Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the disappearance of the archedictyon , or of an individual vein , the macrotrichia may persist on the wing-membrane in their original positions ; their presence there is regarded by Tillyard as evidence of descent from more densely veined ancestors . |
| 2 | Certainly the number of offspring that a male may sire as a result of reciprocating coalitions will be greater than if he did not participate , while his lifespan is probably only slightly affected by such activity . |
| 3 | Similarly , a male may crouch like a female and perform pseudo-female behaviour , being mounted by another tom . |
| 4 | But there is a way through and in spite of how the sufferer may feel at the time , there will be a return to normality . |
| 5 | It may be the quickest , cheapest and safest way demonstrating a dynamic process in the class or laboratory However , there is a danger that the real life experience may replaced by the quick and easy screen image . |
| 6 | Jack Cowan , working at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California , thinks that at least part of the hallucinogenic experience may result from an instability of neural activity in the visual cortex . |
| 7 | But they are concerned about the psychological effect the experience may have on the girls . |
| 8 | Just as an animal without previous experience may respond to a complex stimulus , so it may produce a complex set of movements in response to a stimulus . |
| 9 | If , however , the requirements are not well defined or the system design is not capable of meeting all the requirements , then much unnecessary fire , smoke and water damage may occur through the system failing to control the fire quickly . |
| 10 | Both these factors may apply , but the sequence of learning may also be the result of choices for whatever reason , which those formulating and operating the curriculum may recommend in the light of teaching experience . |
| 11 | some residual contamination may remain in the soil owing to concentrations which do not induce microbial degradation ; |
| 12 | Standards may well rise from 1990 , but the rise may stem from the National Curriculum , testing , parental choice , opting out , or other factors which have nothing to do with the ERA . |
| 13 | In the case of cream cheese fillings for pies and flans , the risk is that the moisture may sink into the pastry , making it soggy . |
| 14 | On the contrary , it is possible that greater training in counselling skills may lead to a more skilfully directed and efficient interview . |
| 15 | In fact , internal conflicts may exist within the bureaucracy as different sectors within it compete for scarce resources . |
| 16 | It also lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module . |
| 17 | The following lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module : |
| 18 | The latter should be reinforced by regulating what personnel may carry into the warehouse , on entry , together with an effective disciplinary procedure agreed by employees and unions . |
| 19 | In part this difficulty may stem from the uncertain legal nature of the action for breach of confidence . |
| 20 | A difficulty may occur in the interpretation of metabolite concentrations and pain response . |
| 21 | Having established the presence of money as pure symbol and medium of abstract and relational thought , Simmel goes on to address several major features of such a state and to show how money may stand as the quintessence of each . |
| 22 | Two recent reports have focused on the part that early nutrition may play in the later development of diabetes . |
| 23 | Issues of equal opportunity may arise in a number of contexts ; for example , those of gender , race , disability and religion . |
| 24 | Firstly , it is widely accepted , though admittedly not conclusively established , that major ice ages may result from the siting of large continental masses in the polar regions , because only in such circumstances can extensive ice sheets become established , with significant consequences for world climate ( Frakes , 1979 ) . |
| 25 | Even if your reaction is mild , it 's worth remembering that repeated exposure to foods that cause allergic reactions may result in the symptoms getting gradually worse . |
| 26 | A high proportion of disciplinary interactions may reflect ( as in the case of Deacondale ) a lack of ‘ oblique ’ disciplinary strategies and a tendency to adopt a more confrontational style ; and a high proportion of routine interactions may stem from an excessively complex organization or an inability to engage in depth with the content of the tasks given to one 's pupils . |
| 27 | The induction of apoptosis by p53 following genotoxic insult may act as a defence mechanism to protect the organism from the propagation of cells that have sustained mutation . |
| 28 | Different professional institutions may define to a greater or lesser extent the modes and their mix . |
| 29 | Employers may pay for the provision of furniture/household equipment and pay for or subsidise the costs of supplying gas , electricity , water and telephones . |
| 30 | Employment is a two-way trade and it is as well to remember that the conditions that we in the House think can be imposed on employers may backfire on the very people whom they are supposed to help . |