Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the fact that Dirks was found not guilty , the tests laid down in the case are of great significance : a tipper 's liability is contingent upon the purpose of his action ; while a tippee 's liability is limited to those situations where he knows or ought reasonably to know of the insider 's breach of duty . |
| 2 | Those who defend the kinship bond find more acceptable a situation where , say , a child may maintain an active relationship with his [ or her ] natural parents while living with foster-parents , or may even remain in contact with them after adoption . |
| 3 | The dividend may be expressed as a fixed percentage of the nominal or paid up value of the shares , or may even extend to participation in any dividends declared over and above that fixed amount . |
| 4 | Children may be referred by teachers or parents or may even ask for help themselves . |
| 5 | Leaving aside for the moment differences in personal qualities and skills , which may or may not vary with the curriculum , it would seem that graduates who can offer both expertise and ability are in the strongest employment position , those who offer either one or the other may also find a job niche , but that those who offer neither are worst off . |
| 6 | Seekers after Alpine charm may or may not be content with the neo-Tyrolean style of Vail ; they may or may not adapt to the Wild West clapboard houses of resuscitated mining towns such as Breckenridge . |
| 7 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 8 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 9 | Monotype said yesterday it had received an approach ‘ which may or may not lead to an offer ’ from Mirror Group Newspapers . |
| 10 | Bad driving may or may not lead to an accident , depending on the chance conjunction of other factors and other people 's behaviour . |
| 11 | These impairments may or may not lead to functional disability , resulting in a handicap . |
| 12 | The Business is constantly engaged in negotiations which may or may not lead to a contract . |
| 13 | The feeling is , rather , that a certain genetic vulnerability is inherited which may or may not lead to schizophrenia . |
| 14 | There is no requirement to name the potential offeror , and the announcement may simply be that the talks may or may not lead to an offer being made . |
| 15 | ( c ) following an approach to the board of the target company , which may or may not lead to an offer , the primary responsibility lies with the board of the target , which must accordingly keep a close watch on its share price . |
| 16 | Readers should note that a warning announcement ( which may be an announcement that the target is having talks which may or may not lead to an offer ) or a temporary suspension of listing ( pending clarification of the position ) may be required . |
| 17 | Today , with an irresistible single behind them , OCS may or may not stand on the threshold of a wonderfully fresh new scene : they have successfully meshed the musical phenomenon of the past couple of years with a sound of their heroes , The Beatles and the Stones . |
| 18 | Whatever sympathy one might feel for the restaurateur in the present case ( or for any other defendant who might suffer economic loss , social ostracism , shame or intimidation as a result of publication of details pending charges which may or may not result in his conviction ) nothing in the present case comes close to satisfying Lord Diplock 's test . |
| 19 | It may or may not result in the board of the offeror company retaining control , depending on the voting rights they control and the support they get from the enlarged body of shareholders . |
| 20 | According to FSP scholars , restrictions on word order in various languages result in a linear arrangement that may or may not coincide with the interpretative arrangement of an utterance . |
| 21 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 22 | Teenage farm workers are particularly sensitive to their image at an age when they are dating girls who may or may not hope for a better future than that of a farm worker 's wife . |
| 23 | The tendency to leave paid employment at or even before the age of eligibility for state pension may or may not continue into the future . |
| 24 | In this book authorities are said to be limited also by the kinds of reasons on which they may or may not rely in making decisions and issuing directives , and by the kind of reasons their decisions can pre-empt . |
| 25 | These may or may not progress to cervical cancer . |
| 26 | Here , this view becomes converted into the argument that the refusal of treatment may not have been a rational decision or may not appear to others to have been so . |
| 27 | Does it apply to a public utility which may or may not appear to be similar to a local government ? |
| 28 | W H Smith , apparently , has guidelines about what pictures may or may not appear in its titles and , especially , what may appear on the covers , although the content of this rule book is ‘ something I ca n't reveal to you — although I 'm sure you can imagine what may or may not appear ’ . |
| 29 | A force fit will touch all four sides but may or may not reach to the bottom . |
| 30 | Discovering Afghanistan Festival of Afghan culture , billed as London 's first of its kind , which may or may not come as a great surprise . |