Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They may reawaken memories of happier times-'my husband would have done that in five minutes ' .
2 Mud volcanoes are rather more impressive features which may attain elevations of up to 100 m , eruptions of mud arising from the heating of shallow ground water .
3 The vagina and vaginal opening , in a healthy woman , are highly distensible and even where there is some tightness this may enhance sensation in both parties rather than otherwise .
4 We may construct defences for our sensibility by being deliberately offensive , diminishing others and not listening to them .
5 Social benefits are not solely restricted to cash returns but include any favourable effects that may affect members of the community at large ; for example , the time saved in travelling because a hospital is sited at a particular location .
6 There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis .
7 There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis .
8 A question asked early in the interview may affect answers to subsequent questions , and if this order were to be altered it becomes difficult to detect the effect this might have on the replies .
9 The residues identified as playing a key role in ICAM-1/LFA-1 interactions are conserved in ICAM-3 , although other subtle differences may affect interaction with LFA-1 .
10 We recently found that this luminal lytic activity is highly correlated with in vivo proliferation of colonic epithelium , which indicates that these soluble surfactants may affect therisk of colon cancer .
11 It will affect jobs in British brewing and long term , it may affect jobs in British retailing .
12 Article 86 prohibits the abuse of dominant market positions within the Common Market in so far as it may affect trade between member states : the fact that a business has a dominant or monopoly position is not in itself prohibited .
13 Art 85(1) of the EC Treaty prohibits all agreements between undertakings that may affect trade between member states and which have as their object , or effect , the prevention , restriction or distortion of competition within the Common Market .
14 Article 85(1) of the EC treaty prohibits undertakings between firms and restrictive practices which may affect trade between member states , or which have as their object or effect the restriction of competition within the EC .
15 Thus , article 85(1) prohibits agreements , " … which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention , restriction or distortion of competition within the common market … " , and continues by listing specific types of agreement that are prohibited .
16 Article 85(1) stipulates that : the following shall be prohibited as incompatible with the common market : all agreements between undertakings , decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention , restriction or distortion of competition within the common market …
17 Article 86 provides that : any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the common market or a substantial part of it shall be prohibited as incompatible with the common market insofar as it may affect trade between Member States .
18 Some people may regard painting as a childish activity .
19 If we do n't succeed in this then we may require other people to act as our parents , or we may regard others as a threat to this self-sufficiency and therefore avoid intimacy .
20 Textile workers in Bradford and Brick Lane may regard Saddam as a liberator : the metropolitan middle classes despise him as a thug .
21 It is possible that this effect on ileal motor activity may facilitate absorption of bile salts in the ileum by the ‘ ileal pump ’ mechanism by slowing intestinal transit time .
22 Diagnosis may facilitate communication among professionals in obtaining an appropriate placement for a child .
23 Weaker iron binding ligands within gastric juice such as citrate , or even the iron colloid binding glycoprotein ‘ gastroferrin' , may facilitate transfer of some iron into the stomach .
24 CD8 + CTL , initially identified in unnatural host-parasite combinations in rodents , were found in volunteers immunized with irradiated sporozoites : however , in the latter situation the abnormal termination of liver-stage parasite development may facilitate access of parasite antigens to the hepatocyte cytoplasm .
25 Although public sector entities may experience difficulties with the recognition and measurement of certain assets , the example the audited Crown financial statements have set shows that verifiable valuations can be placed on most public sector assets .
26 Access to Relevant Material by the Parents ' Solicitors : Solicitors representing parents may experience difficulties in getting background history of the child in care when preparing their cases , whereas solicitors representing Social Services Departments are likely to be drawn from the local authority Legal Departments , and to be fully informed .
27 A teacher whose classes include visually handicapped pupils is unlikely to welcome the prospect of trying to engineer an elaborately contrived environment that will single them out unduly from their classmates , and yet may experience apprehension about their safety as they move about the school and within the classroom .
28 So far we have been concerned with odours which affect the public at large , but consideration must also be given to the protection afforded by the law , to employees and other workers who may experience odours in their places of work , whether in a factory , office , shop , or educational establishment , etc .
29 You may experience cramp in the legs at night .
30 Genevieve Lloyd , in The Man of Reason : ‘ Male ’ and ‘ Female ’ in Western Philosophy ( 1984 ) , looks at the way in which Western philosophy has conceptualised reason , and shows that throughout its history ideals of reason have incorporated an exclusion of the feminine , which creates both practical and conceptual problems for women who may experience conflicts between reason and femininity .
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