Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The researchers offer several possible explanations for toads making the occasional move : conditions in the initial pond may deteriorate ; a male may be carried to a new pond by a female with whom he has paired before reaching the water ; or perhaps a toad encounters a new pond on the way to its old one . |
| 2 | Acknowledging that more than one sort of link may be formed as a result of even simple conditioning procedures helps explain the way in which these effects show in behaviour . |
| 3 | But such data gain significance only through serving a larger enquiry , for example into how children have a better understanding of a problem ( or person ) through role-play , or how a raw experience may be organised through a particular approach to writing . |
| 4 | Some conception of the resultant complexity may be gained from a survey of the freeholders of Bedfont , Middx. , in 1546 , which records a wealth of detail that was more often than not disregarded . |
| 5 | For example , where particular clients agree that their money may be placed with a particular bank with a view to earning a higher rate of interest but correspondingly accepting a greater risk of default by the bank , those clients ' claims will form part of a separate pool consisting of the assets placed with that bank or ( in the case of a designated fund account ) with a group of such banks . |
| 6 | As you will see some money may be required as a deposit and for your fees . |
| 7 | The end of the anchor cable may be retrieved beneath a screw plate in the foredeck and attached to the anchor when the ground tackle is needed . |
| 8 | Acyclovir may be given on a long term basis to people with HIV who have had an attack of shingles , or have frequent attacks of herpes simplex . |
| 9 | A booking contract may be formed by a telephone conversation between the prospective guest and the hotel . |
| 10 | A music publishing contract may be offered to a developing artist after they have signed to a record company . |
| 11 | The CICR mechanism evident in eggs at fertilization may be sensitized by a sperm factor . |
| 12 | The magnetic field may be confined to a certain part of space but the resulting electric field will pervade all space . |
| 13 | A direction may be given by a justices ' clerk . |
| 14 | Indeed , the comparative analysis of two versions of the same text may be undertaken from a number of linguistic perspectives ; it has been the concern of this article to suggest but two of this range of possible models . |
| 15 | The text may be presented in a variety of styles . |
| 16 | In imposing a particular text structure , the content of the message in the text may be presented from a particular perspective or point of view . |
| 17 | Printed text may be produced by a computer or typewriter . |
| 18 | There are two methods by which text may be input to a computer for the purpose of recognition . |
| 19 | Text may be input in a variety of ways : |
| 20 | Just as CD-A provides a means of collecting sound recordings of incomparable and permanent quality , videodisc may be seen as a means of acquiring a similarly high quality collection of movies and television programmes . |
| 21 | An ontogenetic change may be regarded as a change in state , for example the change from the vegetative to the flowering state probably arises from a switch change between sets of genes . |
| 22 | At an unconscious level , distaste , lack of desire or avoidance of bodily intimacy may be used as a defence against the experience of ultimate aloneness which can follow the fusion of intercourse . |
| 23 | All psychological fears and sadnesses stem from the child ; and all the dogmatic assertions stem from the parent ; and the adult part may be recognised in a person 's speech by such qualified remarks as , ‘ I think such and such is true , ’ or ‘ If we try that , it might result in … ’ |
| 24 | Of course , at the simplest possible level the PE spectrum may be used as a fingerprint , allowing us to identify a pure sample or a constituent of a mixture by comparison with known spectra . |
| 25 | Clifford Geertz 's widely known article on ‘ Deep Play : Notes on the Balinese Cockfight ’ which is both an account of the way cockfighting may be seen as a symbolically charged text acting as a ‘ carefully prepared ’ expression of Balinese life and an account of the processes by which Geertz becomes a knowing reader of this text , is a prime example of the way thick description works . |
| 26 | The rule is that any decision may be cited to a court provided that it is reported by a member of the Bar who was present when judgment was delivered . |
| 27 | Banging sounds emanating from the boiler may be caused by a build-up of scale , especially in hard water areas ( see under Corrosion ) or to air being drawn into the system — usually a design fault which a heating expert will have to trace for you . |
| 28 | creating new ideas : group creativity may be achieved by a ‘ brainstorming committee ’ or ‘ think tank ’ ; , |
| 29 | a budget may be defined as a quantitative and financial plan of the activity to be pursued during the financial year to achieve that year 's objectives . |
| 30 | The budget may be used as a source for the control of authorizing of expenditure . |