Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colour and shape have always been used as a basis for sorting , but objects may have many properties , and can be sorted , for example , according to size , weight or texture . |
| 2 | Pine-scented products may do this and so are best avoided for this reason . |
| 3 | However , whilst the decided cases may offer some guidance as to the general approach , their precedent value is limited because each case turns on its own circumstances . |
| 4 | The taste of food may be aversive and they may feel nauseous every time they eat , for example those with renal failure and a variety of metabolic problems or allergic reactions may experience this . |
| 5 | As adults often have commitments which limit their ability to travel , any concentration of subject provision or types of courses in particular institutions may make some subjects inaccessible to adults . |
| 6 | Employers may offer such contracts with a view to making them permanent once they are satisfied that you have completed the course successfully . |
| 7 | Filtering the definitions may go some way towards reducing this effect , and is suggested as an area for further research . |
| 8 | writes for an audience far wider than the historian of science , and although these essays may present some challenge for the uninitiated , today 's working scientist ( looking beyond the arguments about supercolliders or the effects of retroviruses on the human population ) could well profit from a dip into this book . |
| 9 | Finally , the proposals would create legal problems , despite statements that the APB makes to the contrary : the courts may interpret any references to uncertainties in an audit report as a form of qualification which requires a statement by an auditor , under s 271(4) of the Companies Act 1985 , about whether the matter is material to assessing the legality of the dividend . |
| 10 | Paragraph ( c ) is a quite extraordinary delegation ( if not abdication ) of legislative responsibility , of which the courts may have some difficulty in making sense . |
| 11 | ‘ During the warm season post commanders may authorize this coat made of white duck or flannel , to be worn with white braid , but without shoulder straps or collar insignia . ’ |
| 12 | But these reasons may have little to do with intrinsic features of their religion . |
| 13 | Some surveyors may find such a loss of direct involvement personally unacceptable , particularly if not trained for the new role , but the growth rate of a firm is probably dictated more by the partners ' ability to manage the organisation than by their own capacity for surveying work . |
| 14 | ‘ Seriously reduced visibility conditions ’ in relation to a vehicle used on a road during daytime hours may include such conditions adversely affecting visibility ( whether consisting of , or including , fog , smoke , heavy rain or spray , snow , dense cloud , or any similar condition ) as seriously reduce the ability of the driver ( after the appropriate use by him of any windscreen wiper and washer ) to see other vehicles or persons on the road , or the ability of other users of the road to see the vehicle . |
| 15 | Experts may offer some guidance but from a plaintiff 's point of view it is far better to frame an action using a subsection of s.92 other than s.92(1) ( c ) or ( d ) if at all possible . |
| 16 | Old binders can still be found at farm sales , but few are in good working order and spare parts and canvases may cost more than the machines themselves . |
| 17 | This chapter continues the discussion of the relationships between research , policy and practice , demonstrating that political interests and values may pervade these relationships and that approaches to and uses of research in this field may need to be rethought . |
| 18 | The authorities may acquire any work of art that someone wants to export . |
| 19 | The picture is complicated by the fact that national authorities may regard some discrimination between nationals and non-nationals as being necessary in order to ensure the protection of national interests such as the collection of taxes . |
| 20 | The contemporary meaning and significance of phenomena may have little to do with the shape and form which links them , however remotely , with the past . |
| 21 | Although these phenomena may frighten some patients , others find them tolerable or pleasant . |
| 22 | However , known which type of knot has been used is extremely important in helping to determine where a particular rug was made , because although individual weaving groups may copy each other 's designs , they rarely , if ever , change the knot they use . |
| 23 | It seems clear , however , that corporate groups may have many interdependencies between SBUs . |
| 24 | Young Germans may have less in common than is thought , writes Michael Simmons |
| 25 | Complex , long-chain biological molecules may carry many charges , and at the cell level membranes carry charges . |
| 26 | He argues that the value-creating activities may be summarized in nine categories as below ; each of the support activities may support any of the primary activities . |
| 27 | Time off for carrying out trade union activities may require some interpretation , The Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) has published a code of practice on this subject , ‘ Time off for Trade Union Duties and Activities ’ , which is available from HMSO and other booksellers . |
| 28 | Their lower horizons may show some gleying . |
| 29 | Their lower horizons may show some gleying . |
| 30 | This does not mean , however , that the member states may exercise that competence in complete liberty without regard to the principles of Community law . |