Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Cowan , working at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California , thinks that at least part of the hallucinogenic experience may result from an instability of neural activity in the visual cortex . |
| 2 | Standards may well rise from 1990 , but the rise may stem from the National Curriculum , testing , parental choice , opting out , or other factors which have nothing to do with the ERA . |
| 3 | In part this difficulty may stem from the uncertain legal nature of the action for breach of confidence . |
| 4 | Firstly , it is widely accepted , though admittedly not conclusively established , that major ice ages may result from the siting of large continental masses in the polar regions , because only in such circumstances can extensive ice sheets become established , with significant consequences for world climate ( Frakes , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | A high proportion of disciplinary interactions may reflect ( as in the case of Deacondale ) a lack of ‘ oblique ’ disciplinary strategies and a tendency to adopt a more confrontational style ; and a high proportion of routine interactions may stem from an excessively complex organization or an inability to engage in depth with the content of the tasks given to one 's pupils . |
| 6 | Secondly , the parties should be aware that the items taken into account in compiling the index may vary from time to time . |
| 7 | Let us remind ourselves to begin with that howsoever these institutions may differ from those comprising the monetary sector , they have in common the essential features of financial innovation . |
| 8 | If you are a writer , the majority of your income may come from performances of your music either on the radio , the television or at live concerts . |
| 9 | The recognition that a text may set up its own secondary norms leads to a further conclusion , that features of language within that text may depart from the norms of the text itself : that is , they may " stand out " against the background of what the text has led us to expect . |
| 10 | In other situations , complexities may arise from variations in the Richardson number , as defined above , from place to place . |
| 11 | This is not the place to show the history of this misinterpretation , so I will merely suggest that discussions of the play ought to start from the beginning , as Shakespeare did , with the presence of Iago . |
| 12 | These highly restricted distribution patterns may result from unusual patterns of behaviour or even physiological differences between males and females that somehow affect the growth of these fungi ; but the precise mechanisms behind this extreme specificity remain unclear . |
| 13 | Those who drink large amounts of coffee during work hours may suffer from caffeine withdrawal at weekends , or if they miss their morning cup of coffee . |
| 14 | Expectations of parental roles and responsibility may differ from western views and the techniques that parents use may appear inappropriate for our cultural viewpoint . |
| 15 | Many towns and cities have high street branches of the bigger agencies , while smaller operations may operate from more modest premises and be run individually or in partnership . |
| 16 | Concordances produced by computer may differ from traditional hand-made concordances in several ways . |
| 17 | In the future , broader co-operation and co-ordination may follow from the firm basis of this work . |
| 18 | 2000 alumni contracts Let's hear from even more of you ! |
| 19 | Cultures of resistance may stretch from the folk knowledges and information networks which sustained an awareness of abortion and birth control when they were tabooed or unlawful , to the specific subcultures of stigmatised sexual minorities . |
| 20 | The important role attributed to ‘ Motherese ’ in language development among normally developing children , has , in turn , fuelled speculation that some forms of language impairment may arise from the child having insufficient exposure to adult language or , alternatively , being among adults who adopt inappropriate styles of talking to young children . |
| 21 | Whilst each House is the sole author of its own Standing Orders , proposals may emanate from any source although initiatives are commonly taken by the Clerk and a common source of proposals is the reports of select committees specially constituted to consider a particular matter . |
| 22 | What is called ‘ any benefit , or even any legal possibility of benefit , ’ in Mr. Smith 's notes to Cumber v. Wane , is not ( as I conceive ) that sort of benefit which a creditor may derive from getting payment of part of the money due to him from a debtor who might otherwise keep him at arm 's length , or possibly become insolvent , but is some independent benefit , actual or contingent , of a kind which might in law be a good and valuable consideration for any other sort of agreement not under seal . |
| 23 | The balance of the work and activities may vary from child to child . |
| 24 | Etching times may vary from less than a minute to over half an hour . |
| 25 | Such disagreements may stem from a variety of causes : ideological perspectives , ward and area considerations , seniority ( old v. young ) , status ( chairmen/spokesmen v. backbenchers ) , committee and pressure-group loyalties , or simply politicking or ‘ bloody mindedness ’ . |
| 26 | But in industrial goods markets the role of the buying function may vary from significant to relatively insignificant . |
| 27 | An allegory may depart from everyday life into a make-believe world . |
| 28 | A superficially similar case may differ from this one in some subtle matter of detail the relevance of which we will only recognize when we encounter it in the concrete . |
| 29 | For any mesh the value of N may differ from that for any other ( for example , if inclusions or crystalline areas are considered ) as in the model of a composite . |
| 30 | Such attitudes should emerge from out National Certificate work also , and should apply across the college . |