Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genevieve Lloyd , in The Man of Reason : ‘ Male ’ and ‘ Female ’ in Western Philosophy ( 1984 ) , looks at the way in which Western philosophy has conceptualised reason , and shows that throughout its history ideals of reason have incorporated an exclusion of the feminine , which creates both practical and conceptual problems for women who may experience conflicts between reason and femininity . |
| 2 | On the mental level we may experience stresses from business problems and financial worries , the pressure of examinations and so on . |
| 3 | Section 5(9) states that Customs may make regulations with respect to the time of supply of services for a consideration the whole or part of which is determined or payable periodically ( known as ‘ continuous supplies of services ’ ) . |
| 4 | A licensing board may make regulations with respect to the making of applications for licences ( including occasional licences and occasional permissions ) , extension of permitted hours and restriction of the terminal permitted hours and the procedure following thereon , and such regulations may include provisions designed to assist the board in determining the fitness of applicants to hold licences and the expediency of granting licences for the premises in respect of which application is made ; and the board may also make regulations with respect to the procedure to be followed in transferring licences under this Act and with respect to any matters which , by virtue of this Act , may be prescribed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Take special care with young cyclists ; they may make mistakes through inexperience . |
| 8 | But like the Chinese students , crowds of East Germans — with chants of ‘ Gorby , Gorby ’ - may vent demands for liberalisation which their aged leader will not permit . |
| 9 | The complex relationship between mothers and daughters may arouse feelings of dependency and failure which further confuse the issue that sparked off the tears . |
| 10 | The receipt of bulk payments from the legal aid board may include amounts in respect of unpaid professional disbursements ( which under the SAR are deemed to be client money ) , which it may be impracticable to split into office and client accounts immediately . |
| 11 | Admittedly legal training may be a bit wider , and may include elements of economics and political science , erm than the kind of training that we have in Britain , but it is nonetheless a law-dominated training , and this does make for a difference erm in approach , I think . |
| 12 | More advanced courses may include elements of document design , and a survey of available systems and technologies with a comparison of their capabilities , but they are still normally designed to teach specific skills and so may be considered as ‘ service ’ courses . |
| 13 | * A comment ( not in itself a complete clause ) about the main clause — like the comments in italics below , which may include indications of time , place and manner ( and which are called ADVERBIALS ) : Whenever she leaves the house , the heroine seems to become bolder . |
| 14 | Older people , especially pensioners — more likely anyway to be relatively poor — also depend a lot on mail order , but may buy durables through electricity or gas boards , paying on instalments with their quarterly bills . |
| 15 | If women enjoy low status they may need sons for prestige as well as protection . |
| 16 | His correspondence with the queen , while it may confute accusations of lasciviousness , reveals the poverty of his courtier mind ; his main concern and topic was the health of the royal couple and his bond with Maria Luisa seems to have been hypochondriacal rather than sexual in nature . |
| 17 | This means that the educational system of Tanzania must emphasize cooperative endeavour , not individual advancement ; it must stress concepts of equality and the responsibility to give service which goes with any special ability , whether it be in carpentry , in animal husbandry , or in academic pursuits . ’ |
| 18 | This degree should prepare students for work in the developing field of natural language processing by computer . |
| 19 | It is clear that before the decision stage is reached the court must make findings of fact as to the evidence which it has heard . |
| 20 | The general public should regard statements from animal rights groups with caution . |
| 21 | Sir , — In this letter of March 27th , Dr. J. H. Bolting says the general public should regard statements from antivivisection organisations with caution . |
| 22 | If this knowledge is disseminated widely , and not restricted to already powerful groups , sociology can and must aid members of society to act more knowledgeably , more rationally , with more self-understanding ; it will be a tool aiding people to build themselves a better society . |
| 23 | The child must phrase questions with care , compare and record answers , sift evidence and deduce the identity of the criminal . |
| 24 | The organisers should brief teams on safety . |
| 25 | Aunt Margaret must buy tins in bulk . |
| 26 | It should include agreements on risk-taking and the use of last-resort restraint . |
| 27 | Sources will be gas at temperatures of ten thousand to a million degrees ; they should include streamers of gas in double star systems , remains of old supernovae , and hot white dwarf stars . |
| 28 | Nevertheless … mathematics at all levels should include possibilities for exposition by the teacher , discussion between teacher and pupils and between the pupils themselves , appropriate practical work , consideration and practice of fundamental skills and fortunes , problem solving including application of Mathematics to everyday situations , investigational work . |
| 29 | 17.44 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 5 should consider features of layout , eg headings , side-headings , the use of columns or indentation , in the materials they read , so that they can use some of these features to clarify structures and meaning in their own writing . |
| 30 | Above all , trainees and their supervisors should discuss matters concerning accreditation with the JCHMT early in the training period . |