Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the number of offspring that a male may sire as a result of reciprocating coalitions will be greater than if he did not participate , while his lifespan is probably only slightly affected by such activity . |
| 2 | Similarly , a male may crouch like a female and perform pseudo-female behaviour , being mounted by another tom . |
| 3 | It also lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module . |
| 4 | The following lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module : |
| 5 | Issues of equal opportunity may arise in a number of contexts ; for example , those of gender , race , disability and religion . |
| 6 | The induction of apoptosis by p53 following genotoxic insult may act as a defence mechanism to protect the organism from the propagation of cells that have sustained mutation . |
| 7 | Hunt suggests that conflict of this kind may act in a group of individuals to : |
| 8 | In brief , the Cartesian reduction may rest on a set of difficulties which are linguistically generated by treating language as a less complicated thing than it in fact is . |
| 9 | The most interesting developments in the law relating to qualified privilege may come as a result of Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights ( see p3 ) . |
| 10 | No drain should pass under a building , but where this is unavoidable it must be specially protected by encasing in concrete and supported against settlement where it passes through a wall or foundation . |
| 11 | Its appeal is obvious when shown to anyone in the target age group of ages 3 to 6 , and this should be one of the first programs a young user should see on a PC . |
| 12 | But the department spokesman said the money should come from a community care grant to local authorities for the mentally ill . |
| 13 | There is a longstanding belief , in many walks of life , that basic preparation should suffice for a lifetime of practice . |
| 14 | The judge said the long sentence should serve as a warning to others tempted to join the illegal trade in exotic birds . |
| 15 | Since an average-sized woman would be eating 2,000–2,300 calories a day to maintain her normal weight , the reduction should result in a loss of about 2lb a week . |
| 16 | ‘ Then his son-in-law must act as a son and care for the land that 'll one day be his . ’ |
| 17 | He was appalled that such a story should appear in a newspaper , and the council , he said , would meet to determine what should be done about it . |
| 18 | Some kinds of improvisation have their form already well defined : jazz improvisation , for example , is based either on a well-known theme or on a familiar harmonic progression ( e.g. twelve-bar blues ) , while the church organist may improvise on a ground bass , a fugal theme , or a chorale melody . |
| 19 | Even the erection of temporary scaffolding may amount to a breach of covenant for quiet enjoyment ( Owen v Gadd [ 1956 ] 2 QB 99 ) . |
| 20 | The result , however , is that because of the free- riding element the bid may fail , and hence a substantial gap may arise between a company 's actual and potential earnings without an inefficient management being ousted by take- over . |
| 21 | CLEARING up after a volcano may sound like a nightmare , but for one man it was a dream come true . |
| 22 | A general fall in aggregate investment may lead to a rise in unemployment and so contribute to the phenomenon of ‘ stagflation ’ . |
| 23 | The president may consent to a bill imposing a new tax or conferring certain rights . |
| 24 | An intention to displace the prima facie or primary meaning of the defined statutory term may appear in a number of ways . |
| 25 | Uncertainty provokes disputes ; ambiguities may be resolved contra proferentem and , in extreme cases , uncertainty may lead to a term or a whole contract being held to be void . |
| 26 | The applicant may apply for a United Kingdom patent , a European patent to be granted for three or more countries under the European Patent Convention or a " world-wide " patent for one or more of the member countries under the Patent Co-operation Treaty . |
| 27 | With the continuing growth of specialisation in medicine , the survival of general practice may appear as a paradox to be explained . |
| 28 | ( 4 ) The fact that a broker 's insolvency may lead to a customer 's position being closed out without his consent . |
| 29 | Hopefully , further research may lead to a way of quantifying tendon strength and thereby possibly being able to identify animals at risk from tendon injury prior to starting training . |
| 30 | Sometimes a more matronly dame may preside at a table whereon is a large basin of curds , jugs of cream , a number of strong dessert-plates and horn spoons , and a goodly array of oaten cakes ; so you may thus have curds and cream in the land of brown heath — and if lovely scenery lends a zest to wholesome fare , you should not fail to patronize this vendor of good things . |