Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offending driver may occasionally admit this fact but failing that the poor visibility must be proved . |
| 2 | The terms of a contract may also enable that person to delegate some or all of his or her powers to representatives , typically a resident engineer on site . |
| 3 | Thus an invention which represents a remarkable advance on the prior art in a particular field may nevertheless fail this requirement because the employer neglects ( or is simply unable ) to market it properly . |
| 4 | The vicar may now face some form of disciplinary action . |
| 5 | [ … ] Assessment may also uncover such needs as help with financial affairs , leisure pursuits , employment and education . |
| 6 | Critical seminars within the university may sometimes blur this distinction if they contain elements of genuine intellectual exchange . |
| 7 | In its practical implementation by public authorities , the legislative framework may well give some scope for recognising the potential of family care prior to care . |
| 8 | A ‘ response ’ such as the genre transformation of a short story into a poem or one-act play may also lead some pupils towards written analysis of the more traditional kind . |
| 9 | The user should either remove any references to this module from all user packages or alternatively reserve its name in LIFESPAN . |
| 10 | It was true enough , he had good need to take thought for his own safe passage , for his course must somewhere cross that of the armed company . |
| 11 | Thus our review of literature must now address those studies specifically concerned with the evaluation of effectiveness in community work . |
| 12 | I note that the C E C is opposing this , but I feel that maybe they 've missed the points and the branch should actually take some responsibility for this because the wording could be better , we concede that point . |
| 13 | Indeed , if the reduction of infant mortality is differentiated by maternal age , as in the case of Hungary ( which is probable considering that socio-economic factors such as , for example , educational achievement or economic activity , are also associated with maternal age ) , the differential rate of reduction should necessarily cause some modifications in the relationship between infant mortality and maternal age in other countries , too . |
| 14 | Society today is so often accused of being too mercenary , and yet the current strength of the RNLI as an organisation dependent on volunteers and voluntary funding must surely temper such an outlook . ’ |
| 15 | Whatever display and interaction techniques are used , it seems clear that a system which aims to satisfy the widely differing needs of widely differing types of user must already incorporate some degree of adaptivity . |
| 16 | Labour may also gamble that Scottish Liberal Democrats — who in the last parliament made up almost half Mr Ashdown 's party — will be reluctant to vote down a government which is trying to legislate for a Scottish assembly elected by proportional representation . |
| 17 | The concurrence of threatening life events and psychosocial distress may partly explain these phenomena . |
| 18 | For some individuals , affirmative action may still do more good than harm . |
| 19 | A creditor of the partnership may therefore sue any partner for the full amount of the debt . |
| 20 | The future may also hold some surprises . |
| 21 | Despite this , one still sees lay lords investing in land — there was no possible alternative — and the need to compensate for declining returns to maintain an existing standard of living may indeed explain some of the characteristic features of fifteenth-century society , the pursuit of heiresses , the search for the patronage of a greater man , particularly the King who could grant pensions and offices , and the desire to campaign overseas . |
| 22 | Superior mesenteric angiography may also show these lesions and angiodysplasia . |
| 23 | It is important therefore that any reorganization should better facilitate this task . |
| 24 | 17.2 Attainment targets and programmes of study must therefore cover both these aspects of writing , here called for convenience ‘ composing ’ and ‘ secretarial ’ . |
| 25 | As a result there is no remedy available to an aggrieved party if a tribunal 's decision is not complied with — unless the statute should expressly create such a remedy . |
| 26 | The findings of the study should therefore have both theoretical relevance for the sociology of law and practical significance for consideration of possible reforms of enforcement procedures . |
| 27 | But notice that in order to respond effectively the defender must now twist all the way back , because sideways-on there is little he can do to score . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the sheer magnitude of public investment should still demand that appropriate appraisal techniques are adopted . |
| 29 | On the contrary , the TEI community is a particularly demanding one : the purpose of research is to discover solutions to problems that have not yet been posed , and any scheme designed to support research must therefore place more emphasis on flexibility and extensibility to cope with the unforeseen than on highly optimized solutions to well understood problems . |
| 30 | Labour must now display some political creativity if it is to offset the effects of Major 's plans for Toryism . |