Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 ) . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | You may want to hold a simple ceremony in your pet 's honour , as a last chance to say goodbye . |
6 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
7 | Once the teething phase has passed you may want to get a new bed , rather than a cardboard box with its sides cut down . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 ) . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | First , the agency may seek to expand a given government programme by systematically overstating the benefits or understating the costs . |
14 | You can also vary the number of rows knitted for the pin tuck itself , but if you want more rows knitted with the front bed needles alone , you may need to use a thinner yarn and/or pushing down wheels to help knit the stitches correctly . |
15 | You may need to do a complete revision of an existing pedagogical grammar , so that it may be of greater use for the language learning programmes of your colleagues . |
16 | If you fall into any of the above categories , you may need to take a daily multi-vitamin and mineral pill as your nutritional insurance policy ! |
17 | Perhaps more importantly , in the search process the searcher may need to retrieve a wider range of documents in order to make a relevance judgement in the first place . |
18 | You may need to write a pedagogical grammar . |
19 | The second is to buy yourself a good waterproof mascara but remember you may need to buy a suitable eye make-up remover , too . |
20 | If you live in the centre of a large town , they may need to fly a long way . |
21 | Certainly we should want to provide a comfortable home full of modern appliances for our families . |
22 | An industrial manager at any level should endeavour to have a clear view of the future , and the role that he would like his business to play in that future . |
23 | First , they must want to see a larger number of small farms ( at present they do n't ) and this means discouraging land management by large institutions . |
24 | However , we should strive to include a greater variety of complex carbohydrates in our meals ; more grains , pulses , vegetables and fruit on a daily basis . |
25 | Similarly , he argued , Britain should seek to create a Social Charter of its own liking , rather than merely oppose the adoption of any social charter at all . |
26 | Subject bibliographies are therefore the raw materials of the trade of stock revision , and librarians working on stock revision should seek to acquire a working knowledge of their existence and contents in the same way that a reference librarian is familiar with the major reference tools in the collection . |
27 | Counselling should seek to present a positive view of retirement , but one which stresses the need for individual commitment and effort . |
28 | the teacher must strive to create a non-threatening atmosphere in which the pupil can articulate fear , disagreement and possible rejection of previously held beliefs , and still feel valued and accepted as a person . |
29 | Industrialisation : Most LDCs must industrialise to achieve a higher per capita income . |
30 | ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’ |