Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some photographs or illustrations may contain unwanted material and , if you do n't need it there 's nothing to stop you cutting it out ; cropping in art terminology . |
| 2 | Different objects may serve different purposes in this regard . |
| 3 | Material objects may become temporary substitutes for important relationships , like the mauled soft toy or ragged piece of blanket in childhood , but it is only when relationships with ‘ things ’ rather than people become an established pattern for ‘ shutting out ’ that there is cause for concern . |
| 4 | People from some cultures may have special clothing needs . |
| 5 | There is growing evidence , therefore , that inositol phosphates may have direct effects on calcium channels within the plasma membrane . |
| 6 | Be aware that milk and milk products may contain unpasteurised milk |
| 7 | The inflammatory cell infiltrate and its chemical products may influence intestinal permeability in various ways . |
| 8 | Severe cases may cause temporary jaundice . |
| 9 | Such interactions may have adverse effects on either product or container or both . |
| 10 | There can also be problems in ensuring a measure of concept-equivalence across societies , since what are nominally identical practices or institutions may perform varying functions , or have a very different significance . |
| 11 | As the code is an umbrella document , the engineering institutions may have additional requirements to suit their particular disciplines . |
| 12 | However , institutions may put forward proposals for fully integrated courses in any subject areas where they believe that a case can be made . |
| 13 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 14 | A deficit of isolated teeth may indicate preferential loss of teeth , but in most cases it is more likely to be due to sampling error , by the failure to extract all the teeth from the pellets . |
| 15 | Excess mortgage allowance schemes which have the approval of the Inspector of Taxes may provide tax-free payments to employees under the Inland Revenue 's Statement of Practice ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 16 | Localized variations in voting patterns may reflect changing forms of political alignment and voting behaviour ( see Johnston , Pattie and Allsopp ( 1988 ) for a review ) , and electoral politics will be looked at in the next chapter , but here I shall consider the notion of political culture more widely . |
| 17 | For example , different treatment technologies may have different cost-effectiveness . |
| 18 | Because of the ease of trading in futures , index futures may reflect new information faster than spot markets ( that is , they provide a leading indicator of share price movements ) . |
| 19 | Other surveys have estimated that as many as a third or a quarter of prisoners may have mental health problems ( Fennell , 1991 ) . |
| 20 | For patients who are bleeding acutely technetium-labelled red cell isotope scans or technetium-labelled sulphur colloid scans may provide additional information but when the rate of bleeding is slow , as in most patients with iron deficiency anaemia , these investigations are not helpful . |
| 21 | Scientists holding these values may make different choices in the same concrete situation . |
| 22 | The authorities may experience considerable difficulties in controlling the money supply . |
| 23 | Certain religions may prohibit particular types of food , alcoholic drink or restrict dress . |
| 24 | Different religions may have different symbols but no symbol should become a fetish in order to enable one religion to claim superiority over another . |
| 25 | Furthermore , different religions may need different symbols , and it is only when they are treated as fetishes , or when they become the means whereby one religion claims superiority over another , that they cease to be of value and are fit only to be discarded . |
| 26 | Following source-language norms may involve minimal change in overall meaning ( other factors excluded ) . |
| 27 | Recently , however , it has been given added emphasis and urgency by the growing appreciation that the damage being done to the environment by the use of fossil fuels may require drastic restrictions on their use . |
| 28 | It is likely therefore that multiple type III repeats may mediate specific matrix or receptor interactions . |
| 29 | The peculiar framing of econometric questions and counterfactuals may posit alternative arrangements in which , in theory , growth would have been as good or even better . |
| 30 | There is considerable controversy about the process of incineration , largely because , if incinerators are not working at the most efficient temperatures , the emissions may include small amounts of dioxins , a group of compounds containing some of the most dangerous pollutants . |