Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may reawaken memories of happier times-'my husband would have done that in five minutes ' . |
| 2 | The vagina and vaginal opening , in a healthy woman , are highly distensible and even where there is some tightness this may enhance sensation in both parties rather than otherwise . |
| 3 | There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis . |
| 4 | There are several complaints that may affect women at some time in their lives from period pains and pre-menstrual tension to thrush and cystitis . |
| 5 | A question asked early in the interview may affect answers to subsequent questions , and if this order were to be altered it becomes difficult to detect the effect this might have on the replies . |
| 6 | The residues identified as playing a key role in ICAM-1/LFA-1 interactions are conserved in ICAM-3 , although other subtle differences may affect interaction with LFA-1 . |
| 7 | It will affect jobs in British brewing and long term , it may affect jobs in British retailing . |
| 8 | Weaker iron binding ligands within gastric juice such as citrate , or even the iron colloid binding glycoprotein ‘ gastroferrin' , may facilitate transfer of some iron into the stomach . |
| 9 | Forage crops for consumption on the farm are not directly extractive ( the sale of milk and livestock is ) although they may transplant fertility from one field to another . |
| 10 | The proposal seems to be mainly aimed at situations in which a patient 's testamentary capacity is in doubt ; however , the generalisation of its interpretation with respect to medical emergencies may expose doctors to legal proceedings even if they had acted in good faith and in the patient 's best interests . |
| 11 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 12 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) Without prejudice to its other powers under this Act , a licensing board may make byelaws for any of the following purposes ( a ) for closing licensed premises wholly or partially on New Year 's Day , and on such other days not being more than four in any one year as the board may think expedient for special reasons ; ( b ) for prohibiting holders of licences from residing in their licensed premises , or for requiring the dwellinghouses of holders of licences to be separate from their licensed premises ; ( c ) for requiring all wines , made-wines and spirits sold by the holder of an off-sale licence to be sold in corked , stoppered or sealed vessels , cans , jars or casks ; ( d ) for requiring every holder of a hotel or public house licence to keep in his licensed premises and to renew from day to day a sufficient supply of drinking water , and such eatables as may be specified in the byelaw , and to display , offer and supply the same as may be required by the byelaw ; ( e ) for printing a list of all applications coming before any meeting of the licensing board , with such other information as may be considered necessary by the board ; ( f ) for the setting out of conditions which may be attached to licences for the improvement of standards of , and conduct in , licensed premises ; ( g ) for the granting of a licence of a type other than that applied for ; Provided that a byelaw made under paragraph ( c ) above shall not apply to licensed premises where no groceries are kept or sold and where a bona fide wholesale business in alcoholic liquor is carried on . |
| 14 | This is as true for print-on-paper publishers who may deliver products in hard copy but invariably originate electronically , as it is for electronic information traders who both originate and deliver their products in electronic form . |
| 15 | The likely unpopularity of the local income tax may explain resistance to this tax . |
| 16 | Such differences may explain differences in content as well as the nature and distribution of power in British society . |
| 17 | As yet , the role of consumer or patient ‘ demand ’ , and the extent to which it may influence variations in surgical rates , has been relatively unexplored . |
| 18 | While these factors may influence rates of short spells of sickness absence , they are less likely to influence rates of long spells . |
| 19 | Colonisation with Helicobacter pylori may influence susceptibility to gastroduodenal injury and ulceration in patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) . |
| 20 | Campbell pointed out that certain factors may influence noncompliance with accepted techniques , e.g. hand paper towels may lead to skin irritation and in turn to skin abrasion and infection ; hot air dryers are noisy , slow and also may cause irritation ; soap may be irritant and therefore not used ; and sinks may be inaccessible . |
| 21 | The differences found between them may throw light on certain rarely remarked properties of the object which suggest that it has a major role in the development of cognitive abilities and the ways in which the world is perceived , understood and lived in . |
| 22 | Even more important , it may throw light on certain differences between English and other Germanic languages ( e.g. German and Dutch ) . |
| 23 | For only on foot does one detect the subtle rise and fall of ground to which the earliest settlers were so sensitive , or alignments in the town scene that may throw light on some fundamental change of plan : or the names of streets and lanes that set the mind working at once . |
| 24 | Hay may spring surprise in Scottish |
| 25 | Through the completion of core and optional modules students may cover aspects of related qualifications , such as the Certificate of Travel Agency Competence . |
| 26 | Social contact with colleagues outside working times may be restricted — perhaps the background noise in the canteen or the poor lighting conditions at the pub lunch may make conversation near impossible . |
| 27 | ( 1 ) Without prejudice to its other powers under this Act , a licensing board may make byelaws for any of the following purposes ( a ) for closing licensed premises wholly or partially on New Year 's Day , and on such other days not being more than four in any one year as the board may think expedient for special reasons ; ( b ) for prohibiting holders of licences from residing in their licensed premises , or for requiring the dwellinghouses of holders of licences to be separate from their licensed premises ; ( c ) for requiring all wines , made-wines and spirits sold by the holder of an off-sale licence to be sold in corked , stoppered or sealed vessels , cans , jars or casks ; ( d ) for requiring every holder of a hotel or public house licence to keep in his licensed premises and to renew from day to day a sufficient supply of drinking water , and such eatables as may be specified in the byelaw , and to display , offer and supply the same as may be required by the byelaw ; ( e ) for printing a list of all applications coming before any meeting of the licensing board , with such other information as may be considered necessary by the board ; ( f ) for the setting out of conditions which may be attached to licences for the improvement of standards of , and conduct in , licensed premises ; ( g ) for the granting of a licence of a type other than that applied for ; Provided that a byelaw made under paragraph ( c ) above shall not apply to licensed premises where no groceries are kept or sold and where a bona fide wholesale business in alcoholic liquor is carried on . |
| 28 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 29 | They prefer to associate with the machine rather than with human beings , although they may make exceptions for fellow hackers . |
| 30 | The Department may make allowances for other expenses which you may have for the upkeep of the property . |