Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMERICA 'S recession may have a silver lining . |
| 2 | In fact , providing Work Experience may represent a cost to employers in terms of staff supervision time and loss of productivity . |
| 3 | Experience may offset a lack of access to sophisticated and costly specialist skills . |
| 4 | For example , considerations of short-term electoral advantage may dictate an interest in the nature of price and pay policy in public enterprises ( e.g. Foster 1971 : 114 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps , but while getting soaked to the skin may put a kick into your day it does not appeal to me . ’ |
| 6 | Any user may request a QAO listing at any time using the user image option 7.3.5 — Format QAO Log . |
| 7 | No other user may have an interest in the module ie. no other LIFESPAN user may have a package which references this module as this would involve more than module baselining . |
| 8 | No other user may have an interest in the module ie. no other LIFESPAN user may have a package which references this module as this would involve more than module baselining . |
| 9 | The user may find a book on a subject but it may not be what he really requires or may only partially satisfy his needs . |
| 10 | Thus the thesaurus user may approach a term from ‘ either direction ’ . |
| 11 | A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he can not read or because it is dated . |
| 12 | Your GP may offer a programme for following the development of your young children ( under five years old ) . |
| 13 | The same difficulty may discourage a teacher from permitting the children to ask too many questions themselves . |
| 14 | As part of the process the auditor may include an examination of accounting and information systems , and may make recommendations to management to improve these systems . |
| 15 | recognises that an original lessee may have a defence if the assignee not performing has in some way been absolved from performance . |
| 16 | E.g. A lorry driver may sustain an injury which will prevent him from ever driving a lorry again . |
| 17 | Tasks at these levels often involve controlled processes , this appears to be clearly demonstrated by the common observation that a driver may cease a conversation before carrying out a complex manoeuvre . |
| 18 | This kind of self-help may provoke an action from the other party to recover the payment that has been withheld : or , if the other party is a defendant in proceedings with the same plaintiff , withholding the payment may provoke a counterclaim . |
| 19 | For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire . |
| 20 | The basket of shares in the index is seldom identical to the market portfolio and so the basket of shares corresponding to the index may have a beta value ( with respect to the market portfolio ) that differs from unity . |
| 21 | The idea of combining two energy sources for cooking may take a bit of rethinking on the cook 's part initially . |
| 22 | For example , the representation of a temple on a coin may show a gap in the middle of the columns which is filled with an image of the relevant god ( fig. 12 ) . |
| 23 | The contract may impose a time limit for notification of claims : The Buyer will inspect the goods as soon after delivery as is reasonably practicable and will notify the seller of any shortages , defects in the goods or any other complaint in respect of them within three days from delivery . |
| 24 | Or , the contract may impose a time limit on bringing proceedings : We will be discharged from all liability arising under this contract unless proceedings are commenced within 12 months from the date of delivery of the goods . |
| 25 | The employer , or the architect on his behalf , for certain sections of a contract may provide a list , in or attached to the contract bills , of at least three sub-contractors from which the builder must select one able and willing to carry out the respective work . |
| 26 | For instance , a buyer may place an order on a form including its own terms . |
| 27 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller wrongfully neglects or refuses to deliver the goods to the buyer , the buyer may maintain an action against the seller for damages for non-delivery. ( 2 ) The measure of damages is the estimated loss directly and naturally resulting , in the ordinary course of events , from the seller 's breach of contract . |
| 28 | In the embryo , each body segment may bear a pair of outgrowths or appendages which may or may not be retained in postembryonic life . |
| 29 | At stake are not only the interests of potential motorway users and of persons whose land might be compulsorily acquired to provide a route for the motorway ; also involved are the inhabitants of villages and towns which will be relieved of through-traffic by the motorway ; British Rail may have an interest in inhibiting the development of alternative means for the transport of goods ; improved transport and communications facilities provided by the motorway may benefit some businesses at the expense of others ; and motorways have , of course , serious environmental effects which lovers of the countryside and people who live near the proposed route will be anxious to avoid . |
| 30 | Polarization measurements of these streams in the mid-infrared , and milligauss field strengths obtained from Zeeman measurements in the circumnuclear molecular material that envelops the streams , suggest that the magnetic field may play a role in their dynamics . |