Example sentences of "[modal v] have a similar [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees of a single species growing in the same locality should have a similar pattern of ring widths , uniquely defined by their common history . |
| 2 | If latent inhibition and habituation reflect the operation of a common mechanism , then procedural variations that modify the magnitude of one of these phenomena should have a similar effect on the other . |
| 3 | The Committee fails entirely to discuss , however , whether mistakes of a similar kind should have a similar effect . |
| 4 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 5 | And she suggests that the angels , especially the series of angels , could have a similar purpose , to ‘ replace worship of celestial phenomena with the theologically acceptable cult of the angels ’ . |
| 6 | The latter part of this subclause is inserted to try to avoid the difficulty that could arise where a landlord declines to accept rent in order not to waive a breach of covenant by the tenant , which it has been suggested could have a similar effect of releasing the guarantor , but this is not certain . |
| 7 | The symptoms are similar to those of scarlet fever and may have a similar origin in that a bacteriophage injects genetic material into a bacterium and causes the release of a substance that is very toxic to human cells . |
| 8 | Another patient may have a similar fever and be hot and flushed but in this case , although the pulse is bounding , the pupils are not dilated . |
| 9 | Another client may have a similar query concerning delay in receiving family credit . |
| 10 | The second difficulty is that , although the Kalahari Bushmen may have a similar technology to European prehistoric hunters and gatherers , their economic situation is very different . |
| 11 | Similarly , any amount of income tax rebate or trade union strike pay will be considered and may have a similar result . |
| 12 | Exciting or arousing events like being promoted or winning a competition may have a similar effect ( Brown and Birley , 1968 ) . |
| 13 | He observed that there are certain classes of English word combinations that neither syntax nor semantics can justify ; for example , although the words ’ strong ’ and ’ powerful ’ may have a similar meaning , people prefer saying ’ drink strong tea ’ to ’ powerful tea ’ and similarly prefer ’ drive a powerful car ’ to ’ strong car ’ . |
| 14 | Many of the genes in a family might have to be converted to a new variant before any significant change in the phenotype occurs-but by that time all individuals would have a similar proportion of the new variant and so would be physically very similar . |
| 15 | He knows that we can not reduce the VAT rate as a solution , but he also knows that we can take measures that would have a similar effect in helping the industry . |
| 16 | To some extent both will have a similar range of needs but each will occupy a different place within this range . |
| 17 | It will have a similar connotation when people discover what drops through their letter boxes if they are foolish enough to vote Conservative at the next general election . |
| 18 | The improper exercise of a power of arrest will have a similar effect . |
| 19 | The Ventura approach is a document-oriented one working on the basis that each page will have a similar format . |
| 20 | Short translation exercises can have a similar function : e.g. Student A translates a paragraph from L1 into L2 . |
| 21 | Excitable children can have a similar effect , and so they may also have to be shown how to behave towards a puppy . |