Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the number of offspring that a male may sire as a result of reciprocating coalitions will be greater than if he did not participate , while his lifespan is probably only slightly affected by such activity . |
| 2 | Similarly , a male may crouch like a female and perform pseudo-female behaviour , being mounted by another tom . |
| 3 | It also lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module . |
| 4 | The following lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module : |
| 5 | Issues of equal opportunity may arise in a number of contexts ; for example , those of gender , race , disability and religion . |
| 6 | The induction of apoptosis by p53 following genotoxic insult may act as a defence mechanism to protect the organism from the propagation of cells that have sustained mutation . |
| 7 | A detailed review of all the standard forms of building contract available is not possible here , but a brief description of the most common forms may serve as a guide . |
| 8 | This consideration of the events and operations may lead to a tuning of the model , an adjustment of the entitles and the attributes . |
| 9 | Erm how do people sort of beco when you become a member of a group , usually in some way the group changes you as you go through different stages of it , your values may change as a result of interacting with people in the group and th this process of erm somebody 's come up with how it is that you start off in a group , how it is that you become an active member of a group , how it is you may even become involved in the maintenance of the group and the leadership of it and then you sort of die away and that 's the y'know retire from the group . |
| 10 | A high proportion of affected subjects are therefore compound heterozygotes rather than homozygotes , although particular mutations may occur with a frequency of over 60% in certain populations and there may be close association with particular haplotypes , indicating that founder effect has had an important influence on the distribution of mutations across nations . |
| 11 | Hunt suggests that conflict of this kind may act in a group of individuals to : |
| 12 | In brief , the Cartesian reduction may rest on a set of difficulties which are linguistically generated by treating language as a less complicated thing than it in fact is . |
| 13 | Such disagreements may stem from a variety of causes : ideological perspectives , ward and area considerations , seniority ( old v. young ) , status ( chairmen/spokesmen v. backbenchers ) , committee and pressure-group loyalties , or simply politicking or ‘ bloody mindedness ’ . |
| 14 | The most interesting developments in the law relating to qualified privilege may come as a result of Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights ( see p3 ) . |
| 15 | No drain should pass under a building , but where this is unavoidable it must be specially protected by encasing in concrete and supported against settlement where it passes through a wall or foundation . |
| 16 | Its appeal is obvious when shown to anyone in the target age group of ages 3 to 6 , and this should be one of the first programs a young user should see on a PC . |
| 17 | But the department spokesman said the money should come from a community care grant to local authorities for the mentally ill . |
| 18 | There is a longstanding belief , in many walks of life , that basic preparation should suffice for a lifetime of practice . |
| 19 | The judge said the long sentence should serve as a warning to others tempted to join the illegal trade in exotic birds . |
| 20 | As part of an alternative approach the Society suggested that local authorities should comply with a Code of Tendering Practice and they stressed the desirability of standard form tender procedure and documents . |
| 21 | In 1969 NATO had agreed that progress in Germany should lead to a conference on European security which Moscow had wanted since the 1950s . |
| 22 | Although the generic curriculum appears the most parsimonious solution , it may require the most work to set up , as various disciplines must agree upon a set of headings . |
| 23 | Since an average-sized woman would be eating 2,000–2,300 calories a day to maintain her normal weight , the reduction should result in a loss of about 2lb a week . |
| 24 | It should be emphasised at the outset that this is an assumption , not an empirically established or necessary truth : what theory dictates should happen in a state of perfect competition may not occur in real , imperfect markets . |
| 25 | Mr Brazauskas , First Secretary of the republic 's party , said all political forces and ethnic groups should agree on a consensus that would fight for this goal , as well as social justice , human rights , and democracy . |
| 26 | ‘ Then his son-in-law must act as a son and care for the land that 'll one day be his . ’ |
| 27 | He was appalled that such a story should appear in a newspaper , and the council , he said , would meet to determine what should be done about it . |
| 28 | ‘ Maybe one of my words may grow like a seed in his heart one day . ’ |
| 29 | Some kinds of improvisation have their form already well defined : jazz improvisation , for example , is based either on a well-known theme or on a familiar harmonic progression ( e.g. twelve-bar blues ) , while the church organist may improvise on a ground bass , a fugal theme , or a chorale melody . |
| 30 | Even the erection of temporary scaffolding may amount to a breach of covenant for quiet enjoyment ( Owen v Gadd [ 1956 ] 2 QB 99 ) . |