Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mattress used with the wrong base may cause damage to the mattress , be uncomfortable and would invalidate the guarantee . |
| 2 | Formal or informal bargaining may take place across the boundaries of the corporation between unions and political authorities — ministries , governments and local or regional authorities . |
| 3 | A distinction is made between sales negotiations , where a certain amount of bargaining may take place , and pure selling , where the salesman is given no freedom to bargain . |
| 4 | Before the end of the 28 days any member or auditor may serve notice on the company requiring a meeting to be held for that purpose . |
| 5 | In it , he warns that a lack of staff and money may delay action to combat global warming , ozone depletion , the reduction of industrial waste and sewage discharges , and the construction of a nuclear waste depository . |
| 6 | On some fronts progress may require money , even if the will and the expertise are there . |
| 7 | Facial expressions may do all these , but in addition may indicate understanding , concentration and attention . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) The contract may limit liability to certain heads of damage : if the goods prove defective our liability is limited to the refund of all payments made by the Buyer or if the goods prove defective our liability is limited to the cost of repairing or making good the defects in the goods , provided that , if the cost of repair exceeds the contract price , we may at our option replace the goods or refund all payments made by the Buyer and such replacement or refund shall be in full satisfaction of all our liability under this contract . |
| 9 | The settlement may lend money to X Ltd ; that will be an associated payment ( TA 1988 , s678(1) ( a ) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 10 | Small wonder there is now talk in Bonn that the Social Democrats in the Bundesrat may block legislation ; that Mr Kohl , though chancellor , may be dumped by his party , as Ludwig Erhard once was ; or that his centre-right coalition with the Free Democrats will split , as the centre-left one led by Helmut Schmidt did in 1982 . |
| 11 | ( 1 ) Without prejudice to its other powers under this Act , a licensing board may make byelaws for any of the following purposes ( a ) for closing licensed premises wholly or partially on New Year 's Day , and on such other days not being more than four in any one year as the board may think expedient for special reasons ; ( b ) for prohibiting holders of licences from residing in their licensed premises , or for requiring the dwellinghouses of holders of licences to be separate from their licensed premises ; ( c ) for requiring all wines , made-wines and spirits sold by the holder of an off-sale licence to be sold in corked , stoppered or sealed vessels , cans , jars or casks ; ( d ) for requiring every holder of a hotel or public house licence to keep in his licensed premises and to renew from day to day a sufficient supply of drinking water , and such eatables as may be specified in the byelaw , and to display , offer and supply the same as may be required by the byelaw ; ( e ) for printing a list of all applications coming before any meeting of the licensing board , with such other information as may be considered necessary by the board ; ( f ) for the setting out of conditions which may be attached to licences for the improvement of standards of , and conduct in , licensed premises ; ( g ) for the granting of a licence of a type other than that applied for ; Provided that a byelaw made under paragraph ( c ) above shall not apply to licensed premises where no groceries are kept or sold and where a bona fide wholesale business in alcoholic liquor is carried on . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) If proceedings are pending under subsection ( 1 ) above , the licensing board may adjourn consideration of an application to which the proceedings relate until the proceedings are concluded . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) In considering the grounds for refusal mentioned in paragraph ( a ) of subsection ( 1 ) above , the licensing board may have regard to any misconduct on the part of any person mentioned in that paragraph , whether or not constituting a breach of this Act or any byelaw made thereunder , which in the opinion of the board has a bearing on his fitness to hold a licence . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) In considering a complaint under this section , the licensing board may have regard to : ( a ) any misconduct on the part of the holder of the licence , whether or not constituting a breach of this Act or any byelaw made thereunder , which in the opinion of the board has a bearing on his fitness to hold a licence ; ( b ) any misconduct on the part of persons frequenting licensed premises occurring in those premises or any misconduct in the immediate vicinity of licensed premises which is attributable to persons frequenting those premises . |
| 15 | In considering a complaint under the section , the board may have regard to the factors specified in subs . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) misconduct to which the board may have regard in considering whether grounds for suspension have been substantiated . |
| 17 | Any move in that direction may raise resistance in BCM circles and exacerbate misgivings about the MDM 's ‘ flirtations ’ with bantustan leaders like General Bantu Holomisa of the Transkei and Mr Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane . |
| 18 | If a UK beneficiary is entitled to the trust income because , for example , he has an interest in possession , the income may form part of his total income and he would pay tax on it in the normal way . |
| 19 | Thus , a tax on capital income may reduce saving and lead to a rise in the gross rate of return ; on the other hand , it may be possible by the use of other taxes and/or monetary policy to offset the effects ( as seen in the discussion of balanced growth incidence ) . |
| 20 | So , the legislative text may suggest meaning X or Y and parliamentary material may clearly support meaning Y. |
| 21 | In return , I hope very much that you keep on telling us what you think about the alumni services we provide , telling us what 's going on in your professional world and how you think the University ought to take account of it . |
| 22 | Codification of case law ; Parliament may pass legislation in order to give legislative effect to judicial decisions in one statute . |
| 23 | Parliament may allow exit of works made up to a century ago |
| 24 | Deals with problems as they arise , believing that planning and preparation may inhibit spontaneity . |
| 25 | In some circumstances interaction may prompt enforcement activity substantially independent of the definitions of the seriousness of the problem to be remedied . |
| 26 | Inappropriate expectations about the speed of change may reduce motivation or the social conditions may present real difficulties ( Turner 1973 ) . |
| 27 | Change may cause disruption but without it improvements can not be made . |
| 28 | The semantic constraint may take precedence over acoustic information . |
| 29 | Chest tightness may indicate stimulation of pulmonary vascular receptors with pulmonary vasoconstriction rather than bronchoconstriction . |
| 30 | Blanketweed collecting on the waterfall may cause water to seep away from the pond itself . |