Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apparent persistence of behavioural function after brain damage may equally reflect the insensitivity of our methods of assessing function . |
| 2 | The secretion of lubricating oily substances on the skin may also help the dolphin 's speed through the water . |
| 3 | Similarly , as the gut requires luminal nutritional support to prevent mucosal atrophy and subsequent bacterial translocation the use of parenteral rather than enteral nutrition may also increase the likelihood of infection . |
| 4 | Protectiveness towards the grave may also induce the feeling that it is a place for only you to visit . |
| 5 | Background noise may entirely obliterate the consonant sounds . |
| 6 | Because saliva contains high concentrations of bicarbonate , even small voumes of swallowed saliva may significantly contaminate the oesophageal segment . |
| 7 | The bulging of this mass may further reduce the space available for the spinal cord and cause neurological deficits in patients with only a moderate degree of atlantoaxial subluxation . |
| 8 | Interaction may also affect the intracellular milieu by changing the intracellular pH . |
| 9 | The crytic stage in the choroid plexus may also give the ‘ tryps ’ time to alter their surface antigens , and so escape destruction by the immune system ; the trick that has , to date , made it impossible to construct vaccines effective against them . |
| 10 | The presence of an unenforceable restriction on liability may unrealistically raise the client 's expectations . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the findings suggest that smoking may seriously reduce the chances of pregnancy after IVF- ET . |
| 12 | Sufferers who turn to alcohol or smoking may actually increase the tinnitus as well as causing additional problems . |
| 13 | Evidence of your continuing enthusiasm may possibly tip the balance in your favour if the interviewer is having difficulty coming to a decision out of a large number of applicants . |
| 14 | The region 's relatively high rainfall may encourage these wetland species , but their presence may also reflect the wider tolerance plants show when freed from having to compete . |
| 15 | The lesser verdict may also assist the judge in sentencing , and help the public to understand the sentence imposed . |
| 16 | It is possible for some urethral discharge from the penis to be transferred to the seat if the male is sitting down ; and if a second male should accidentally touch the same part of the seat soon afterwards with his penis , then infection could be acquired . |
| 17 | In this example there are two consequences of the conditions being fulfilled : ( 1 ) the seller may make arrangements for storage and ( 2 ) the buyer must then reimburse the seller any costs and charges . |
| 18 | Perhaps I 'm not suggesting this as a sort of erm a definite wording just as a s sug as a suggestion erm to the effect that the settlement should best serve the development needs arising in Greater York rather than the demand generated from outside the area . |
| 19 | Your contract should clearly state the currency in which your salary is to be calculated and also the currency and place of pay . |
| 20 | Ideally , the toe should just clear the ground by about the thickness of a 10p piece for most clubs ; a 2p for the short irons . |
| 21 | The purchase must either benefit the company 's trade ( eg a purchase from a dissentient shareholder ) or be to fund the payment of inheritance tax . |
| 22 | Part of the fall is accounted for by the pattern of transactions between Britain and the EC , but part must also reflect the cost of British borrowing from overseas investors . |
| 23 | Galleries should be avoided , to get away from the idea of a theatre with an audience watching an actor but the pulpit must still remain the central feature . |
| 24 | Mr. Beloff submits that the first question we have to answer is : is there any known rule of natural justice that a person who is not the subject of an administrative decision should nevertheless have the right to make representations before the decision is made ? |
| 25 | He reminded the House that the police had been given forty-eight hours notification of the proposed route : ‘ Honourable members on this side of the House who in this respect are charging him [ Paisley ] with gross civic and social irresponsibility must also charge the police with exactly the same thing . ’ |
| 26 | The Chairman must always put the final substantive motion to the vote . |
| 27 | In 1914 Ronald Jones argued that ‘ Everyone will now agree that a building should sincerely interpret the object for which it was erected , and should be the natural outcome of the conditions … of its own period and place ’ . |
| 28 | First , the user must either supply the name of an existing Product Title , up to 50 characters long , or the name of an existing package and selection . |
| 29 | First , the user must either supply the name of an existing Product Title , up to 50 characters long , or the name of an existing package and selection , as described for Option 2.1 above . |
| 30 | The user must then update the product using option 5.1.2 in order to associate it with the name and issue number of the product package for which it is to provide a reference . |