Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Objects may appear at infrared wavelengths because they are cool , because they are obscured by dust that transmits only longer wavelengths , or because their intrinsic mechanism of radiation cuts off at wavelengths shorter than infrared . |
| 3 | Equally , emotional attitudes may figure as standard causes of certain sorts of utterance . |
| 4 | The study also specifically addresses the impact multimedia information products may have on traditional information sectors such as library services , publishing and bookselling so may be of interest to readers active in these areas . |
| 5 | In areas of multipath , several minutes may elapse between successive occurrences of successful reception and decoding of the groups carrying the CT data . |
| 6 | For demographic or statistical purposes the family needs to be specifically defined and the definitions may vary for different purposes . |
| 7 | Other queries may relate to specific attributes of the spatial entities , or to combinations of these attributes , to the exclusion of any locational property . |
| 8 | These highly restricted distribution patterns may result from unusual patterns of behaviour or even physiological differences between males and females that somehow affect the growth of these fungi ; but the precise mechanisms behind this extreme specificity remain unclear . |
| 9 | Cross-cultural issues can arise when expectations of child-rearing patterns may differ across cultural groups . |
| 10 | During 1984–90 , cruises to the Barents Sea have shown that the spring blooms may progress in unstratified water masses ( H. C. E. & A. Evensen , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 11 | So snowy owls may appear in southern Canada , Britain and southern Europe ( see above ) , while their populations remaining at home suffer poor breeding seasons due to overcrowding . |
| 12 | Conservationists are concerned that when this happens frightened local authorities may resort to indiscriminate poison baiting , a step which would undoubtedly kill many wild dogs , but could spell the end for several other declining species as well . |
| 13 | This scenario is in many ways similar to Charles Handy 's Work Society , but , whereas Handy based his vision on his views about what values ought to prevail in post-industrial society , Gershuny 's picture is built up from an analysis of economic trends . |
| 14 | Infringement of European rules may lead to substantial fines and adverse publicity . |
| 15 | In Chapter 3 we examined the role that formal rules may play in bureaucratic organisations . |
| 16 | Total exports must pay for total imports , and if a country 's exports fall then imports will also fall unless the deficiency in exports can be made good in the ways specified . |
| 17 | ‘ Educational institutions should focus on educational issues . |
| 18 | Orders and queries should go to Caliban Books , Blaen-Cwmiar , Llanllwni , Llanybydder , Dyfed , Wales ( ) . |
| 19 | He wrote : ‘ Local authorities regularly assert that the conveyance of such material poses a serious threat to the public and that nuclear authorities should turn to on-site storage as a way of removing this hazard . |
| 20 | In so far as is possible , such new activities should depend on local human and physical resources . |
| 21 | A summary of Branch accounts should appear alongside Head Office accounts with a note informing members that full details will be sent on request . |
| 22 | The chief lesions are the small , soft , greyish miliary nodules which are associated with the presence of worms and which are distributed subpleurally and throughout the lung parenchyma ; in heavy infections , sometimes observed in experimental dogs subjected to immunosuppressive drugs , the nodules may coalesce into greyish masses . |
| 23 | Shortages may occur through large outflows of funds from the banks to the government ( into the governments accounts held at the Bank of England ) or due to a large need for cash by customers , and may occur on a daily basis . |
| 24 | Yet , though schools may participate in social change , they are more likely to echo it than initiate it . |
| 25 | The plasminogen activating activity of alcohol ascites may lead to primary fibrinolysis after peritoneovenous shunting . |
| 26 | A variety of flexible solutions may apply in different places . |
| 27 | But then depositors may switch to other institutions such as building societies . |
| 28 | Not only is there a significant day to day variation in faecal bile acid excretion , but faecal bile acid concentrations may vary between different areas of the same stool . |
| 29 | Overseas candidates may apply for financial support to the British Council and other bodies . |
| 30 | Staff of private establishments in 1990 may have overestimated the actual disability of their residents , or the methods of care in these homes may lead to increased dependency . |