Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It is a case of dramatic irony when we as readers recognize and share with the fabliau author a knowledge of the " realities " of the fictitious situation denied to the merchant of Orléans and may laugh at the merchant 's misguided belief as a result . |
2 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
3 | From the Soviet perspective a socialist government in Kampuchea has remained a sine qua non of any settlement of the Kampuchean issue , although Soviet resolve on this issue may weaken in the face of the current ASEAN commitment to a neutral Kampuchea ( see below ) . |
4 | The adult worms in the intestine cause little apparent damage to the mucosa , but occasionally , if large numbers are present , there may be obstruction , and rarely a worm may migrate into the bile duct , causing obstructive jaundice and carcass condemnation . |
5 | The duties of a trustee may be indefinitely varied by the terms of the instrument which creates the trust , and may range from a mere duty to make a legal conveyance to the beneficiary at his request , and in the meantime to permit him to possess and enjoy the property , to extensive and onerous duties of management , sale , investment , and application of capital and income . |
6 | They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed . |
7 | For the searcher who goes on and comes to believe , this is the only possible starting point — a sense of need which may range from a mild discomfort to a deep conviction , but which spurs him to look for a solution beyond himself . |
8 | These privileges may range from the relatively inconspicuous one of being treated differently for insurance purposes to the ultimate extreme of contracting a ‘ marriage with a member of the opposite sex ’ — opposite , that is , to the adopted one . |
9 | The interview is basically a form of human interaction and may range from the most informal chat to the most carefully pre-coded and carefully systematized set of questions and answers laid out on an interview schedule . |
10 | These may range from the specification of shapes , finishes and material type through casting and mould details , to jigs and fixtures needed during production . |
11 | This is no easy task when it is aimed at an entire work force and when the normal reading habits of the employees may range from The Times at one end to The Sun at the other . |
12 | There still remains the primary need for all agreements , however limited in scope , which affect the partners to be set down clearly and exhaustively in writing to avoid subsequent dispute : such writing may range from the proper minutes of a partners ' meeting to a separate manual describing a firm 's management process as a guide , in the largest firms , to enable every partner and every employee to identify the person responsible for any particular aspect of the firm 's administration . |
13 | These results may testify to the attributes of the equipment acquired and the proficiency of foreign trade organisations in tailoring purchases to real needs . |
14 | It may relate to a packaging problem in which a fixed number of unrelated items have to be pressed into the smallest volume . |
15 | Rather , dominance of any given theory may relate to a series of factors in the discourse with other theories . |
16 | It must not he forgotten , however , that in the south of the United States there are roughly east-west structures such as the Ouachita Mountains which may relate to a Palaeo-Tethys and be the equivalent of the Hercynian fold belts of Europe . |
17 | The information disclosed in published accounts may relate to a single company or to a group of companies under a holding company . |
18 | The ‘ broken column ’ may relate to the traditional graveyard image of premature death , as well as to the ‘ broken stone ’ of section three where ‘ stone images/ Are raised ’ . |
19 | This association , as implied previously , may relate to the antinatriuretic action of insulin which is perhaps the common link between obesity and elevated blood pressure ( Bjorntorp , 1982 ) . |
20 | The story about the scourging of Jesus may relate to the comment in Isaiah : ‘ … by this scourging we are healed ’ ( Isaiah 53:5 ) . |
21 | A gable roof is implied by such an arrangement and the number of posts may relate to the presence or absence of vertical side-walls as much as to the size and weight of the roof ( Figure 2.2 ) . |
22 | According to the founding minutes of 20 November 1804 , its principal design … . ’ should be to collect and preserve whatever may relate to the natural , civil or ecclesiastical History of the United States in general and this state in particular ’ . |
23 | This is no time to go into further consideration of how Spinoza 's view of the world may relate to the Aristotelian . |
24 | These may relate to the legislative functions of government . |
25 | " The only incident we know about that may relate to the rest of the set-up is your performance at Winter Marsh . |
26 | The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject . |
27 | In Japan there are negative correlations with per cent of research and with production involvement in design , which may relate to the tentative hypothesis offered about the negative correlations with technical success . |
28 | The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject . |
29 | One reason for these variable results may relate to the differing degress of stringency applied to the diagnosis and confirmation of complete gall stone dissolution . |
30 | The reason for this is not clear but it may relate to the more recent stress associated with handling and anaesthesia for irradiation . |