Example sentences of "perhaps [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will need to write down certain things like a list of goals for food change and exercise , interesting recipes , a list of rewards ( perhaps as part of a contingency contract ) , and your daily weight . |
| 2 | The bailie apparently also read the correspondence which passed through his hands , perhaps as part of his own political activities , or he would not have learned of the contents of the letter in question , but in any event his adherence to the Duke of Argyll 's friend , Sir Peter Halkett , did him no harm and he was still postmaster of Stirling in 1755 , when his ill-health and reported nearness to death induced Lord John Murray to seek the post , in the event of Maiben 's death , for a Stirling surgeon who was a son of James Graham of Bowhaple , a Perthshire freeholder . |
| 3 | There are also more specialised information sources you might need to use : if you want to know about the readership of a particular contemporary magazine or newspaper , for example ( perhaps as part of a study of the relation between ideology and audience ) you could use BRAD ( " British Rate and Data " ) , which lists advertising rates and audited newspaper and magazine circulations . |
| 4 | The common types of consideration paid for the acquisition of Target will be cash , debentures in Newco , shares in Newco , or the right to future shares or debentures in Newco ( perhaps as part of an " earn-out " arrangement or deferred consideration ) . |
| 5 | Despite general neglect of the country 's heritage , restoration is a popular topic for debate , perhaps as compensation for the lack of action . |
| 6 | Identifiable links between the Mycenaeans and Egyptians have until now been largely confined to deposits of Mycenaean pottery in Egypt , and sporadic finds of Egyptians objects in Greece.If this papyrus does show Mycenaean warriors fighting alongside Egyptians , perhaps as mercenaries , it provides the first evidence for more direct interaction between these two major Bronze Age cultures of the Mediterranean . |
| 7 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 8 | Because the brutal fact is that big business no longer needs brute force ( except perhaps as Exocet fodder ) . |
| 9 | I regard barbaric sport , not only perhaps as fox hunting but also such things as boxing , where two people , two individuals do their best to hit the life out of the other and it is watched by thousands of people . |
| 10 | Kathleen Kenyon , the excavator , recognized two deposits , but since there were coins of the House of Theodosius in each , it can be assumed that they accumulated over a fairly short period , perhaps as rubbish from the nearby forum . |
| 11 | Your letter dated the 19th May to Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link has been passed on to me in my capacity as Vice Chair of the Link , but more relevantly perhaps as Director of CPRW . |
| 12 | Intuitive flashes about which probable future to reach for often pop up from nowhere — perhaps as images , dreams , fantasies , feelings , thoughts , impulses or bodily sensations . |
| 13 | This could suggest a domestic crisis , for the Chronicle records immediately after that the aetheling , Ealdberht , whom Ine had exiled , went into Surrey and Sussex and it is not inconceivable that Ealdberht was either Ine 's son or the son of his brother , Ingild , who died in 718 , seeking recognition perhaps as Ine 's heir . |
| 14 | The remaining properties at Nelson Square could be sold , perhaps as student accommodation , after the move to rebuilt premises on the Pickwick site . |
| 15 | But the butchers shop was er a very well known shop , and er I remember very well we used to go into there er of course when things were re were really poor , you 'd go into the butchers shop in the middle of the week perhaps about Thursday and erm they used to sell they used to cook their own meats then of course you know , pressed beef and all that sort of thing and I remember this beautiful big white erm well it 'd be a ceramic dish affair on a stand , used to have a big piece of this pressed beef in it , cutting it off , and all the little bits used to fall round the side , well them come Thursday when only got a shilling in your pocket or your parents had got a couple of shillings left , you got to fetch two pennyworth of the bits of the pressed beef that had fallen round the pan , and that was a meal . |
| 16 | In the same way his legends of Eärendil and Lúthien , his central fable of Frodo and the Ring , must firstly and continually work as fiction , but also reach out towards non-fictional truths about humanity — and perhaps about salvation . |
| 17 | I 'm not saying , I 'm not drawing any conclusions until I know but I 'm saying I think it 's an area that is perhaps worth investigation . |
| 18 | The area surrounding Monboddo must have contained an aerodrome at some stage , perhaps during wartime , as evidenced in a few remaining Nissen huts , now filled with old packing cases and pallets , and undistinguished , domestic timber artefacts of all sorts . |
| 19 | Babies can be affected in the womb and perhaps during birth or breastfeeding . |
| 20 | The vigil in the longhouses was going to last for a day , and perhaps for part of the next night at least . |
| 21 | In another sense , though , it also puts an onus on the individual with learning difficulties to accept the role of learner in the relationship — perhaps for life ( Tomlinson , 1985 ) . |
| 22 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 23 | Anything beyond hope is identified for its metal type and dispatched for shredding — the iron going on to steel mills , the non-ferrous metals to smelting pans , perhaps for reincarnation as a Ford gearbox or even a domestic dustbin and lid . |
| 24 | If there is anything in the distinction I believe that the term Cabinet Committee ought to be kept for Ministerial committees and perhaps for committees of officials directly subordinate to a Ministerial committee ; but I am far from certain that the distinction is worth making . |
| 25 | These are techniques that may be used for longer term forecasting , perhaps for periods of two or more years ahead . |
| 26 | British Aerospace could be the main industrial beneficiary if the Indians decide to place contracts in the UK , perhaps for space vehicles to carry telephone calls or TV . |
| 27 | There may be appointments to keep , perhaps for treatment sessions with the physiotherapist or speech therapist . |
| 28 | In 1293 he was committed to the Tower for a second time , perhaps for misconduct in the service of Queen Eleanor , and only released for a second fine of 1,000 marks . |
| 29 | Interesting , but perhaps for expert mind travellers only . |
| 30 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |