Example sentences of "this may [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 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | This may reflect a greater fear of unemployment in recent years . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | This may include a printed manual , extra functionality in the registered version and product support by telephone or fax . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | To some extent , this may indicate a lessening preference for the institutions of marriage . |
17 | This may prove a major challenge to clinicians expecting to carry on much as before . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | This may produce a vast array of physical symptoms including numbness or tingling in toes and fingers , tinnitus , headache and severe chest pains . |
21 | 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 ) . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 ) . |
25 | 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 . , |
26 | This may have a significant bearing on the scope and flexibility and approach used by the contractor in presenting the claim . |
27 | Obviously , frail elderly people are physically less powerful than those who look after them and in certain circumstances this may have a significant effect on their state of mind . |
28 | In the long run , this may have a significant effect upon your ability to control your own weight . |
29 | Generally speaking , female workers are less likely to undertake traditional forms of industrial action , and this may have a growing impact on the role of the labour movement in future decades . |
30 | Now I know this may cause a terrible dilemma for Alec and Bet Gilroy from , the proprietors of the Rovers Return , and you may well ask me , what 's that got to do with this motion ? |