Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More exceptionally still , Parliament may endeavour to prevent judicial review and may wish the decisions of the tribunal to be final and beyond the supervisory jurisdiction of the ordinary courts . |
| 2 | Sales-packs containing samples of our goods are available or you may prefer to take specific items . |
| 3 | Of course , you may prefer to choose outside alliances rather than restrict yourself to the family , but in times of hardship the family may be more dependable . |
| 4 | Alternatively the builder may prefer to provide public liability and employer 's liability insurance on behalf of all sub-contractors , either without charge or by deduction of ’ say 1% from the payments made . |
| 5 | They have yet to establish a track record of resale value , and buyers looking for sound investments may prefer to play safe and buy equivalent Persian or Anatolian rugs . |
| 6 | Also , you may want to do future business so look after your trading goodwill . |
| 7 | On other occasions you may want to place specific feature material or to say " thank you " , and personal meetings are obviously useful here . |
| 8 | If you achieve success in local unaffiliated competitions , you may want to investigate affiliated competitions . |
| 9 | We may want to make useful contacts with others . |
| 10 | These tools of the trade may make planning possible , but they do not necessarily produce what is needed by Soviet society . |
| 11 | Encourage older children to read about vegetarian nutrition and cooking ; they may enjoy getting involved in the planning of their own menus . |
| 12 | With all the press warnings , Jo Punter ought to know to avoid unquoted stocks , to avoid disreputable shares and futures dealing companies . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is intended to disseminate the results of the analysis to other police forces which may seek to develop rational systems of management in the future . |
| 15 | Your local social services department should provide various services for people who are sick or disabled through HIV ; exactly what is available varies widely from one area to another , but may include providing special equipment , adaptations , telephones and travel concessions . |
| 16 | This may include identifying additional skills you need to acquire . |
| 17 | This may include placing new titles in prime positions by the till — in the way that sweets are put next to supermarket checkouts . |
| 18 | No self-respecting working educational body , much as it may desire to retain close and friendly relations with the Board ( of Education ) , Universities , etc. , can go on being hampered in its work by the increasing number of organisations concerned either telling it what to do , what it should not do , or advising it in both these directions … there is a grave danger of our movement ultimately being strangled by our friends . |
| 19 | From time to time the indexer may need to consult external reference sources in order to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing . |
| 20 | The same is not so true of 22mm to ¾in and 28mm to lin where the pipe size has changed slightly as well and you may need to use special types of adaptor fitting . |
| 21 | Those who are here for less than 6 months may need to arrange medical insurance . |
| 22 | You may need to conduct special research among consumers , the client 's own employees , the trade whom he serves , and among the media . |
| 23 | At the same time as coping with their own emotional burdens , they may need to give practical , financial and emotional support to someone with mental disorder and puzzle out how best to manage the bizarre manifestations of that disorder . |
| 24 | You may need to give boiled water to compensate for fruit juices or other extra liquids that you have withdrawn . |
| 25 | A typical manufacturing company will have functional activities such as ‘ manufacturing ’ , ‘ engineering ’ and ‘ sales ’ , but not every manufacturing company may need these functional divisions , and some may need to emphasise other functions as well . |
| 26 | " I have explained to Mr. Ingard that you may need to discuss various matters with departmental heads in the group , " Sir Geoffrey added . |
| 27 | We may need to find alternative means achieve some end . |
| 28 | Mothers caring for their children on their own may need to find outside employment , and the strain of the dual role may result in a chaotic lifestyle where the children get less attention , household chores remain undone and mealtimes and bedtimes become erratic . |
| 29 | In both cases , assessors may need to ensure current competence by means of assessment on demand . |
| 30 | As with the Personal Accident and Sickness policy , the claims handler may need to obtain Additional Certificates of Medical Attendant ( PAC 8/SC 8 ) ; make unannounced visits or seek independent medical advice where the nature of the claim requires further investigation . |