Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds , croup , sinusitis and respiratory problems . |
| 3 | The proposal seems to be mainly aimed at situations in which a patient 's testamentary capacity is in doubt ; however , the generalisation of its interpretation with respect to medical emergencies may expose doctors to legal proceedings even if they had acted in good faith and in the patient 's best interests . |
| 4 | The settlement may lend money to X Ltd ; that will be an associated payment ( TA 1988 , s678(1) ( a ) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 5 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 6 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 7 | They would include : opportunities for students to see or experience equipment or processes which are not on offer within the institution ; the chance for a student to sample a possible future job or career ; the opportunity to learn something ( not much ) of the lives led in employment by their neighbours , their parents or their peer-group , so that they may grow up more understanding and more tolerant ( this rather pious hope may in fact be quite unjustified , they may have confirmed or developed disdain or envy for others ) ; a good student may catch the eye of an employer looking for a later recruit ; absence may lend enchantment to the view of the college and the students may return from work-experience reassured about their choice of education ; students may be motivated to work hard at college by the prospect of either securing a job like the one they have seen or tried , or by the determination to avoid a similar fate ; all these outcomes may be little more predictable than the consequences of going to the zoo for a visit . |
| 8 | In turn the company may lend monies to Mr X. Mr X would receive a capital sum ( Mr X may also have tax problems under TA 1988 , s419 ( in an appropriate case ) but there is a relief from double tax ( TA 1970 , s677(3) ) ) . |
| 9 | The likely unpopularity of the local income tax may explain resistance to this tax . |
| 10 | If the interpretation of dog in this sentence were the result of contextual modulation of the general sense , it ought to include reference to , for instance , young females with good eyesight . |
| 11 | Another factor which may influence return to work is the amount of benefit in comparison with level of earnings . |
| 12 | Colonisation with Helicobacter pylori may influence susceptibility to gastroduodenal injury and ulceration in patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) . |
| 13 | Mr Cook may prefer silence to eating his words . |
| 14 | You may restrict access to files for which LIFESPAN normally requires WORLD:READ or WORLD:READ+EXECUTE access by setting no WORLD access and applying ACLs . |
| 15 | Decisions may make reference to expectations and values concerning kin relationships that can only be assumed . |
| 16 | It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected . |
| 17 | In many cases where a firm provides corporate finance services to an issuer of investments , it may make offers to or enter into transactions with prospective investors . |
| 18 | The 15-member House of Chiefs considers draft legislation relating to alterations to the Constitution or to chieftaincy matters , and may make representation to the President on matters affecting the tribes or tribal organizations . |
| 19 | As part of the process the auditor may include an examination of accounting and information systems , and may make recommendations to management to improve these systems . |
| 20 | The suspect , or the solicitor dealing with the case on his or her behalf ( subject to availability ) , may make representations to the review officer about the continuing detention — but the officer may refuse to hear these if he or she decides that the suspect is ‘ unfit … by reason of his condition or behaviour ’ . |
| 21 | ( viii ) The prisoner may make representations to the local review committee before the first review . |
| 22 | ( 9 ) Sometimes aggrieved shareholders of the target may make representations to the Panel executive . |
| 23 | In respect of the transfer of properties , the agreement may include reference to the applicable provisions from the National Conditions of Sale — a national standard form set of property sale terms . |
| 24 | A REPORT in Money-Go-Round on March 14 suggested incorrectly that company car users may include travel to and from work as part of their business mileage when calculating tax liabilities . |
| 25 | These may include references to your age . |
| 26 | It is likely , in general , that advertising can build on the strengths , but that it may need improvements to the physical product to eliminate the weaknesses . |
| 27 | Instead they should restrict access to plants , control contracts and set up local industries to capitalise on biodiversity . |
| 28 | So we are sorry that we must restrict admittance to handicapped persons able to walk . |
| 29 | That is why the Revenue backed Banking Ombudsman Laurence Shurman when he suggested people should make changes to their cheques so they were less susceptible to fraud . |
| 30 | Indeed , such documentation should make reference to the source of these objectives ; for example , enabling legislation or ministerial direction . |