Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Further understanding of the processes and growth factors involved in gastric epithelial development in the fetus may allow the exact mechanisms to be elucidated . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 5 | Those who have been exposed to the confirmatory techniques of linear regression may recognize the analogous measures . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This moral variety may seem a high price to pay for the resolution of the problem of holism . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells , it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) The contract may impose a financial limit on liability ( " our liability for any breach of contract shall be limited to £100 " ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ( 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 . |
| 19 | ( 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 . |
| 20 | ( 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Flat braid usually looks better if hand-sewn as lines of machine sewing may spoil the finished effect . |
| 25 | This new technique may become a useful tool in new applications in chemisorption and catalysis . |
| 26 | Similarly , for political parties ideology may play a significant role ( it is also a means of reducing information costs , allowing voters to predict party response ) . |
| 27 | On a subsequent night the luck may run the other way . |
| 28 | Parental responsibility , partnership , non-intervention , attention to the wishes of the child and the necessity for a full assessment may mitigate the perceived threat of children being separated from their families because of their lifestyle . |
| 29 | This assessment may become an important part of strategy . |
| 30 | A divided assessment may have the added advantage of allowing the valuer to claim that certain areas have now become common to two occupations and should be omitted from the valuation . |