Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This moral variety may seem a high price to pay for the resolution of the problem of holism . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) The contract may impose a financial limit on liability ( " our liability for any breach of contract shall be limited to £100 " ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This new technique may become a useful tool in new applications in chemisorption and catalysis . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | But they can just look through so they can say I ca n't think of an accent let's have a quick look through this list . |
| 15 | One Orc boar chariot may carry a Magic Standard . |
| 16 | One Goblin wolf chariot may carry a Magic Standard . |
| 17 | The extra complexity of the second hypothesis may seem a good reason for preferring the first , but in fact any theory of latent inhibition will need to find some place for the idea that associability can change if it is to accommodate the chief conclusions to emerge from Chapter 3 . |
| 18 | Of course , high energy stimulation even of the wrong kind may stimulate a sensory ending ; for example , excessive pressure on the eyeball will produce a sensation of light . |
| 19 | It has been particularly effective in providing a secure home base for families that have been physically scattered by emigration and it seems quite possible that small-scale farming of this kind may enjoy a new vogue , with the greater appreciation of self-provisioning , especially for fuel , to say nothing of the scenic beauty of the places where it is carried on . |
| 20 | Both the second and , more strongly , the third reason show that the doctrine of excessive defence may include a substantial element of excuse in its rationale , even though its theoretical foundation lies unmistakably in the concept of legal justification . |
| 21 | In addition , especially in insulin-dependent patients , diabetic nephropathy initially presenting as either overt proteinuria or microalbuminuria may play a key role in the pathogenesis of hypertension . |
| 22 | Possibly photography may have a new life as trompe l'oeil . |
| 23 | And let us hope that the reader , on summing-up this look into the past at the Gorbals of yester-year , may say : ‘ These were real people , ordinary men and women , whose passage through the Gorbals not only added colour to a drab area of this Scottish city , but whose presence may remain a lasting influence for good . ’ |
| 24 | In some cases the corpus of story may imply a whole hierarchy of discriminations : " we " are distinguished from " others " , friends from foes , recognized neighbours from unrecognized strangers , gods from men , men from animals , " real " animals from monsters , and so on . |
| 25 | The passage brings sharply to attention the powerful and complex ways in which elements of the Passion story may provoke a meditative response . |
| 26 | The Hector 's story may have a happy ending , as the establishment of entanglement . |
| 27 | Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending . |
| 28 | That social support may play a major role in modifying the deleterious effects of stress on health and may also influence other aspects of health behaviour such as use of health services and the following of medical advice appears now to be widely accepted . |
| 29 | Support may help a bereaved parent to cope with his or her own feelings of loss , and thereby be better able to recognise their children 's needs and vulnerability . |
| 30 | The experience should provide a general introduction to the world of work and the opportunity to begin self-awareness of the individual 's skills , aptitudes and interests in relation to work . |