Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is also true that there may be some doubt whether the privilege against self-incrimination can be used as a shield to prevent a process being set in train ‘ which may lead to incrimination or may lead to the discovery of real evidence of an incriminating character : ’ see Sociedade National de Combustiveis de Angola U.E.E. v. Lundqvist [ 1991 ] 2 Q.B .
2 The physiotherapist may sit or stand in front of the patient , or may kneel on the plinth behind him , according to the type of guidance she intends to give him .
3 The amount of such compensation is equated to a fair share of the economic benefit which the employer has derived or may derive from the invention which the employee conceived and developed .
4 They may be unable to afford appropriate housing , or may live in an area where such housing does not exist in the private sector , and thus would look to the local housing authority to solve their housing problem .
5 A defendant to any action may wish to dispute all or part of the liability asserted by the plaintiff , or may disagree with the amount claimed whilst admitting liability , or may wish to dispute the claim and make a counterclaim against the plaintiff .
6 The person from whom documents are requested may , where appropriate , deny that he has possession , control or custody of the requested documents , or may object to the exhibition and copying of the documents , in accordance with the rules of the Convention .
7 Until comparatively recently there was a general belief or tacit agreement within the community that the later years of life were a time of " all passion spent " — that sex stopped or should stop with the menopause in women and that it continued into later years only in old men who were awarded the epithet " dirty " .
8 That takes us to Joint Planning and the part of the voluntary organisations play or should play in the process .
9 ASB chairman David Tweedie says in the review that the chapter will raise the question of ‘ whether or not financial reporting should move gradually towards a system of valuing assets on a more regular and consistent basis or should revert to a system of pure historical cost ’ .
10 ( An overt OR might serve as an index of this central change but would not , in itself , be directly responsible for most cases of latent inhibition . )
11 On behalf of Mr. Tully it was argued that the disclosures made by Mr. Tully in compliance with the order of Buckley J. might be ‘ leaked ’ to the Crown Prosecution Service or might suggest to the Crown Prosecution Service new lines of inquiry .
12 IDEC also employed a relocation co-ordinator between September 1980 and March 1981 to talk to each employee individually about problems they faced or might face as a result of the move .
13 For the purposes of this appeal , it is not necessary to take account of the implications which arise or could arise as a result of the possession order being set aside .
14 The service , Mr. Park argued , could either consist in the grant of a sub-licence which enabled the operator to do in Vancouver what he could not otherwise lawfully do or could consist in the refraining by the taxpayer from stopping the grantee doing what he could otherwise be stopped from doing .
15 The Hadow Report of 1926 , and its successor the Spens Report of 1938 , had envisaged that not all children would want or could profit from the kind of schooling which was available in Cardiff in the 1930s or in Thame in the 1890s , and that different kinds of pupils deserved not only various curricula but also distinctive types of school .
16 ‘ I do n't want a nurse who might scream or faint when matters become difficult , or would swoon at the sight of blood , ’ said Dr Neil , a little frantically , trying to care for his patient and send McAllister away at the same time .
17 When they were , by one LEA , advised about how to produce a management plan , they were told that there was probably " much information already in the school which would either be part of the plan or would help in the process of producing specific documents within it . "
18 Thus the electrons would either escape from the atom altogether or would spiral into the nucleus .
19 Users may feel that the new system will make their job less secure , will make their relationship with others change for the worse , or will lead to a loss of the independence that they previously enjoyed .
20 It may , of course , be reassuring for general practitioners to have consultants available in their surgeries , and doubtless they will be able to find ‘ skin specialists ’ who are retired , redundant , or otherwise unemployable , but to pretend that this represents proper dermatology or will lead to an improvement in patient care is dangerous nonsense .
21 Others are already in place or will follow in the future .
22 Many of the 16-strong team have now — or will have by the end of this month — taken early retirement .
23 If at any time the board of the faculty , on the advice of a course committee , is of the opinion that a student 's progress is unsatisfactory it shall send to the student due notice in writing that , unless there is an improvement , it will debar the student from taking examinations or will recommend to the Senate that the student be required to discontinue his studies .
24 The Purchaser will normally expect warranties from all Vendors — whether or not they worked or will work in the business .
25 It is important to identify the settlor because if he or his spouse has retained a benefit or interest under the settlement or can benefit under the settlement he can be taxable upon the trust income .
26 That 's where everyone 's different of course but erm I , I think it is , it is it is a factor that erm one can watch television or can listen to the radio or one can go for a walk or do all sorts of things as it were before noon and midnight but three or four in the morning , you know , when everything is
27 Rectal infection in the male is usually the result of homosexual practice , such as anal or rectal intercourse , although infection can follow the use of stimulators such as vibrators or can occur as a result of insertion of a finger into the rectum during intercourse .
28 For those who grow their own tomatoes or can buy from the market when the fruit is cheap , here it is :
29 Let the fatuous sun shine by itself and let's head for the moon .
30 And let's move into the sitting-room . ’
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