Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prospects : A pattern which may evolve out of the failures above ; its failure , however , could produce a turning of the tables and the triumph of : |
| 2 | The number of strings which the algorithm keeps may range up to a few thousand , and each bit string may be a few hundred long . |
| 3 | The purpose is not to anticipate what claims B will make in his application to the Commission , which may range far beyond the concerns of the present article . |
| 4 | These claims may relate either to the internal procedures of the organisation , or to its activities . |
| 5 | Guidelines may relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult language books ) or to more specific categories of books within the function ( e.g. within recreational reading , to romances or popular biographies ) . |
| 6 | ‘ If a husband or wife wants a family deep down , then it may eat away at the relationship and they may blame their partner for not allowing them to fulfil their needs . ’ |
| 7 | Given the time it takes for non-experts to put up a house , the interest charges on your loan may eat considerably into the discount you capture by using your own labour , says Tuffin . |
| 8 | Either may arise only after the performance or occurrence of some particular acts . |
| 9 | As Herman explains , ‘ [ c ] ollective action may result from structural ties between firms that integrate their interest and facilitate coordination between them — such as a common ownership interest — or it may arise out of a recognized common interest or mutual business interdependence with minimal personal contact and communications among the companies and their officials . |
| 10 | Other negative feelings may arise out of the learning situation itself , or the student 's total ignorance of the language to be learned . |
| 11 | ‘ Let's stay here for a while . ’ |
| 12 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
| 13 | It can occur much earlier , but the peak danger period for the disease generally begins from the early part of July , and may persist right through the growing season until the big temperature drops of late autumn upset it . |
| 14 | To give an example , incest may exist simply as a prohibition at the level of the formal system but at the practical level , breaches of the prohibition are explained , joked about or criticized . |
| 15 | This implies that a trade-off between unemployment and inflation may exist only in the very short term . |
| 16 | These elements ( the equivalent of nerve cells ) may be tangible silicon chips or they may exist only in the cyberspace of a working computer program . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , puppies in particular may rush out through the door in this situation , often ignoring the visitor , and could end up on the road . |
| 18 | Freud seems to give too much weight to the belief in Christ , and too little to the actual people in the church structures and the emotional ties that may build up between the ‘ secondary leader ’ and the believers . |
| 19 | But the brokers between the private sector and the community , such as BITC , say these sources may dry up in the recession . |
| 20 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 21 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 22 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 23 | The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly . |
| 24 | Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off . |
| 25 | Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky . |
| 26 | Even so , honest advertisement of strength providing cues that can not be faked may count most in the long run . |
| 27 | ( 8 ) If any party to an appeal to the sheriff under any provision of this Act ( other than Part VII ) is dissatisfied in point of law with a decision of the sheriff , he may appeal therefrom to the Court of Session within 28 days from the date of that decision . |
| 28 | But individual and group behaviour may deviate considerably from the declared goals of the organization , as in the case of punishment-oriented warders in reform and rehabilitation-oriented custodial institutions ; or racially biased police officials ; or socially biased welfare officials . |
| 29 | In the case of single or dominant firm monopolies while it is accepted that these may behave detrimentally to the public interest at large , few democratic governments have had , or are likely to have , the political will to intervene directly in their operation , particularly where their market positions have been legitimately attained , and their activities are not overtly illegal . |
| 30 | The woody tubers may survive outside in a mild winter , but if they do n't , the seeds certainly do , emerging in thickets the following year . |