Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of intense competition , bonds are often sold at a discount to attract investors ( the " reallowance " ) or else banks would sell their bonds in the grey market ( a market for bonds on which the issue price or syndicate allocations has not yet been determined , where quotes are set in relation to the unknown final price ) , which may oblige the lead manager to buy the bonds back in order to support the price . |
| 2 | Depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer , especially over the southern oceans surrounding Antarctica , may enhance the greenhouse effect if more ultraviolet radiation reaches the surface to kill phytoplankton . |
| 3 | Exceptionally , a minister may override the scrutiny reserve . |
| 4 | Alternatively , in a model with natural resources , a tax on capital income may affect the capital market equilibrium ( see Exercise 8–3 ) . |
| 5 | Changes in family structures , the educational system , the nature of employment , and demographic and housing patterns may affect the socialization process . |
| 6 | Because some patients had repeated studies to monitor the effects of treatment , however , and as such treatment may affect the scan score without necessarily affecting the laboratory tests , only the initial scans obtained before administering any therapy were used in correlations between scan score and laboratory indicators of disease activity . |
| 7 | Where trees such as large poplars exist on the site , they absorb copious amounts of moisture from the soil , which may affect the water table locally . |
| 8 | Differential ownership of mechanical aids , and differences in the possession of amenities , may affect the way housework is done , and they may have some influence on attitudes to work tasks , but they do not appear to affect satisfaction with work . |
| 9 | Users may regard the computer department as having too great powers , and controlling ( by technology ) other departments which were previously controlled by people within the user department . |
| 10 | This being the case , provided patients realise that they may experience a bowel frequency of seven in 24 hours ( usually five stools in the day and one night time evacuation ) , the operation has unquestionably improved the wellbeing of most patients . |
| 11 | It is not recorded who said first ‘ Let's build a golf course at Henley ’ but it was probably one of four men inspired by the opening of Huntercombe course at Nuffield in 1901 . |
| 12 | The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings . |
| 13 | The returns may explain a family relationship , they record each person 's occupation , and at the very least they demonstrate that an ancestor was still alive at that date . |
| 14 | The same thing may explain the cricket establishment 's ambivalent attitude towards the one-day matches that have shoved themselves on to the scene . |
| 15 | There is nothing new in the idea of population cycles , or in the suggestion that they may influence the business cycle ( Losch 1937 ) . |
| 16 | Lenders to the bidder who require the target and its subsidiaries to provide authorised financial assistance under CA 1985 , s155 ( see para 22.1.7 below ) , without the prospect of minority opposition , may prefer a Court Scheme for this reason , as may the bidder if he is paying for costly bridging finance in the interim . |
| 17 | However , the vendor company may prefer a share sale preceded by an extraction of dividends to depress the value of Target down to the net value of its assets less liabilities . |
| 18 | Those with a better use of spoken and written English may prefer a sign representation more tied to English . |
| 19 | so let's get rid of some of it and let's make the angle theta . |
| 20 | The session may cover the background anatomy and physiology necessary for the understanding of diseases treated on the ward . |
| 21 | You may want a show prospect , an obedience or trials dog , or just a pet . |
| 22 | For instance , an architect may want an office floor plan with walls , furniture , plumbing , electrical wiring , and air conditioning all shown on different layers . |
| 23 | Where the lessor recovers possession after the making of an order under s 138(3) above , the lessee may at any time within six months from the date on which the lessor has recovered possession , apply for relief ; the court may grant the lessee relief , subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks fit ( s 138(9A) ) . |
| 24 | The court may make a bankruptcy order if satisfied that the statements contained in the petition are true and the debt has not been paid , secured or compounded for ( r 6.25(1) ) . |
| 25 | These checks are very important because they can show , for instance , if there are likely to be any difficulties with the birth which may make a Caesarean section necessary . |
| 26 | The research company through one of its directors may make a feature film . |
| 27 | Growling like a mother cat may make a cat owner feel ridiculous , but if it helps to restrain a cat from tearing at a valuable chair , it is well worth a try . |
| 28 | By s. 2 of the 1986 Act the court may make a disqualification order where a person is convicted of an indictable offence in connection with the promotion , formation , management or liquidation of a company . |
| 29 | By s. 3 of the 1986 Act the court may make a disqualification order where it appears that the person has been persistently in default in delivering returns , accounts or other documents to the Registrar of Companies . |
| 30 | They may continue the case in order to gain more information ; they may make a supervision order , involving the child living at home but under regular supervision , or being sent to live elsewhere in the care of others ; or they may discharge the referral altogether . |