Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Material consents relate to those contracts , normally the vendor 's customer contracts , which the purchaser would like to receive formal consent for and if such contracts are not transferred failure to take over such contracts may materially reduce the value of the business acquired . |
| 2 | Employers may even run the risk of key employees leaving the company . |
| 3 | More covert reasons may also underlie the inability ( or reticence ) of government forest agencies in developing countries to enforce regulations . |
| 4 | Meetings may only exclude the public if exempt information is likely to be considered or if ‘ confidential information ’ would be disclosed . |
| 5 | At present it appears that local authorities can draw up individual access arrangements with the new owners , but this is not a satisfactory solution , partly because some authorities may not have the motivation to do so , and partly because they are all very short of money and could not back up the agreements financially . |
| 6 | Such shifts may drastically worsen the profitability of the country suffering reduced competitiveness . |
| 7 | With this level of distortion , it is not possible for a rise in the corporate tax to reduce ( w/r ) , and this illustrates how the existence of market imperfections may significantly affect the incidence of taxation . |
| 8 | It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients , whether adult or child , in exceptional circumstances . |
| 9 | An adult owl normally knows this and stays in shelter , but inexperienced hunters may not have the sense to come in out of the rain . |
| 10 | Instead , some individuals or groups in society will fail to forecast inflation correctly and so may , for example , seek money wage increases which are lower than necessary to maintain their real wages ; other individuals or groups may not have the power to gain full compensation for inflation even if they do predict it correctly . |
| 11 | In these circumstances those of us who have benefited from the excellence of Somerville and Oxford must surely do what we can to ensure that future generations may also have the opportunity to benefit from the privileged education that we enjoyed . |
| 12 | Moreover , the presence of unco-operative minority shareholders may well affect the price a purchaser is prepared to offer . |
| 13 | Outside legal doctrine itself there has been a greater willingness to accept that in the large public company the shareholders may not perform the task of monitoring and controlling the management of the company , so that the managers are potentially left in a position of unchecked power . |
| 14 | But even the most comprehensive programmes may not bridge the gap between information and behaviour . |
| 15 | The employees ' contracts should clearly state the length of the assignment for which they have been engaged together with details of procedures for termination of employment — both on behalf of the employer and the employee . |
| 16 | The amount at which materials are charged out to sites on stores issue notes must therefore reflect the whole of this on-cost if the stores are to be operated on a profitable basis . |
| 17 | The constraints imposed by the language on possible sound patterns should significantly reduce the number of word candidates . |
| 18 | And shareholders should not underestimate the determination of the Jaguar management to preserve its independence . |
| 19 | Minimum reporting standards require that valuation reports to be issued to clients or to the relevant authorities should normally take the form of a letter which would contain the following : |
| 20 | Widdicombe proposed ( para. 6.109 ) that SRAs should continue but that local authorities should not have the discretion to opt out . |
| 21 | And the first one is , press releases should actually grab the imagination of the person to whom it 's addressed . |
| 22 | These interactions must then stabilize the structure sufficiently for the energically unfavourable clustering of internal carboxyl residues to be tolerated . |
| 23 | Development plan policies should also encourage the reuse of derelict buildings . |
| 24 | Large pores may collect colouring pigment and look darker , while the horny , dry skin on elbows , knees and backs of heels may also grab the colour . |
| 25 | Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of coordinate relationships , in which case they may be represented by ‘ RT ’ or related term in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below . |
| 26 | The continuing emphasis on family relationships may well affect the way Japan copes with the rapid ageing of the population which faces her over the next three decades . |
| 27 | Those against were concerned that clients may not accept the holding-up of an urgent transaction and felt this could lead to abuse . |
| 28 | Agents and their clients may also have the dilemma of deciding whether to accept any offers made prior to the auction . |
| 29 | Although high numbers of candidates may slightly delay the issue of RETs , the major factor for lengthy delay is the failure of centres to submit results promptly after the expected module finish date . |
| 30 | But unless some county-ground shops alter their stance this season , the majority of cricket-lovers may never get the opportunity to receive a delivery from Johnny Miller and Co . |