Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duties of a trustee may be indefinitely varied by the terms of the instrument which creates the trust , and may range from a mere duty to make a legal conveyance to the beneficiary at his request , and in the meantime to permit him to possess and enjoy the property , to extensive and onerous duties of management , sale , investment , and application of capital and income . |
| 2 | They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed . |
| 3 | For the searcher who goes on and comes to believe , this is the only possible starting point — a sense of need which may range from a mild discomfort to a deep conviction , but which spurs him to look for a solution beyond himself . |
| 4 | It may relate to a packaging problem in which a fixed number of unrelated items have to be pressed into the smallest volume . |
| 5 | Rather , dominance of any given theory may relate to a series of factors in the discourse with other theories . |
| 6 | It must not he forgotten , however , that in the south of the United States there are roughly east-west structures such as the Ouachita Mountains which may relate to a Palaeo-Tethys and be the equivalent of the Hercynian fold belts of Europe . |
| 7 | The information disclosed in published accounts may relate to a single company or to a group of companies under a holding company . |
| 8 | ‘ Something tells me you may bump into a little politics on the way . ’ |
| 9 | Good erm let's think of a hard one six add ? |
| 10 | So let's think about a plan . |
| 11 | Consequently , the lake may remain with a negative K and be unable to support fish for many years . |
| 12 | The difference lies in the object of the work , that is , they minimize the damage that may arise as a result of entry into the care system and to restore vulnerable families to ‘ good-enough ’ personal and social functioning . |
| 13 | Group formation may arise as a result of factors favouring defence or resource acquisition and the sizes and compositions of groups express the effects of social selection within them . |
| 14 | Other problems may arise as a result of contracting . |
| 15 | ‘ You should be aware that we are presently seeking leave to commence legal proceedings in connection with the Regulations and accordingly this payment is made without prejudice to any right to recover any payments made pursuant to the Regulations which may arise as a result of legal proceedings , or as a result of any future extinguishment or reduction of any liability under the said Regulations or otherwise . |
| 16 | A problem may arise as a result of a change we have made somewhere else . |
| 17 | It includes provision for any obligations that may arise as a result of the management agreements relating to the sites of special scientific interest . |
| 18 | The key point in such a engagement letter is the client agreeing to indemnify KPMG etc against any and all losses which may arise as a result of the transaction other than in circumstances of KPMG 's gross negligence . |
| 19 | This may arise as a consequence of an unsuccessful or ill-considered approach to a potential purchaser or from the nature ( or financial condition ) of a prospective client and the motive for requesting us to carry out the work . |
| 20 | This may arise as a consequence of an unsuccessful or ill-considered approach to a potential target . |
| 21 | Inquiries may arise as a natural consequence of conducting business . |
| 22 | The result , however , is that because of the free- riding element the bid may fail , and hence a substantial gap may arise between a company 's actual and potential earnings without an inefficient management being ousted by take- over . |
| 23 | Issues of equal opportunity may arise in a number of contexts ; for example , those of gender , race , disability and religion . |
| 24 | The nature of the problem can be illustrated by giving a few examples of the types of conflict that may arise in a financial conglomerate . |
| 25 | The opacity of water may arise from a variety of materials in suspension , and samples from different sources may be equally opaque but contain widely varying weights of solid matter . |
| 26 | The misunderstanding that good medicine and good science are in conflict ( or worse , that there is a clash between compassion and science ) may arise from a failure to distinguish medical trials from human biological research that is neither preventive nor therapeutic . |
| 27 | A further reason for taxpayers believing that the burden of taxation is higher than it actually is may arise from a failure to understand the method of collection of income tax . |
| 28 | ( Gladstone 's dress , Housman 's fashion and Marsh 's livery have no obvious warrant in the Horatian text , but may arise from a common " poetic " idea of Nature as clothing . ) |
| 29 | However if you plan to do a lot of recording of teaching and can arrange for classes to come to one special recording room you may think about a two-camera system . |
| 30 | this may explode into a thousand fragments so I 'll just have to start all over again without having to print out copy |