Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.

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1 3.1 shall notify the of any enhancement or modification to the Licensed Software which may affect its operation/performance and/or cost .
2 And do n't place the magnets directly next to your heater , as they may affect its performance .
3 Production staff must be conscious that how they build products may affect its EMC performance ; service engineers , likewise , must be sure that they do not compromise EMC once products are in the field ; the purchasing department must be aware that EMC constraints placed on suppliers may make a component more expensive to buy , but will probably save money when the end product is tested as a whole ; and the marketing and sales department must plan to sell the advantage which EMC brings to a product .
4 ( The commission 's difficulties in running the Euratom laboratories may explain its lack of enthusiasm for the infrastructure of industrial innovation . )
5 This may explain its reluctance to come out of four wheel drive .
6 Raw garlic added to your pet 's meal also deters fleas and gets rid of worms — but it may make its breath smell for a while !
7 The Commission may make its approval of a merger subject to specified conditions and obligations designed to safeguard effective competition , and it is able to clear a merger if the parties modify their proposals to its satisfaction .
8 But we must never forget that every few miles , even in the middle of this orderly landscape , an older scene may make its appearance .
9 ‘ Since we now own it , ’ Nora prompted , ‘ we ought to know its extent . ’
10 Strathclyde may reroute its ScotRail subsidy
11 There is no reason to refrain from any of these at the moment , although the cost v. benefit of international mailing may mean that , with a little more experience , we may reassess its worth .
12 Now nationalised and backed by government money , the firm may buy its way into video technology and markets .
13 The roar of applause when it later rids itself of them may boost its popularity at a critical moment .
14 The gonococcus has to adapt to any changes in its environment , particularly those which may compromise its chances of survival .
15 None the less , given that sociology did award philosophy a juridical role in determining how sociology should conduct its business , the effect has been to make social research methods extremely sensitive to judgements about whether or not they conform to the appropriate methodological criteria .
16 Now is the best time to look at how Britain should conduct its industry when the economy recovers .
17 First , they were a rational answer to the unplanned metropolis of the inter-war period ; we had long since passed the time of asking whether the State should build houses , now it was a question of determining precisely where the nation should locate its dwelling stock .
18 The Church should make its message relevant to all its followers , they said , by recognising the differences in economic structures , gender and cultures within its congregation .
19 Ideally , the animal should make its response by manipulating the visual stimulus itself and should receive its reward from very close by .
20 BRISTOL should make its mark in 1990 .
21 Who should sample its benefits ?
22 So the criminals move freely around the galaxy , pursing their profession , and the FedPol must swallow its frustration and hope one day to be in the right place at the right time to catch a big-time wrong-doer in the act .
23 While certain of the criticisms made then are now widely accepted even within the medical profession itself , no new consensus has yet emerged on the goals of health policy or the principles which should govern its organisation and distribution .
24 It therefore presupposes a principle which should govern its activities .
25 The public inquiry into the expansion of the Windscale nuclear reprocessing factory gave the anti-nuclear movement the impetus it needed not only to challenge the official estimates of risks , but also to question repeatedly the idea that the simplistic estimation of the numerical size of a risk should govern its regulation .
26 ‘ At the very least , ’ it says , ‘ Microsoft must enhance its credibility on the server side to maintain its desktop position . ’
27 The fundamental issue at stake here was not the merits or otherwise of the League , but whether the peace movement should lend its support to any reconstruction of security arrangements short of the total renunciation of the use of force .
28 Ideas of how society should treat its criminals change just as ideas of justice change .
29 We want , above all else , a system of inspection that does not derive from ideology , that is not a quick fix , that does not represent a commitment to privatisation on the ground that the Department of Education and Science must deliver its element of privatisation .
30 Article 36 specifies no time within which the third party must make its dissent known , nor is there any indication of the status of that right in the period between its inclusion in a treaty and any dissent to it .
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