Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there were indications last night that some Communist deputies may seek to complicate the vote , by not turning up in sufficient numbers , or to delay it , possibly by as much as three weeks , to allow their own party to re-group after its recent humiliations . |
| 2 | Nor was the sound level on the main roads increased despite the greater concentration of traffic there ; indeed the smoother driving on these roads may have reduced the sound level of some of them , though this has yet to be verified . |
| 3 | In any particular case , a number of good reasons may exist to encourage the publication of the criminal 's perspective . |
| 4 | Those with oily or normal complexions may need to change the kind of face creams used and those whose skins have always been dry will need to take even more care and possibly change to a heavier cream . |
| 5 | This may restrict the set of operations that can be provided for some or all of the data.types ; it also makes it easy for the programmer to use an instruction on an operand with the wrong format , although assemble-time checks may help to reduce the number of errors of this sort . |
| 6 | 1.27 In any case involving serious and lasting injury , the plaintiff 's solicitors may have to instruct an accountant to calculate past and future pecuniary loss . |
| 7 | For example , researchers may attempt to obtain a series of lengthy in-depth interviews with senior buyers or decision-makers in industrial organisations , whilst consumer market research might concentrate on getting a limited amount of specific information from as large a sample as possible from the relevant population . |
| 8 | Yet , provided the regional distinction is borne firmly in mind , the work of both groups may serve to illuminate the debate over the prospects of social stability in the countryside . |
| 9 | Other activities may include following a trail . |
| 10 | Reconstruction in Victorian times may have rendered the building even more forbidding . |
| 11 | A man who had superglue squirted in his face by muggers may have lost the sight of one eye . |
| 12 | And , to mix a metaphor , France 's lame ducks may have become an albatross around his neck . |
| 13 | We shall see below how different schools have been involved in one or more of these types of situation , but for the present two illustrations should suffice to demonstrate the potential of this classification . |
| 14 | If this were so then these other clubs must have breathed a sigh of relief when City 's books were not produced . |
| 15 | This decision was described as exceptional in Alexander v Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd ( 1990 ) , where the High Court reasserted the traditional principle that the courts should refuse to grant an injunction to restrain a breach of contract which would force an employer to provide work for an employee he does not wish to employ . |
| 16 | All that should be done is that , if that improbable and unlikely event ever takes place , the courts should decline to enforce the clause . |
| 17 | There is , for example , an unwritten clause insisting that franchisees must agree to adopt a community project . |
| 18 | I appreciate that we cyclists must have caused the operation quite a bit of inconvenience , particularly the stops to get us on and off ; the problems of finding suitable lay-bys etc ; the time taken ; and the dirty work for the drivers . |
| 19 | As a result , Ter-Petrosyan announced on Aug. 9 that the Soviet authorities had agreed to extend the deadline for militias to surrender ( it had been due to expire that day ) , and that the Armenian authorities should handle disarming the militias without interference by Soviet forces ( reportedly at Bakatin 's request , Gorbachev issued a decree on Aug. 11 from his holiday retreat in the Crimea extending the deadline for two months ) . |
| 20 | Family health services authorities must aim to attract the bulk of the target spend on family health services from NHS funds . |
| 21 | Young hairdressers must learn to treat the client as a person , not a head of hair . |
| 22 | Again , the defenders should endeavour to keep the initiative . |
| 23 | It was alleged that the accounts should have shown a turnover of £2.19m and not £23.69m and that bills of exchange for £2.39m ( referred to as the ‘ Gimco ’ bills ) , included as ‘ bills receivable ’ , should have been treated as irrecoverable . |
| 24 | LEARNING Shakespearian curses may help make the Bard 's work accessible to prisoners , but I doubt we 'll hear much Elizabethan abuse from them . |
| 25 | Tutors may wish to explore the effects of uncertainty such as the business closing down , or no longer needing the premises for other reasons , and use this to introduce the idea of the going concern concept . |
| 26 | Tutors may wish to explore the fact that in many cases these are not included in business accounts on the basis of materiality and cost/benefit of keeping track of them . |
| 27 | If they cause very high casualties the enemy units may have to take a panic test in the same way as for missile casualties . |
| 28 | However , traders may prefer to use the futures market to exploit information which relates to the economy in general ( systematic information ) rather than to particular companies . |
| 29 | If we are successful in identifying these the opportunities may exist to prevent a situation that is desperately difficult to cure . |
| 30 | Issues of confidentiality are often raised when receptionists are discussed , as clients may have to announce the purpose of their visit in public . |