Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Objects may appear at infrared wavelengths because they are cool , because they are obscured by dust that transmits only longer wavelengths , or because their intrinsic mechanism of radiation cuts off at wavelengths shorter than infrared . |
| 3 | Another sort of foreign or peripheral experience may exist for British writers even within London itself . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the disruptive effects of damage may spread to other structures intimately linked to Broca 's area . |
| 5 | Equally , emotional attitudes may figure as standard causes of certain sorts of utterance . |
| 6 | The study also specifically addresses the impact multimedia information products may have on traditional information sectors such as library services , publishing and bookselling so may be of interest to readers active in these areas . |
| 7 | In areas of multipath , several minutes may elapse between successive occurrences of successful reception and decoding of the groups carrying the CT data . |
| 8 | For demographic or statistical purposes the family needs to be specifically defined and the definitions may vary for different purposes . |
| 9 | For example , long-standing marital disharmony may lie behind apparent rejection ; indeed , it may be that the disability of one partner provides the first and only reliable opportunity for old people to separate . |
| 10 | Other queries may relate to specific attributes of the spatial entities , or to combinations of these attributes , to the exclusion of any locational property . |
| 11 | Or the text may consist of connected prose passages , items of information about some aspect of British life , letters , newspaper articles and so on . |
| 12 | These highly restricted distribution patterns may result from unusual patterns of behaviour or even physiological differences between males and females that somehow affect the growth of these fungi ; but the precise mechanisms behind this extreme specificity remain unclear . |
| 13 | Cross-cultural issues can arise when expectations of child-rearing patterns may differ across cultural groups . |
| 14 | The cubitus ( Co ) divides into two main branches , the first cubitus ( Cu1 ) being convex and the second cubitus ( Cu2 ) concave ; the first cubitus may subdivide into anterior ( Cu1a ) and posterior(Cu1b) veins . |
| 15 | It seems that in addition to a large number of pernicious anaemia patients with stable nodular hyperplasia of fundic endocrine cells , there are patients in whom the hyperplastic change may progress to carcinoid tumours and some in whom it regresses . |
| 16 | Under no circumstances should frequent elevator movements be made with the object of maintaining a constant indicated airspeed , height or rate-of-climb , as this technique may lead to severe low frequency oscillation in pitch . |
| 17 | In these circumstances membership of a CU may result in large scale unemployment which could persist until the appropriate restructuring of the industrial base takes place . |
| 18 | During 1984–90 , cruises to the Barents Sea have shown that the spring blooms may progress in unstratified water masses ( H. C. E. & A. Evensen , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 19 | Expectations of parental roles and responsibility may differ from western views and the techniques that parents use may appear inappropriate for our cultural viewpoint . |
| 20 | So snowy owls may appear in southern Canada , Britain and southern Europe ( see above ) , while their populations remaining at home suffer poor breeding seasons due to overcrowding . |
| 21 | Concordances produced by computer may differ from traditional hand-made concordances in several ways . |
| 22 | Conservationists are concerned that when this happens frightened local authorities may resort to indiscriminate poison baiting , a step which would undoubtedly kill many wild dogs , but could spell the end for several other declining species as well . |
| 23 | Calcium may protect against colorectal cancer by reducing epithelial cell turnover . |
| 24 | This scenario is in many ways similar to Charles Handy 's Work Society , but , whereas Handy based his vision on his views about what values ought to prevail in post-industrial society , Gershuny 's picture is built up from an analysis of economic trends . |
| 25 | In species that forage inshore , clutches are usually larger but brood reduction may occur under adverse circumstances . |
| 26 | However , the fact that the defence may resort to procedural tactics or that the weakness of some investigations may become apparent under re-investigation should not lead us to reject a formal mechanism of quality control . |
| 27 | Suddenly stopping the drug may result in acute " withdrawal " effects such as delirium tremens for alcohol or " cold turkey " ( which feels like a bad bout of influenza ) for heroin . |
| 28 | Additional standards relating to disinfection may apply to high risk areas . |
| 29 | Responsibility for provision may change without corresponding changes in the source of finance . |
| 30 | But in industrial goods markets the role of the buying function may vary from significant to relatively insignificant . |