Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OPTIONS : The Sword Masters of Hoeth may carry a magic standard . |
| 2 | It illuminates the medieval understanding of the interior life subject to impulses whose gratification may satisfy the immediate demands of the self for ease , anger , pleasure , esteem , but which also impede the freedom of the spirit to seek that ultimate good which in reality is the only means of satisfying man 's inherent need for fulfilment . |
| 3 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 4 | Further understanding of the processes and growth factors involved in gastric epithelial development in the fetus may allow the exact mechanisms to be elucidated . |
| 5 | For this purpose , a LIFESPAN user may grant a special access link between any other user and himself , which means that the specified user will have access to all the modules managed by the original user . |
| 6 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 7 | Those who have been exposed to the confirmatory techniques of linear regression may recognize the analogous measures . |
| 8 | It should provide a measure of structure and sequence in what is learned , though that measure may vary a good deal from subject to subject and even student to student . |
| 9 | This moral variety may seem a high price to pay for the resolution of the problem of holism . |
| 10 | There are significant genetic and behaviourial differences between wild and farmed salmon , and the Trust fears that the farmed variety may replace the native fish . |
| 11 | Some patients may benefit from a stress management programme , while severe cases may require the multidisciplinary services of a pain clinic . |
| 12 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 13 | The method of keeping little tins in the house marked ‘ rent ’ , ‘ rates ’ , ‘ telephone ’ , etc. , into which you put money may give a certain amount of satisfaction as a way of saving , but it will also give a burglar a certain amount of satisfaction to have everything so conveniently marked and to hand for him . |
| 14 | Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming . |
| 15 | This latter category may form the raw material or foundation for comparisons , but such studies are to be regarded as preparatory , rather than being fully comparative , since the questions asked of the data are at best implicit and few analytical statements are drawn from them . |
| 16 | OPTIONS : The White Lions may carry a magic standard . |
| 17 | As in the case of a bibliography , an index may form an integral part of the book , or an extra of dubious value tacked on as an afterthought . |
| 18 | Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells , it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) The contract may impose a financial limit on liability ( " our liability for any breach of contract shall be limited to £100 " ) . |
| 20 | One further point to note is that the Legal Aid Board may exercise a statutory charge on any money or property recovered or preserved by the client in respect of unpaid fees . |
| 21 | A licensing board may grant a provisional licence to the holder of any licence to enable him to carry on business in temporary premises during the reconstruction of his premises . |
| 22 | ( 1 ) A licensing board may grant an occasional licence to the holder of a licence authorising him to sell alcoholic liquor , during such hours and on such day as the board may determine , in the course of catering for an event taking place outwith the licensed premises in respect of which he is the holder of a licence . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) A licensing board may grant an occasional licence to a registered club authorising the club to sell alcoholic liquor , during such hours and on such day as the board may determine , at an event held outwith the premises of the club if the event arises from or relates to the functions of the club . |
| 24 | ( 1 ) A licensing board may grant an occasional permission to a person representing a voluntary organisation or a branch of a voluntary organisation authorising him to sell alcoholic liquor during such hours and on such day as the board may determine , in the course of catering for an event , arising from or related to the activities of the organisation , taking place outwith licensed premises . |
| 25 | The programmer may choose a long-distance view of the whole execution space of a program , a reduced view as an AND/OR tree , or zoom in to see the details of a single call . |
| 26 | And if they do discern , why , Grimm will only grunt , ‘ Huh ’ while Vitali may compose a forlorn ode . |
| 27 | The objection may be signed by an agent , who , for his own protection ought to obtain a written mandate from those whom he represents : see subs . |
| 28 | Decisions taken by other disciplines may have a costly impact over which the nurse manager is powerless to intervene ; the general manager 's control of ward clerks , the contents of contracts agreed before privatisation or the consultant surgeon 's annual leave arrangements are examples . |
| 29 | Each sentence may form a mini decision tree and these will be joined together to form the version which will be verified by the users . |
| 30 | The change in hours may compound an underlying increase in the number of claims , either because of increasing demand by patients or because the higher fee might encourage doctors to visit when previously they offered advice by telephone . |