Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the current recession may have diverted the union response towards a defensive approach , while undermining the ability of unions to gain substantial increases in their involvement in decision making over new technology areas which managers may defend as their own prerogative . |
| 2 | This sympathy may have explained the level of applause she got at the end of her opening song , so that she came more confidently to centre for her second . |
| 3 | Lack of support during previous clinical experience may have sapped the confidence of the learner . |
| 4 | However , there were indications last night that some Communist deputies may seek to complicate the vote , by not turning up in sufficient numbers , or to delay it , possibly by as much as three weeks , to allow their own party to re-group after its recent humiliations . |
| 5 | Nor was the sound level on the main roads increased despite the greater concentration of traffic there ; indeed the smoother driving on these roads may have reduced the sound level of some of them , though this has yet to be verified . |
| 6 | The accused also might not be able to call witnesses who saw the damage-causing driver , because that driver may have terrified the witnesses to prevent them from giving evidence . |
| 7 | Such domestic refuse may have been spread on the fields and the removal of floors by later agriculture may have robbed the archaeologist of vital information . |
| 8 | When he goes , the Ewes may want to redress the balance . |
| 9 | The buyer may have wanted the computer to expand his business and he will be able to claim the resulting loss in profits , provided the seller knew or should have known of this ; that is , it was in the reasonable contemplation of the parties . |
| 10 | In any particular case , a number of good reasons may exist to encourage the publication of the criminal 's perspective . |
| 11 | Those with oily or normal complexions may need to change the kind of face creams used and those whose skins have always been dry will need to take even more care and possibly change to a heavier cream . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) On renewing a licence under this Part of this Act a licensing board may by order , to be served on the holder , direct that , within a time fixed by the order , such structural alterations shall be made in the premises comprising the canteen as the board thinks reasonably necessary to secure the proper conduct of the canteen ; and if , when application for renewal of the licence is next made after the time fixed by the order has expired , it is not shown to the satisfaction of the licensing board that the order has been complied with , the licensing board may refuse to renew the licence . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) If an applicant is convicted of an offence under subsection ( 1 ) above relation to an application before the board , the board may refuse to consider the application . |
| 14 | Where an applicant is convicted , the licensing board may refuse to consider the application with which the conviction was concerned . |
| 15 | If the building is of architectural or historical importance , or contains fine built-in furnishings , the Advisory Board may recommend vesting the church in the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 16 | This last sentence may appear to safeguard the Member States ' authority , at least in the field of applying the foreign policy of the Union . |
| 17 | First , the build up of calcium may serve to sensitize the receptor as discussed earlier . |
| 18 | Jim may have known the assailant or he may have entered the house either quietly or under a pretence |
| 19 | This may restrict the set of operations that can be provided for some or all of the data.types ; it also makes it easy for the programmer to use an instruction on an operand with the wrong format , although assemble-time checks may help to reduce the number of errors of this sort . |
| 20 | Yet , provided the regional distinction is borne firmly in mind , the work of both groups may serve to illuminate the debate over the prospects of social stability in the countryside . |
| 21 | Reconstruction in Victorian times may have rendered the building even more forbidding . |
| 22 | As such , the ethnic minorities represent a major demographic strength for parts of urban Britain , though at the same time their presence may have hastened the exodus of better-off whites and certainly gives rise to a very difficult set of policy issues ( Chapter 8 ) . |
| 23 | A man who had superglue squirted in his face by muggers may have lost the sight of one eye . |
| 24 | The Flow Chart may help to clarify the procedure . |
| 25 | While the case may appear to support the Woolwich principle it can not be treated as a decision of any weight . |
| 26 | If the acoustic waveform is incorrectly analyzed at certain points , the lexical access component may fail to derive the target word string from the imperfect string of recognition units . |
| 27 | We shall see below how different schools have been involved in one or more of these types of situation , but for the present two illustrations should suffice to demonstrate the potential of this classification . |
| 28 | Shearer 's former strike partner Matt Le Tissier should have carried the match ball home last night as the hero who sunk Dalglish 's expensive assembly of stars . |
| 29 | Gloves off as Kendall and Clough must graft to dodge the drop |
| 30 | ‘ Her mother called the doctor this morning when she could n't wake her and her GP must have called the police . ’ |