Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over evolutionary time it will cease to be a parasite , will cooperate with the host , and may eventually merge into the host 's tissues and become unrecognizable as a parasite at all . |
| 2 | In an organization , they may rarely come to the attention of a predominantly male management in ways that give them power and encouragement . |
| 3 | There is no point in denying them , even though we may justifiably quibble about the subjectivity of palaeontologists , the imprecision of the boundaries and the importance of the hidden gaps . |
| 4 | Let's all sing like the birds can sing |
| 5 | We may only conjecture about the degree to which these subjective assessments were influenced by prior experience of the school in other contexts , the existence of good or bad relations between the reporter and the staff of the school , and the personal prejudices and preferences of the individual concerned . |
| 6 | Section 16(8) of the Act says the search may only extend to the purpose for which the warrant is issued . |
| 7 | In these few words we may only point to the kaleidoscope of enthusiasm and activity by secondees that has been generated across the country in such a short space of time . |
| 8 | Only a parent has such a right , and even then the parent may only act in the best interests of the patient . |
| 9 | ‘ The Commission may only deal with the matter after all domestic remedies have been exhausted , according to the generally recognised rules of international law . ’ |
| 10 | If you want to redirect the Printer output , you may so do with the following CLI commands : The following additional commands are only effective from within a CLI file or from redirected input . |
| 11 | In the end it may all depend on the depth of Richard Branson 's pocket , in moments of nostalgia even he may wonder if he sold the wrong business . |
| 12 | If two male or two female cats find themselves together , sexually aroused but lacking suitable mates , one member of the pair may suddenly switch to the mating pattern of the ‘ wrong ’ sex . |
| 13 | As a further disincentive footpaths may suddenly disappear under the plough or new fences are erected across them , signposts mysteriously vanish and perhaps an unsociable bull is ( illegally ) posted in a field transversed by a path . |
| 14 | A problem may obviously arise for the builder where the nominated supplier makes deliveries late in the month and the relevant invoices are not available at the date of the valuation . |
| 15 | Returning now to our basic theory , we see that the extension of Freud 's monotraumatic theory of human social evolution to a polytraumatic one allows us to discern in human cultural evolution a pattern which , if it should prove to be real , may perhaps represent for the human sciences something like the revolution introduced into the physical sciences by Copernicus , Kepler and Galileo . |
| 16 | I want to pay particular attention to present practice and to what may perhaps happen in the years ahead . |
| 17 | A similar mechanism may perhaps account for the fact that some group-living animals drive sick or injured individuals out of the group . |
| 18 | This interpretation of the doctrine is silent on whether individual political action ( voting in elections etc. ) may rightly aim at the promotion of some conception of the good . |
| 19 | A person 's social development is thus crucially linked to the physical fact of ageing : no one can be fixed in a low position , but must eventually succeed to the highest status , simply by staying alive . |
| 20 | In some circumstances , it may be preferable simply to keep the idea secret and rely on the law of confidence ; this costs nothing and there is no requirement that the invention must eventually fall into the public domain . |
| 21 | The theory of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ predicts that the old and weak must eventually succumb to the young and strong , and that this is necessary for the future vitality of the species . |
| 22 | You know the form : lots of booze on arrival , a tour of the factory and then a buffet lunch with lots more booze , and plugs for Supersight products should duly appear in the trade magazines and maybe some of the newspapers . |
| 23 | More precise knowledge of control of colonic motor function , coupled with basic research into the pathways that control colonic muscle , should eventually result in the development of drugs for modifying colonic motor function . |
| 24 | The weather , dry weather should slowly spread from the west this afternoon , maximum temperatures up to nine Celsius , forty eight Fahrenheit . |
| 25 | We have come here to see the king and we must all go into the temple . |
| 26 | I 'm not saying that what I 'm saying is that that we must all have at the back of our minds a a sort of considered opinion of what 's |
| 27 | But I would say that we should obviously look at the financial aspect of the review erm dates , which might be yearly . |
| 28 | I should perhaps explain in the context of your various questions when I say that erm we do want to become involved in these things , that , at this stage , and we 've only held two meetings , we have just identified themes and general areas in which we want to work , and not precise projects or activities . |
| 29 | Equally , one should perhaps guard against the maxim that a conductor who is not also a creative writer is somehow debarred from access to the grail of ultimate musical understanding . |
| 30 | He added that special incentives should perhaps apply to the top 10 managers , whose performances will be crucial in retaining the franchise . |