Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [vb infin] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employment is a two-way trade and it is as well to remember that the conditions that we in the House think can be imposed on employers may backfire on the very people whom they are supposed to help . |
| 2 | Cold sores may appear on the lips or genitalia . |
| 3 | If the petition is advertised , more creditors may jump on the bandwagon . |
| 4 | This refers to the way in which a particular experimenter may influence different subjects , or to the effect that different experimenters may have on the same subject . |
| 5 | Opinions may differ on the relative contributions of different factors to the changes , but of the pressures pushing governments further and faster into the arms of the multinationals there can be little doubt . |
| 6 | These groups may draw on the professional skills of individual party members who can act as an independent source of advice to the party groups on the council . |
| 7 | They usually do not even risk saying , as they truthfully could , that though groups may differ on the average , group differences are small relative to individual differences , and that every sociological stratum and ethnic group contains the full range of mental ability . |
| 8 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 9 | To facilitate this aim the Presidents had signed an Economic Action Plan for Central America and agreed that discussions should proceed on the revival of the Central American Common Market . |
| 10 | Another view expressed was that the stock of money per se was not of prime importance and should not be the prime target of the authorities ; rather the authorities should concentrate on the liquidity of the whole system . |
| 11 | This warranty has arisen from US practice but in the UK the acquirer 's solicitors should check on the seller 's authorities as it is not usual practice for the solicitors of one party to render a formal legal opinion to another party , each party being expected to seek and rely on advice from its own solicitors . |
| 12 | 16.22 • Reading activities should build on the oral language and experiences which pupils bring from home . |
| 13 | Inorganic cuticular constituents are rare but calcareous nodules may develop on the outside of Stratiomyid and Psychodid larvae while Rhagoletis cerasi larvae show intra-cuticular calcification ( Wiesmann , 1938 ) . |
| 14 | Thus the driving force towards lower critical phase separation in polymer-polymer solutions may depend on the system or may be a combination of the effects ( i ) — ( iii ) . |
| 15 | The infradental papillae are block-like usually contiguous lying above the broad rectangular teeth , but in smaller specimens these papillae may lie on the same level as the first tooth and be separated by it . |
| 16 | Again , much higher densities may occur on the chalk , and 14 pairs were found nesting in a three-acre patch of kale at Burpham in 1969 , an extraordinary concentration . |
| 17 | Manufacturers must proceed on the understanding that they will receive no assistance from IBM . |
| 18 | And science itself might be seen as an instrument of religious union in that all parties could agree on the existence of a Creator whose power was visible in nature . |
| 19 | Individual authors could write on the decline of national intelligence but public debate did not necessarily lead to action . |
| 20 | Manufacturers could play on the excitement of a commentary to sell their sets . |
| 21 | These trips would proceed on the basis that Richard Branson 's lack of musical expertise was less of a liability than Simon Draper 's lack of salesmanship . |
| 22 | Sometimes two castles would co-exist on the same site ; at others , a castle could be shared among co-seigneurs . |
| 23 | Few of the British contenders would figure on the US list , which is topped by an entrepreneur with a fortune of more than £250 million . |
| 24 | The ability of the state to resolve these crises would depend on the states ability to raise revenue and mobilise public support . |
| 25 | There are many reasons why , in the early nineteenth century , different considerations would intrude on the modelling of a dissected female body rather than that of a male , but one conclusion we could draw from these figures is that the human norm is male , and the only reason to look at female bodies is for that which makes them female , i.e. the reproductive system . |
| 26 | This was the independent variable , manipulated by the experimenters , and the dependent variable to be studied was the effect that these roles would have on the behaviour of the volunteers . |
| 27 | When the crystal stops growing , because it is removed from the solution , or for any other reason , these steps will remain on the surface and can often clearly be seen in the microscope . |
| 28 | The possible solutions will depend on the severity of the handicap , but parents should be encouraged to consider ways in which their children might remain creatively active , thus continuing the process of education rather than allowing the person to retrogress . |
| 29 | Taken together these two relationships will improve on the current single relationship by allowing for shifts in consumer spending between commodities with different amounts of value added . |
| 30 | If the resist is not exposed for a long enough period , it will not develop fully and so some traces will remain on the board . |