Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Though it is often suggested that Metastrongylus may transmit some of the porcine viruses , and may enhance the effect of viruses already present in the lungs , the role of the worm is not conclusively proven .
2 Let let's relate this to organisation .
3 But let's contrast that with when did it deliberately wrong
4 Likewise , those leisure companies with operations outside the South East may experience less of a slow down .
5 This afternoon 's game may answer some of these questions .
6 The Government response to the Genn study for the Lord Chancellor 's Department may answer some of these questions .
7 I have acquainted them with the Buiseness and they Do nt seem willin to pay , but you may answer this to me if you please , but we now Declair off and will have no more to do with that Biseness , yrs
8 Other things you may eat more of during summer — and which all are common allergens — are cola drinks , shellfish , pineapples , cherries and plums .
9 Shallow ponds freeze to the bottom in winter ; deeper ones may remain unfrozen at depth , providing a still , protected habitat for overwintering fish , larvae , eggs and spores .
10 Pottery has a limited life , determined by the function of the vessels , and thus store jars kept secure in a pantry may remain intact for several generations , while cooking pots , if in constant use , have a very short life .
11 The first part of the puzzle is resolved by recalling that only free neutrons decay ; the ones locked up in atomic nuclei are stable on any timescale comparable with the age of the Universe ( about 15 billion years ) although they may remain stable for ‘ only ’ about 10 years overall .
12 But she may remain preoccupied with her lost children , or anxious to take advantage of her new-found independence , free of demands , including those of her husband .
13 Many parents living in inner-city areas , but with the power to make a choice , may remain unimpressed with the splendid job being done by a school which is raising the achievement of a largely ‘ deprived ’ intake .
14 Although the partners may remain dependent on their marriage and committed to the arrangement either for provision of a little-used but resplendent home , or for earnings to support the acquired life style , little may be shared between them socially and emotionally .
15 Interest groups articulate the demands of sectional groups in society , and public policy responds to these pressures to the virtual exclusion of elected assemblies ( though traditional principles of representation may remain operative at sub-national levels and for purposes of legitimation ) .
16 In spite of the trusts imposed on the former matrimonial home or its proceeds of sale , the husband may remain liable in respect of any mortgage secured thereon , the intent being in effect that this should be deducted from or charged on his equitable share .
17 Once formed , these fractures may remain open for months or years providing low stress paths where magma may intrude passively with little seismic or ground deformation ; only gravity changes can detect the mass increase .
18 Land scheduled for development may remain undeveloped for many years , pending solutions to traffic problems .
19 Although there are several possible explanations for these findings as reviewed by Skaer ( 1981 ) , it is possible that some α-granules may remain refractory to secretory stimuli .
20 Within the first class of évenements , for example , are the brief spans of individual lives ; within the second are economic trends and cycles lasting several generations ; and in the third , the longue durée , are factors such as population size which may remain unchanged over long periods .
21 During the pregnancy certain problems may arise such as the decrease in income due to the loss of work or interference of exams , how difficult could it become , raising a child with little financial support ?
22 A system of managed floating enables exchange rates to be determined essentially by private market forces , but governments intervene in the foreign exchange markets to try and moderate any short-term fluctuations which may arise due to destabilizing capital flows or other factors .
23 They may arise due to poor quality of print , letters being printed together , a variety of fonts being used , the document being submitted to the scanner at an angle , an unknown font being used , etc .
24 ( 2 ) The Company may require a member to furnish any information , document or other matter which the Directors may think necessary for the purpose of enabling the Company to comply with the Rules and the member shall furnish the information , document or other matter required within such period as may be determined by the Directors .
25 ( 2 ) The Company may require a member to furnish any information , document or other matter which the Directors may think necessary for the purpose of enabling the Company to comply with the Rules and the member shall furnish the information , document or other matter required within such period as may be determined by the Directors .
26 ( 9 ) For the purpose of ensuring that a transfer of Shares is duly authorised hereunder or that no circumstances have arisen whereby the Directors are empowered to require that a Transfer Notice be given or to resolve that a Transfer Notice be deemed to have been given the Directors may from time to time require any Member or past Member or the legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver of any Member or any person named as transferee in any instrument of transfer lodged for registration to furnish to the Company such information and evidence as the Directors may think fit regarding any matter which they may deem relevant to such purpose .
27 ( 9 ) For the purpose of ensuring that a transfer of Shares is duly authorised hereunder or that no circumstances have arisen whereby the Directors are empowered to require that a Transfer Notice be given or to resolve that a Transfer Notice be deemed to have been given the Directors may from time to time require any Member or past Member or the legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver of any Member or any person named as transferee in any instrument of transfer lodged for registration to furnish to the Company such information and evidence as the Directors may think fit regarding any matter which they may deem relevant to such purpose .
28 However , smokers may inhale more in order to compensate for reduced nicotine intake and may eventually take in as much , or possible more tar [ 6 ] .
29 Artificial selection may circumvent some of these difficulties .
30 You think Newark 's bad , you ought to see some of the police stations in Nottingham .
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