Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that objects may become the source of actual struggles over conflicting interests will be discussed in chapter 9 as part of the general problem of ideology .
2 Each of the different cultures may express the roles that organisations perform .
3 Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain .
4 Such coins may bear the name of a regime or king whose dates are known .
5 If companies have to pay much , they may carry on as usual , and the cost of repairing the drains may exceed the revenue that charges bring .
6 Such discussions may involve an examination of textbooks and other reading assignments for readability , conceptual difficulty and relevance of content , as well as issues concerned with the presentation of the material , language modes and complexity used to explain what is required , and the use of different approaches to teacher-pupil dialogue .
7 Critical discussions may emphasise the drama 's popularity within English Renaissance society and examine the conditions of theatrical playing within Elizabethan and Jacobean society , but considerations of plays rarely acknowledge that many possess multiple forms .
8 You will tan more quickly but the tablets may increase the damage UVA rays do to your skin .
9 ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them .
10 Study skills again provides a case in point , where a secondary school introducing study skills may misread the level of sophistication of information-handling in some of its feeder primary schools , with the result that some children may find themselves ( to use Rosemary Webb 's ( 1985 ) term ) being " de-skilled " at 11 + .
11 Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status .
12 Licensed premises other than off-sale premises and clubs may obtain an extension of the permitted hours in the afternoon , in order to supply alcoholic liquor for consumption , as an ancillary to a table meal , in a part of the premises set aside and adapted for meals .
13 Yesterday 's ruling suggests companies seeking to protect their commercial secrets may have a case under Section 10 .
14 On the appropriate authority of a senior officer , security personnel may enter a person 's home for similar purposes .
15 In the right type of country projected profiles may illustrate the relief remarkably well : in Fig. 9.17 it is obvious that there is an area of high ground near the crest of the escarpment separated from a wide terrace on the dipslope by a noticeable break of slope .
16 The Sheffield , for example , currently offers the best rate at 12.36 net , but only children whose parents or grandparents are existing savers may open an account and there is a maximum investment of £500 .
17 The Sheffield , for example , currently offers the best rate at 12.36 net , but only children whose parents or grandparents are existing savers may open an account and there is a maximum investment of £500 .
18 The Sheffield , for example , currently offers the best rate at 12.36 net , but only children whose parents or grandparents are existing savers may open an account and there is a maximum investment of £500 .
19 The animals within these aggregations do not feed but , during calm mild periods , immatures may leave the aggregations for that purpose .
20 Either of these cases may give the appearance that no home record exists for this address , and this situation will thus cause a ‘ no record found ’ error to be given , even though the desired record is in the file .
21 There is emphasis on the end purpose or objective with relatively less attention to the means , partly so as to allow for individual differences and partly because the evidence accumulating in particular cases may change the direction of progress .
22 Although reductions in the number of clinically apparent cases may mask the circulation of wild polioviruses in the absence of highly sensitive surveillance systems , and potentially delay implementation of control measures , further advances in laboratory techniques to detect wild poliovirus in the environment should increase the likelihood of detection of ‘ silent ’ spread of infection .
23 However , neither government nor employers may take the kind of initiatives that would increase awareness of age discrimination in the workplace .
24 Whether they are filtered or not , expanding dictionary definitions may provide a way of accessing semantic relations that are not accessible at the first level .
25 Gold allowed the easy storage of wealth because of the high ratio of value to bulk , and its being minted by royal and ecclesiastical courts may reflect the need to administer justice , maintain officials and finance commerce , and goes hand-in-hand with the development of written law and taxation ; in the oldest Kentish laws , fines were listed in gold ‘ shillings ’ and in silver .
26 In exceptional cases the courts may take the view that established practice is unsatisfactory and find negligence .
27 The courts may allow the plaintiff to rely on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur .
28 Artists who group together for financial reasons may choose a name which is no more explanatory than a number or numbers .
29 Other reasons may include an organisation 's need to have some of its top employees heading up the management team of foreign subsidiaries , that is , to maintain an international presence , or employees on their way up the career ladder may be posted overseas as part of the management development process .
30 An examination of some of the reasons may provide an insight into the sources of a modern Prime Minister 's power .
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