 | One dimension might be in this time , as we have seen , the mother might reach a stage where , she , it 's in her productive self interest to start another offspring , and she may want to wean the existing one , so she can do that . |
20 | Once the teething phase has passed you may want to get a new bed , rather than a cardboard box with its sides cut down . |
21 | Thus even here we may want to reduce the total time required to record the spectrum . |
22 | John Watkins University Press I think there 's a copy in the library erm , you may want to have a little look at it , but so what we 're going do is we incorporate both these two hypothesis into a model supply response okay . |
23 | Aside from running their hands over the dog 's body and legs , checking its conformation , judges may want to have a clear view of the dog 's mouth , to check , for example , that the jaws are neither under or overshot , according to the breed standard . |
24 | Chapter III will help you to choose a rug suited to your individual needs — you may want to make a worthwhile investment , or simply brighten up your home . |
25 | Each material has its advantages and conservatory manufacturers between them , offer all options that any potential buyer may want to make the right decision . |
26 | You may want to make the nice gesture , which was made to me when I first moved into a flat and I have repeated myself whenever I have moved , of leaving a plant or a box of chocolates and a note wishing the next occupants a happy life in your former home . |
27 | Unless such differences are taken into account , estimates of abatement costs will be inaccurate and governments may seek to control the wrong fuels . |
28 | The taxpayer may seek to raise a robust argument based on fundamental Schedule E rules that the benefit should be limited to the amount which the taxpayer could obtain on a sale of the rights ( Tennant v Smith ( 1892 ) 3 TC 158 , Abbott v Philbin ( 1960 ) 39 TC 82 and Heaton v Bell ( 1969 ) 46 TC 11 ) . |
29 | However , it remains unclear how far the Soviet leadership may seek to influence the internal composition of the post-settlement Afghan regime in order to safeguard the minimal security and strategic needs of the USSR which , Moscow asserts , originally compelled the intervention of Soviet troops in Afghanistan . |
30 | Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates . |