Example sentences of "[noun sg] may have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 2 | I did , however , manage to express my views as a practitioner , as one who actually nurses in the system of which she is so poorly informed , and I suggest that if more of us did the same , then perhaps our collective expertise may have a greater influence . |
| 3 | Possibly photography may have a new life as trompe l'oeil . |
| 4 | The Hector 's story may have a happy ending , as the establishment of entanglement . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | An industry inside the bloc may have a comparative advantage and benefits may be reaped from internal economies of scale , learning effects , and inducements to alter production processes . |
| 7 | Hence , just the introduction of backflush accounting may have a significant effect in reinforcing the JIT ( low stockholding ) philosophy . |
| 8 | We also agree that hysteroscopic biopsy may have a useful role to play in the investigation of these patients . |
| 9 | Such thinking may have a particular appeal to Catholic Christians , who tend to think in terms of an evolving revelation . |
| 10 | We fear , too , that the proposed change in the Tax System with regard to the Mining Industry may have a detrimental effect on the Industrial Development Programme , by discouraging foreign interests from establishing planned new industries here unless they are assured of a continuation of the tax incentives and grant aid already in operation . |
| 11 | Land sold at auction may have a reserve price and the site will only be sold when bidding reaches the reserve , the auctioneer advising at that point that the site is ’ in the market ’ . |
| 12 | Recognising that relocation may have a worse effect on married staff than on single workers , it is not unusual to find that they receive higher allowances . |
| 13 | The child may have a low tolerance to frustration and his or her emotional reaction may erupt out of control . |
| 14 | Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters . |
| 15 | But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark . |
| 16 | While the evidence of an expert witness or the advice of a tribunal-appointed expert may have a decisive influence , it is the tribunal of judge(s) or arbitrator(s) which makes the decision as part of its judgment or award , and not the expert . |
| 17 | For example , the employees that he takes over may have more generous terms of employment than his existing staff , or the vendor may have a collective agreement with or have recognised a trade union . |
| 18 | An invention which is properly exploited by a small business may have a dramatic impact on the employer 's turnover ; a larger business , on the other hand , may be able to generate a far larger sales income with the same invention but ultimately produce an insignificant effect on the latter 's overall liquidity . |
| 19 | A power to nonsuit is peculiar now to the county court and is useful where the plaintiff may have a good case but " his tackle is not in order " . |
| 20 | The fact that the plaintiff may have a cast-iron claim against his own solicitor for the full damages which he could have recovered against the defendant , is only one and not an overriding factor . |
| 21 | The teacher may have a beautiful system , graded and ordered … and approved by His Majesty 's Inspector . |
| 22 | The main reason why the long-run Phillips curve may have a negative slope is that workers may continue to suffer from money illusion in the long-run and so be prepared to accept money wage increases which fall short of the actual inflation rate . |
| 23 | In many situations the chargee may have a contractual remedy even though the charge has not crystallised ; for example , the holder of an uncrystallised charge can always ‘ intervene and obtain an injunction to prevent the company from dealing with its assets otherwise than in the ordinary course of its business . ’ |
| 24 | Therefore , the evidence supports a positive connection between volume and volatility for a particular commodity , although another commodity may have a general level of volatility that is higher and a volume that is lower . |
| 25 | First , the results presented here suggest that the P3A exon of the nAChR α subunit may have a biological function in primates since its presence is restricted to primates , including man , and it has been conserved for > 50 million years of evolution . |
| 26 | Also Wallace and keenan have reported that intracolonic administration of platelet activating factor may have a protective role in the gastrointestinal tract in animals . |
| 27 | The wife may have a shrewd idea , but may offer comfort without choosing to seek out the source of the pain . |
| 28 | Wrangham comments : ‘ We may thus find the first evidence that so-called abnormal sexual behaviour may have a biological function ’ ; but he points out that a number of issues need to be resolved . |
| 29 | Alternatively , microbial parthenogenesis may have a single origin , with subsequent sequence divergence . |
| 30 | Each title may have a short life-span , but its sales are assured . |