Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some photographs or illustrations may contain unwanted material and , if you do n't need it there 's nothing to stop you cutting it out ; cropping in art terminology . |
| 2 | Different objects may serve different purposes in this regard . |
| 3 | Material objects may become temporary substitutes for important relationships , like the mauled soft toy or ragged piece of blanket in childhood , but it is only when relationships with ‘ things ’ rather than people become an established pattern for ‘ shutting out ’ that there is cause for concern . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | People from some cultures may have special clothing needs . |
| 6 | There is growing evidence , therefore , that inositol phosphates may have direct effects on calcium channels within the plasma membrane . |
| 7 | Some shrubby herbs may need further pruning during the summer . |
| 8 | Be aware that milk and milk products may contain unpasteurised milk |
| 9 | Pine-scented products may do this and so are best avoided for this reason . |
| 10 | The inflammatory cell infiltrate and its chemical products may influence intestinal permeability in various ways . |
| 11 | To explore the situation , therefore , and establish the relation of linguistic variables to speaker variables , we normally require quantitative methods , which in some cases may involve sophisticated statistical techniques . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Severe cases may cause temporary jaundice . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Such interactions may have adverse effects on either product or container or both . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There can also be problems in ensuring a measure of concept-equivalence across societies , since what are nominally identical practices or institutions may perform varying functions , or have a very different significance . |
| 18 | As the code is an umbrella document , the engineering institutions may have additional requirements to suit their particular disciplines . |
| 19 | However , institutions may put forward proposals for fully integrated courses in any subject areas where they believe that a case can be made . |
| 20 | Employers may offer such contracts with a view to making them permanent once they are satisfied that you have completed the course successfully . |
| 21 | Filtering the definitions may go some way towards reducing this effect , and is suggested as an area for further research . |
| 22 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 23 | Several pages of notes may become full ; in that case , two pages must be inserted in place of one , allowing the notes when transferred , to be spread out and empty spaces restored . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Paragraph ( c ) is a quite extraordinary delegation ( if not abdication ) of legislative responsibility , of which the courts may have some difficulty in making sense . |
| 27 | For example , the use of law in litigating the illegality of nuclear war may be sensible in the USA and quite foolish in the UK ; while reinforcing legal ideologies may seem sensible in the Netherlands , it may be dangerous in West Germany . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | But these reasons may have little to do with intrinsic features of their religion . |
| 30 | More precise identification may be available in Cocaine Anonymous or in Bulimics Anonymous but the risk of these smaller Fellowships is that the meetings may become weaker through lack of numbers and relative inexperience of recovery . |