Example sentences of "this [modal v] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may necessitate a careful examination of customer needs through a survey conducted by the seller . |
| 2 | This may explain a strange scene on a beaker from Stanwick , Northants. , ( fig. 14.12 ) which shows a satyr leaping forward with his typical thin elongated arms stretched out in front of him . |
| 3 | While this may appear a grudging recognition of negotiation between Party leaders , it was as significant as the breakdown of the anti-Communism of the LSI . |
| 4 | This may appear a distinct disadvantage , but bearing in mind that your costs are minimal and you wo n't have to man the exhibition this is only fair ! |
| 5 | This may hurt a little bit . |
| 6 | This may give an unbalanced impression of the competition as a whole and of the enthusiasm generated throughout at local level . |
| 7 | It is true that some attention is normally indicated and this may involve a certain amount of expense , though not necessarily a king 's ransom . |
| 8 | In extreme cases this may involve a deliberate distortion of the exchange price , or a means to profit at the expense of customers , typically where the broker fills the customer 's trade at a price that is worse than he could have obtained by competitive trading , in order to benefit another trader . |
| 9 | This may reflect a general expectation on the part of the subjects that an experiment concerned with risk would involve more obviously dangerous situations , thus they have left themselves ‘ headroom ’ on the response scale . |
| 10 | This may reflect a greater fear of unemployment in recent years . |
| 11 | This may start a vicious circle and reducing levels of insulin are by losing weight , taking more exercise , and improving the quality of your diet . |
| 12 | If , as HM Inspectorate argue , the recommendations they make are not binding upon the LEA then this may represent an acceptable blend of central and local control . |
| 13 | Although this may sound a simple piece of gymnastics it was no parlour trick at night with a sea running and the canoe 's stability always in doubt . |
| 14 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
| 15 | This may sound a magnificent position but , in fact , much better personal experience of the techniques of running a committee meeting can be obtained at the lower levels , because you will have more personal involvement . |
| 16 | This may sound an obvious sort of compromise , but it is the kind of ethical advice many managers have been looking for . |
| 17 | This may include a printed manual , extra functionality in the registered version and product support by telephone or fax . |
| 18 | This may include a moisturising treatment such as Redken 's Climatress which you wold apply if your hair is dry , brittle or damaged from the sun or constant use of heat styling products . |
| 19 | To some extent , this may indicate a lessening preference for the institutions of marriage . |
| 20 | This may prove a major challenge to clinicians expecting to carry on much as before . |
| 21 | They hold that the revelation was given through the cultural medium of one particular time , and that while the message may remain the same ( for example that one should love one 's neighbour ) this may require a different expression in a different age . |
| 22 | In each of these cases the emphasis is placed upon the transfers of mass and energy and this may provide a much-needed focus of further development for the extension of the systems approach employing the notions of rate of doing work or of power . |
| 23 | If the product has been assembled , checked or altered , then this may provide an alternative explanation for the defect . |
| 24 | This may produce a vast array of physical symptoms including numbness or tingling in toes and fingers , tinnitus , headache and severe chest pains . |
| 25 | It would also appear prudent to encourage increased exercise as preliminary work in non-diabetics shows this may have a beneficial effect on blood-pressure levels in hypertensives ( Roman et al , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | For example , a state enterprise may be subject to close parliamentary scrutiny by elected representatives , and this may have a major impact on the public image and hence the political vulnerability or strength of the enterprise . |
| 27 | A small gallery may have space to show work in only one medium ; this may have a distorting effect on the activity of the group as a whole or of versatile individuals . |
| 28 | This may have a profound effect on the organisms development , e.g. Down 's syndrome ( extra 21 chromosome ) , Kleinfelter 's syndrome XXY ( outwardly male , female characteristics ) . |
| 29 | This is not the place to explore arguments which characterize the scientific mode of thought as in some sense masculine ( though this may have a vital role to play in our understanding of the science of our culture if it is so : see Kelly et al . , |
| 30 | This may have a significant bearing on the scope and flexibility and approach used by the contractor in presenting the claim . |