Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as an animal without previous experience may respond to a complex stimulus , so it may produce a complex set of movements in response to a stimulus . |
| 2 | Different professional institutions may define to a greater or lesser extent the modes and their mix . |
| 3 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , your contract may cater for a wide variety of perks , such as : |
| 4 | Moreover , simultaneous oesophageal pressure peaks may occur as a normal phenomenon when swallows are taken in rapid succession , due to the phenomenon of deglutitive inhibition . |
| 5 | Our sportsdesk can detect from the far end of a crease someone who has gone through life under the impression that Bodyline may refer to a one-piece undergarment . |
| 6 | Although this ‘ voluntary ’ aspect of indirect taxes may apply to a particular individual and a particular tax , it can not apply to all individuals and all taxes . |
| 7 | Yet the weak or anomalous We forms may point to a further truth , that Shakespeare conceives of the relationship between two friends as both united and separated . |
| 8 | Polly Harvey may record for a small label called Too Pure , but she has managed to become the rising star of the indie world by tackling issues of sexuality head on . |
| 9 | Failure to understand the distinction between PPD skin test reactivity and active TB may serve as a further disincentive to PPD testing . |
| 10 | It is not so , except perhaps in the most formal of speaking styles , where a sentence may fall to a low point in the voice and be followed by a substantial silence , and we know that it has come to an end . |
| 11 | Curral das Freiras may look like an old volcanic crater but it was , in fact , formed by the headwater erosion of the Ribeira dos Socorridos . |
| 12 | Their stubbornness may lead to a heightened sense of mischievousness and humour untainted by cruelty or spite . |
| 13 | Then the algorithm may opt for a particular child C on the basis of the gradient of f at N , but the gradient is misleading and in fact f ( C ) is much less then f(N) . |
| 14 | However , yarns vary and the finer light-coloured double-knit yarns may knit on a standard gauge machine , but darker yarns may not . |
| 15 | The information disclosed in published accounts may relate to a single company or to a group of companies under a holding company . |
| 16 | They had , however , the ‘ duty of making such inquiry as the circumstances of the case ought to indicate to a sensible man is , without difficulty , presently practicable ’ . |
| 17 | But this statement is an oversimplification : the phrase ‘ having the force of law ’ has no precise meaning but is an amalgam of features which different rules may possess to a greater or lesser extent . |
| 18 | Special tax rules may apply in an off-market purchase of shares in an unquoted company ( USM companies are treated as unquoted for these purposes ) which is a trading company or a holding company of a trading company . |
| 19 | Kosuth 's show was not called the play of the unmentionable for nothing : for Establishment Man , the whole censorship scam must seem like a glorified game-show that can be viewed with Olympian detachment , fingers poised on the remote-control button . |
| 20 | He devoted his life to politics for a twofold purpose : to ensure that the useless slaughter of the First World War was not repeated , and that the survivors of that horrific experience should live in a better world . |
| 21 | The chute will be replaced but the swings must wait for a future allocation of money . |
| 22 | In another sense , however , the research could be interpreted as pointing to the necessity to ensure that , once crossed , the threshold of removal should lead to a particular , compensatory form of care in recognition of the child 's maternal loss . |
| 23 | Preferably the parties ' surveyors should agree on an appropriate method of amortising such payments , which can then be written into the lease . |
| 24 | It was agreed that parliament should consist of a national assembly , which would be responsible for the preparation and adoption of principal pieces of legislation and which would control the budget , and a senate , which would represent the regions and would have the power to review , refer and delay legislation . |
| 25 | ( This paradigm is very common , but there is no reason why the inputs should lie in a two dimensional array . |
| 26 | AT present BT operators must respond to a 999 call within five seconds . |
| 27 | The fight for a vital rail link must continue despite a six-month reprieve , campaigners said this week . |
| 28 | Local authorities should begin with a general review of the area concerned before work on the scheme proceeded , when the essential elements would be established : use zoning , roads , reservations and preservation of trees and protection of woodlands . |
| 29 | The energy difference between the two terms is Δ , and so on this simple basis the electronic spectrum should consist of a single band whose energy gives Δ directly . |
| 30 | A firm which is not a tied firm and which provides investment services in respect of packaged products must act as an independent adviser in respect of those products . |