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 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These difficulties may arise especially when the program in question turns out to be more useful and successful than the parties originally envisaged . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Its frequency is usually fixed , though problems may arise more or less often than review cycles . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | No undergraduate may stay longer than four years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The goat may bleat loudly and persistently and may go off her food ; she may jump other goats or be jumped by them . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Let's jump sideways as well as forwards and backwards . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The figure for unauthorised absence may fall again if a satisfactory explanation 's forthcoming . |
| 20 | It is possible that the expansive forces of hydration may assist here if alteration products are present . |
| 21 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as units chosen from the following list ; it may include more if you wish . |
| 24 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as regiments chosen from the following list , and it may include more if you wish . |
| 25 | His general point may survive even if we do not share his preferences for physics , or even science . |
| 26 | Individuals may survive better when they join forces with others ( 1985 : 3 ) . |
| 27 | You may need more than one interview . |
| 28 | You may need more than one sequence to cover all the points about any one piece of apparatus . |
| 29 | However , the owners may win because they are more prepared to fight it out than the intruder ; when an owner beats a non-territorial intruder , he may win simply because he is stronger . |
| 30 | 8 No entrant may win more than one prize . |