Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , if people take account of the costs to themselves but not the burden on the National Health Service in deciding whether or not to smoke and damage their health , society may regard smoking as a merit bad that should be discouraged . |
| 2 | The Microsoft one plugs into a serial port you may want to use for a modem , while you have to hunt for a mouse to fit into the IBM PS/2 socket . |
| 3 | In approaching family work in this way a social worker may want to arrange for a multidisciplinary assessment , calling on advice from the health care team . |
| 4 | You may have a lump sum to invest or you may want to save on a regular basis . |
| 5 | Out of this material will emerge some of the items you may want to discuss with a spiritual director . |
| 6 | Any condition that a board may seek to attach to a licence can only be attached by a valid bye-law : Allied Breweries ( U.K. ) Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1985 S.L.T. 302.5.140(6) provides that bye-laws made under the 1959 Act continue in force . |
| 7 | For the non-obese Type 2 patient reducing the intake of refined carbohydrate may be effective , but many may need to progress to a sulphonylurea with intermediate duration of action such as glibenclamide . |
| 8 | Women with severe emotional problems may need counselling on a long-term basis . |
| 9 | In very wet weather you may need to resort to a weedkiller like Weedol to kill annual weed seedlings , although chemicals are best kept for really problematic weeds . |
| 10 | Classic lighting is ideal for creating atmosphere in traditional-style bedrooms , although if you often read in bed you may need to opt for a more practical design |
| 11 | Neither precedent nor legislation is sufficient in its own right ; common-law principles may need codifying in a statute , and a statute will need judicial interpretation to determine the scope of its operation . |
| 12 | If you think you do n't qualify , you may need to apply for a divorce in the ordinary way and you should consult a solicitor . |
| 13 | If the purchaser is a listed company it may need to apply for a listing of the consideration shares . |
| 14 | The patient may need to eat from a bowl at first , as he gets used to eating one-handed . |
| 15 | Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family . |
| 16 | Decisions are then needed on how to train , which will include whether or which parts should be on-line or off-line , whether the operator is required to function in a mainly programmed ( i.e. rule-following ) mode and how far he may need to function in a conceptual ( i.e. actions based on understanding ) mode . |
| 17 | This discussion should include other professionals in the multidisciplinary team and may need to start with a recognition of their own feelings , before meeting with the old person concerned . |
| 18 | as these will ‘ drown ’ if cut below water level , so sufficient length should remain to allow for a fluctuating water level . |
| 19 | A few days later , on 8 June , the scheme was approved on two conditions : no unit was to be diverted from the essential defence of the British Isles ; and the new force must make do with a minimum of arms . |
| 20 | This portable version allows her out of home or hospital for a few hours … but for most of her life she must stay connected to a larger non-stop supply . |
| 21 | now you ha you must 've converted to a unit linked policy by continuing after the period you |
| 22 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |
| 23 | The two- or three- volume catalogue should appear to coincide with a survey exhibition of drawings from Chatsworth to be held at the British Museum this year . |
| 24 | It had surprised Ruth that the Carsons should choose to live in a boarding-house , until she discovered that in New York it was quite the thing-always supposing that the establishment was high-class and in a good locality . |
| 25 | If you wish to live in central London , you should choose to stay in a hotel . |
| 26 | ( Why Jeffreys should choose to appear in a court at York is puzzling , especially in the wrong clothes for his time and in a building which was erected about 60 years later . ) |
| 27 | That Lefevre should finish lying in a place like this . |
| 28 | Much controversy surrounded the finalization of this part of the Act centred on the question whether all 3–5 year olds should become entitled to a place in a nursery or pre-school . |
| 29 | I should like to live in a community , Eleanor Thorne decided , I should like to taste the fruits of life in a small home , a retirement home , an old people 's house , whatever it might be called . |
| 30 | To close , I should like to quote from a source that especially some of us find more authoritative than a business man . |