Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our highest and most serious imaginative inventions may show themselves in the medium of the arts . |
| 2 | The message here is that romantic cliches may safeguard you from a heart attack and prevent you making a fool of yourself . |
| 3 | We Westerners may take them for granted as part of the furniture of any self-respecting office and available to all on every high street . |
| 4 | Under Conservative administrations the unions are persona non grata — their interests may be legislated against and their protests and strike actions ignored — whereas business interest groups may find themselves with special influence over public policy . |
| 5 | The question is rather whether the accounts ought to record it in a meaningful way . |
| 6 | We have shown how group frequencies derived from experience with other molecules may be used to suggest assignments for particularly characteristic bands , and how the use of isotopes may assist us in the deduction of molecular structure and of the types of atoms involved in each mode . |
| 7 | The agricultural experts pushing crop substitution programmes may congratulate themselves on Pakistan 's declining opium output , but the truth is that the country is now specialising more in processing and marketing . |
| 8 | Rather he thinks that ants ' social organisation and skills should make them at least as rewarding to study as the birds and mammals on which animal behaviourists have focused . |
| 9 | The draftsman should , nevertheless , be aware of some of the practical problems that arise in connection with the choice of tenancy to be granted and in appropriate cases should draw them to the attention of his client . |
| 10 | The contrast between these two cases should warn us against generalising propositions which make either fluidity and mobility of the working class , or tradition and community within particular branches , into uniquely favourable conditions for socialist organisation ( the first is perhaps Bologna 's temptation ; the second appears to be the temptation of the work done under the auspices of the ‘ History Workshop ’ ) . |
| 11 | It should be stressed that the figures do not reflect the fact that a considerable number of respondents answered ‘ yes ’ to the principle of capping but went on to argue that institutions should receive nothing at all by way of grants ( see , for example , the response from the Legal Resources Group ) . |
| 12 | To help expatriates overcome differences in culture , their employers should issue them with briefing documents covering various points of concern . |
| 13 | The most serious offences are ‘ triable on indictment only ’ , which means that the magistrates ' courts must commit them for trial to the Crown Court . |
| 14 | The logic of this suggests that we blokes should introduce you to our exes just to show what perfectly normal , likeable girls they are . |
| 15 | Likewise on glaciers , tight ropes should prevent anybody from ever dropping much more than waist deep into a hidden crevasse — a position from which the victim can usually be dragged out . |
| 16 | The competition authorities should concern themselves with firms ' conduct only when there is reason to believe that competition is absent ( or would be absent were the conduct permitted ) . |
| 17 | He wanted to see a mixed economy of care and he considered it essential that the social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services , not as monopolistic providers . |
| 18 | It is vital that social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services — not as monopolistic providers . |
| 19 | In addition , Sched 2 , para 6 specifies that local authorities must provide them with services designed to minimise their disabilities and give them the opportunity to lead lives which are as normal as possible ( Sched 2 , para 6 ) . |
| 20 | Tutors and students undertaking study for these programmes should familiarise themselves with these regulations . |
| 21 | The children were the first to greet me , their brown eyes looking up , asking silently and then audibly for presents , knowing that my cases must hold something for each of them , if only a ribbon or a sweet . |
| 22 | Getting the cut hay fit to cart or put on tripods may take anything from two days ( in ideal conditions ) to several weeks . |
| 23 | Those journalists may know something about environmental issues , but if they understand transport issues , they were jolly well doing their best to conceal the fact . |
| 24 | These pictures may take you into the far reaches of analogy , metaphor , anecdotes , jokes , personal experiences and even sheer fantasy . |
| 25 | Your long-term goals may make it worth sacrificing your two weeks in Turkey for a training course . |
| 26 | Some fire brigades may bill you for coming out to help rescue an animal . |
| 27 | But an intensively worked arable farm growing continuous corn with the use of synthetic fertilizers , herbicides , and pesticides may have none at all . |
| 28 | For now Great Nations must free themselves by releasing peoples they oppressed , not simply assimilate them , and that would have to include Engels ’ non-historic peoples . |
| 29 | As right-wing politicians proclaim that the school curriculum must help children understand Britain 's ‘ place in the world ’ , the virtues of defence or popular capitalism , their left-wing counterparts maintain that schools should concern themselves with issues like the role of the police in contemporary society , homosexuality and the rights of cultural and ethnic minorities . |
| 30 | To be effective in their teaching of Standard English , schools should teach it in ways which do not denigrate the non-standard dialects spoken by many pupils . |