Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , the truth of the problem was lameness , which may affect more than one leg . |
2 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
3 | The fact that the d.c. supply may remain on when the receiver is turned off at its own switch ( usually ganged to the Volume control ) is a worry . |
4 | Although the move to representative democracy may reduce the dimensionality , there may remain more than one dimension ( e.g. , ‘ Liberal-non-liberal ’ as well as ‘ left-right ’ ) . |
5 | It may arise simply because the risk of deterioration of a resource may be unequally shared among affected people , or because the fruits of personal sacrifices will be enjoyed by others , or discounted future benefits do not justify present sacrifices and are distributed unevenly . |
6 | By way of background to what follows , I must first state my position on two related issues , since they are issues that may arise over and over again in the discussion of education at the present time . |
7 | These difficulties may arise especially when the program in question turns out to be more useful and successful than the parties originally envisaged . |
8 | Upon his decision ( or decisions , for the opportunity may arise more than once ) rests the ability of the spirit to learn that lesson and to progress to the next stage in its development . |
9 | Its frequency is usually fixed , though problems may arise more or less often than review cycles . |
10 | The idea that literary texts may trigger more than one level of reading is also central to Irene Fairley 's paper , which is a discussion of a corpus of interpretative responses to Sylvia Plath 's poem " Mushrooms " . |
11 | In this situation , some models will run out of RPM and the blades may slow down and the motor begin to labour . |
12 | The user pre-sets the timer to put a limit on how long the appliance may stay on while not in use . |
13 | No undergraduate may stay longer than four years . |
14 | For example , we might find that the experiences of children in care differ according to the circumstances surrounding their entry , so that grossly abused children may stay longer and occasionally be adopted , while offenders might return to their parents after a relatively short spell in a residential establishment . |
15 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
16 | He may think also that it has a basic appeal to human nature , which means most others will accept it too once their minds are cleared of confusion and superstition . |
17 | As we have seen , at least one form of the established economic torts ( intimidation ) may exist even though the defendant uses unlawful means directly against the plaintiff rather than against a third party . |
18 | The goat may bleat loudly and persistently and may go off her food ; she may jump other goats or be jumped by them . |
19 | Hence , societies ' encouragement of early marriage as a step towards achievement of a large family may hinder rather than aid attainment of family size goals . |
20 | Glass , however , may crystallize out or devitrify in the solid state if it 's left long enough , with myriads of tiny crystals forming and making it opaque . |
21 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
22 | Surgery may alter a person 's hygiene needs , body secretions may dry up and form crusts requiring removal , especially if artificial tubes are inserted , e.g. catheters , nasogastric and endotracheal tubes . |
23 | Let's jump sideways as well as forwards and backwards . |
24 | The worst mistake is to leave clothes near the patient when he is unattended : he may fall over if he tries to put them on by himself , as he may not yet have realized that he can not balance and move normally . |
25 | Finally , if the rise in real output per capita is caused by an expansion of investment goods industries and public sector expenditures on the civil service and defence , while at the same time there is a decline in consumer goods industries , then current economic welfare may fall rather than rise . |
26 | The figure for unauthorised absence may fall again if a satisfactory explanation 's forthcoming . |
27 | It is possible that the expansive forces of hydration may assist here if alteration products are present . |
28 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
29 | If the choice of bearing is between a sixteen double O four and a six double O four , it may hang , for us it may hang on whether , er , whether we can localize the sixteen double O four |
30 | Because households may include more than one of the ‘ assessment units ’ used by the DHSS to calculate rates of benefit , RNR is based on the sum of the entitlements of each assessment unit within the household . |