Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Attention is drawn to the statement in TR794 that ‘ the tax consequences of pensions can not be accounted for in isolation from potential deferred tax effects from other sources ' , as , for example , ‘ deferred tax arising from sources other than pensions may enhance the prospective recoverability of tax arising in respect of pension payments ’ . |
2 | Changes in geothermal gradient caused by higher heat flow related to such events as igneous intrusion may enhance the thermal evolution of such material ( Teichmüller and Teichmüller , 1981 ) . |
3 | While predictability in behaviour of this kind may enhance the anticlerical view of the monk , it also renders his portrait mundane . |
4 | Tonal languages also have intonation patterns which may override the basic tone of the words . |
5 | In summary , one can say that one can not teach any creature to mentally be like any other , since we have no handle by which we may modify the essential mind structure of another creature . |
6 | Though they are contemptuously referred to as ‘ page turners ’ , they are nevertheless texts and can engage the attention of those reading them , even developing patterns of thought which may affect the real world , as Disraeli 's novels did in the last century . |
7 | The authors suggest that extreme malnutrition may affect the immune system and make the disease more likely . |
8 | 3.2 The Distributor hereby acknowledges that the Publisher is the owner of the trade mark ‘ Oxford ’ and of other trade marks used by the Publisher and undertakes to inform the Publisher immediately of any possible or alleged infringement of the Publisher 's trade mark or of any other matter which may affect the continued use of the Publisher 's trade mark in the Territory or elsewhere |
9 | 4.2 The Distributor hereby acknowledges that the Publisher is the owner of the trade mark ‘ Oxford ’ and of other trade marks used by the Publisher and undertakes to inform the Publisher immediately of any possible or alleged infringement of the Publisher 's trade mark or of any other matter which may affect the continued use of the Publisher 's trade mark in the Territory or elsewhere . |
10 | 4.2 The Distributor hereby acknowledges that the Publisher is the owner of the trade mark ‘ Oxford ’ and of other trade marks used by the Publisher and undertakes to inform the Publisher immediately of any possible or alleged infringement of the Publisher 's trade mark or of any other matter which may affect the continued use of the Publisher 's trade mark in the Territory or elsewhere . |
11 | 4.2 The Distributor hereby acknowledges that the Publisher is the owner of the trade mark ‘ Oxford ’ and of other trade marks used by the Publisher and undertakes to inform the Publisher immediately of any possible or alleged infringement of the Publisher 's trade mark or of any other matter which may affect the continued use of the Publisher 's trade mark in the Territory or elsewhere . |
12 | It is important to remember that other factors may affect the platelet-aggregate ratio such as the rate at which blood is drawn through the sampling needle ( Rohrer et al , 1978 ) . |
13 | The actual evaluation/consultation is a factor that may affect the existing situation . |
14 | The position of the child in the family may affect the separating process . |
15 | The Bank maintained in 1980 that although targets were set , it was possible that structural change and financial innovation may affect the relative growth rates of the aggregates , but that the problem was not insuperable ( Green Paper on Monetary Control 1980 ) . |
16 | Variations in the uptake of labelled leucocytes in these organs have been reported and patients with inflammatory bowel disease may have associated hyposplenism which may affect the splenic uptake . |
17 | These new developments may affect the very way in which we grow our plants . |
18 | Here , the recent literature suggests that four main things may affect the initial selection of graduates . |
19 | Alternatively , they may regard the single warning given by one policeman in the presence of a colleague as issuing from both . |
20 | Your Catfish may regard the whole tank as his territory and attack anything you put in as competition . |
21 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
22 | For example , the exclusive purchasing agreement by itself raises the manufacturer 's margin , but may lower the retail margin . |
23 | Heavier digestion may expose the underlying prism structure of the enamel ( Fig. 3.22 E on a lower incisor or Fig. 3.23 D on an upper ) . |
24 | It can not be overstressed that the purchaser and vendor should continue to consider the need for approvals and clearances throughout the course of negotiations as a change in the terms of the transaction may trigger the relevant legislation which regulates anti-competitive practices , mergers and the creation or expansion of monopolies . |
25 | His present may trigger the inevitable family festive fall-out usually breaking out somewhere between the Queen 's speech at three and the Christmas cake at five . |
26 | ‘ Parents may think the best thing to do with a nervous child is to tell him or her not to worry . |
27 | There is even the new risk that undue stress on the ‘ truth ’ of APRs may give people the wrong idea about the actual money cost of their credit , so that if , for example , they compare six-month credit with two-year credit they may think the shorter loan five times as costly — in comparison with the longer one — as it really is . |
28 | Different approaches to the organization of knowledge may emphasize the relative importance of either the first or second objective , but it is difficult to neglect one without impairing the effectiveness of the other . |
29 | However , the preceding chapters have shown just how many possible mediating processes may explain the apparent link between childhood risk factors and adult disorder . |
30 | This may explain the electromechanical disassociation found by Snape et al as the cause of reduced gastrocholonic reflex in patients with ulcerative colitis . |