Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] [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 | For the foreseeable future , however , the inherent weaknesses of unionization in agriculture seem likely to continue to haunt the N U A A W. The falling number of agricultural workers , the urban influences that are spreading across tracts of once ‘ truly rural ’ countryside and the changing nature of the farm worker 's skills may conspire in any case to lead to a reappraisal of the need for a separate farm workers ' union . |
| 7 | And although some personnel may sit on several committees of the various bodies this is not enough to ensure adequate liaison , because there may be a conflict of loyalties . |
| 8 | Any one instance may lie in several clusters . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In areas of multipath , several minutes may elapse between successive occurrences of successful reception and decoding of the groups carrying the CT data . |
| 11 | Let us remind ourselves to begin with that howsoever these institutions may differ from those comprising the monetary sector , they have in common the essential features of financial innovation . |
| 12 | For demographic or statistical purposes the family needs to be specifically defined and the definitions may vary for different purposes . |
| 13 | A threat to break a contract may amount to such ‘ economic duress . ’ |
| 14 | From these answers we can see that a horse 's temperament may touch on all these statements , or their opposites , and that the horse 's temperament is demonstrated by its general or most consistent mood and natural disposition . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As to the extent of the structural alterations which the licensing board may order under this subsection. see Bushell v. Hammond [ 1904 ] 2 K.B . |
| 17 | Other queries may relate to specific attributes of the spatial entities , or to combinations of these attributes , to the exclusion of any locational property . |
| 18 | Or the text may consist of connected prose passages , items of information about some aspect of British life , letters , newspaper articles and so on . |
| 19 | The growth of the spherulites may occur in one , two , or three dimensions and the rate of radial growth is taken to be linear at any temperature . |
| 20 | Affiliated organisations , Constituency Labour Parties and Commons Members of Parliament may nominate for each of the offices of leader and deputy leader , one Commons Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party attending conference ( unless excused attendance as provided in sub-section ( c ) below ) as a delegate or ex-officio delegate . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Cross-cultural issues can arise when expectations of child-rearing patterns may differ across cultural groups . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ( iv ) If workers in a particular industry become more polarized in their commitment to the labour movement , membership will fall unambiguously but the wage change may go in either direction . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Expectations of parental roles and responsibility may differ from western views and the techniques that parents use may appear inappropriate for our cultural viewpoint . |
| 30 | 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 . |