Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cold sores may appear on the lips or genitalia . |
| 32 | Small bruises may appear for no apparent reason under the skin , and the skin itself can become hard and have a tendency to crack . |
| 33 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , your contract may cater for a wide variety of perks , such as : |
| 34 | ( 3 ) A construction contract may provide for the determination by |
| 35 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 36 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 37 | Remember , too , when acting for a seller on a sale by auction to attend the sale itself to answer any questions that a prospective buyer may raise on the title or the special conditions — and be wary of the questioner who seeks to suggest that the title is faulty or that restrictions prohibit development , etc , in the hope of abating the bids offered . |
| 38 | Information necessary to the decoding of a segment may lie outside the arbitrary boundaries imposed for the analysis of that segment , and some of the information within the boundaries may only be relevant to what precedes or follows the segment . |
| 39 | In this sense parallels may develop between the regional negotiation processes over the Kampuchean and Afghan conflicts . |
| 40 | It also singles out moor and heath for specially favourable treatment ; habitats such as wetlands and species-rich grasslands may remain within the scope of the grants . |
| 41 | ( 3 ) When granting a licence , a licensing board may attach to the licence any condition set out in a byelaw by virtue of paragraph ( 1 ) of subsection ( 1 ) above . |
| 42 | ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 2 ) below , a licensing board may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions by a committee of the board , a member or members of the board , the clerk of the board or any other person appointed to assist the clerk . |
| 43 | Moreover , simultaneous oesophageal pressure peaks may occur as a normal phenomenon when swallows are taken in rapid succession , due to the phenomenon of deglutitive inhibition . |
| 44 | Our sportsdesk can detect from the far end of a crease someone who has gone through life under the impression that Bodyline may refer to a one-piece undergarment . |
| 45 | Although this ‘ voluntary ’ aspect of indirect taxes may apply to a particular individual and a particular tax , it can not apply to all individuals and all taxes . |
| 46 | For example , the marginal propensity to make bequests out of lifetime income may rise with the level of income . |
| 47 | A detailed review of all the standard forms of building contract available is not possible here , but a brief description of the most common forms may serve as a guide . |
| 48 | Yet the weak or anomalous We forms may point to a further truth , that Shakespeare conceives of the relationship between two friends as both united and separated . |
| 49 | If the petition is advertised , more creditors may jump on the bandwagon . |
| 50 | Erosion may be very considerable , but , because the area of net measurement of soil movement is large , sedimentation may occur within the same unit and therefore net erosion is estimated to be small ( see also Blandford 1981 ) . |
| 51 | The recognition that a text may set up its own secondary norms leads to a further conclusion , that features of language within that text may depart from the norms of the text itself : that is , they may " stand out " against the background of what the text has led us to expect . |
| 52 | Polly Harvey may record for a small label called Too Pure , but she has managed to become the rising star of the indie world by tackling issues of sexuality head on . |
| 53 | This is not the place to show the history of this misinterpretation , so I will merely suggest that discussions of the play ought to start from the beginning , as Shakespeare did , with the presence of Iago . |
| 54 | However , the lack of relationship between the technical dimension of work and housework satisfaction patterns may point to the relative unimportance of working conditions as factors shaping work satisfaction generally . |
| 55 | Failure to understand the distinction between PPD skin test reactivity and active TB may serve as a further disincentive to PPD testing . |
| 56 | Now those critics have been joined by what entrenched IRFU committeemen may regard as the Enemy Within . |
| 57 | It is not so , except perhaps in the most formal of speaking styles , where a sentence may fall to a low point in the voice and be followed by a substantial silence , and we know that it has come to an end . |
| 58 | Mr Lawson may win in the end . |
| 59 | The vascular change may extend to the right ventricle , with endocarditis involving the tricuspid valve . |
| 60 | There is a universal rebellion in the air , and the power of the two colossal superstates may be , yes , may just be ebbing , may be failing in energy even more rapidly than we are failing in energy , and if that is so , then the destructive , the liberating , the creative nihilism of the Hip , the frantic search for potent change may break into the open with all its violence , its confusion , its ugliness and horror . |