Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OPTIONS : The Sword Masters of Hoeth may carry a magic standard . |
| 2 | In drug addiction a sufferer may use a regular daily quantity of drug , a single dose of which might kill a non-addicted person . |
| 3 | Two objects may reflect the same wavelengths into our eyes yet be seen as having different colours . |
| 4 | The ecu link may provide a firmer anchor for inflationary expectations . |
| 5 | Also any major life event is stressful and this experience may precipitate the first symptoms of anxiety . |
| 6 | The National Curriculum may introduce a greater degree of consistency in respect of subject content , but quality in the way such content is treated will only be achieved if the anomalies at the various levels — LEA support , school curriculum management and development , classroom provision — are attended to . |
| 7 | It illuminates the medieval understanding of the interior life subject to impulses whose gratification may satisfy the immediate demands of the self for ease , anger , pleasure , esteem , but which also impede the freedom of the spirit to seek that ultimate good which in reality is the only means of satisfying man 's inherent need for fulfilment . |
| 8 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 9 | Further understanding of the processes and growth factors involved in gastric epithelial development in the fetus may allow the exact mechanisms to be elucidated . |
| 10 | For this purpose , a LIFESPAN user may grant a special access link between any other user and himself , which means that the specified user will have access to all the modules managed by the original user . |
| 11 | Higher cuffs generally give more support in rough terrain , but the more experienced user may prefer the greater mobility offered by lower cuff designs . |
| 12 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 13 | It has power to request further information from the parties and to inspect documents at the parties ' premises and failure by the parties to provide the information required or to co-operate in an inspection may cause the four month period to be extended . |
| 14 | Those who have been exposed to the confirmatory techniques of linear regression may recognize the analogous measures . |
| 15 | It should provide a measure of structure and sequence in what is learned , though that measure may vary a good deal from subject to subject and even student to student . |
| 16 | This moral variety may seem a high price to pay for the resolution of the problem of holism . |
| 17 | There are significant genetic and behaviourial differences between wild and farmed salmon , and the Trust fears that the farmed variety may replace the native fish . |
| 18 | Eating a lot of meat , butter and dairy products may give a higher risk of breast and bowel cancer as well as other problems such as coronary heart disease . |
| 19 | Some patients may benefit from a stress management programme , while severe cases may require the multidisciplinary services of a pain clinic . |
| 20 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 21 | The method of keeping little tins in the house marked ‘ rent ’ , ‘ rates ’ , ‘ telephone ’ , etc. , into which you put money may give a certain amount of satisfaction as a way of saving , but it will also give a burglar a certain amount of satisfaction to have everything so conveniently marked and to hand for him . |
| 22 | Very low-grade disseminated copper mineralisation may reflect the eroded deep levels of a copper porphyry system . |
| 23 | Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming . |
| 24 | This latter category may form the raw material or foundation for comparisons , but such studies are to be regarded as preparatory , rather than being fully comparative , since the questions asked of the data are at best implicit and few analytical statements are drawn from them . |
| 25 | OPTIONS : The White Lions may carry a magic standard . |
| 26 | As in the case of a bibliography , an index may form an integral part of the book , or an extra of dubious value tacked on as an afterthought . |
| 27 | Institutions may retain the same appearance while transforming their character — a truism pertinent to both monarchy and parliament . |
| 28 | Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells , it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin . |
| 29 | Employers may have the same anticipations as workers about the general price level , but they are more directly concerned about the price of the products they are producing and are far better informed about that . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) The contract may impose a financial limit on liability ( " our liability for any breach of contract shall be limited to £100 " ) . |