Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases , this may trigger an increase in contributions from employers and possibly from employees . |
| 2 | Whilst this may appear an extreme and pessimistic view , it is the reality of retirement for many retired people . |
| 3 | This may give an unbalanced impression of the competition as a whole and of the enthusiasm generated throughout at local level . |
| 4 | This may involve an expansion of Jaguar 's main Coventry plant , the building of a new greenfield site or possibly utilisation of spare capacity at the Luton and Ellesmere Port factories of GM 's British subsidiary Vauxhall . |
| 5 | This may involve an element of roguery but the knotty question which often comes before the courts is ‘ Who is the owner ? ’ |
| 6 | According to an evaluation report this may reflect an unwillingness to admit that in the past schools have been sex biased ( Payne , Cuff and Hustler , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Sound financial management which increases the cash payout when the firm has no adequate investment opportunities ; this may reflect an expectation of worsening economic performance in the near or distant future . |
| 8 | In assessing the water vapour barrier properties of a container at 37°C/80 per cent r.h. this may represent an acceleration of 8–10 fold over 20°C/80 per cent r.h . |
| 9 | This may represent an example of a second stage of transformation . |
| 10 | If , as HM Inspectorate argue , the recommendations they make are not binding upon the LEA then this may represent an acceptable blend of central and local control . |
| 11 | This may represent an initial rapid drug adherence to the cell surface followed by linear true drug uptake , and this is confirmed in Figure 4 which shows a further time-course experiment with analysis of intracellular Ac-ASA at earlier time periods , including time 0 ( immediately on addition of Ac-ASA ) . |
| 12 | This may represent an anomaly in what is otherwise an efficient market . |
| 13 | Now this may sound an anathema to some Evangelical ears because for some the Church is but a secondary fact in Christian truth , coming a long way after personal faith and experience . |
| 14 | This may sound an obvious sort of compromise , but it is the kind of ethical advice many managers have been looking for . |
| 15 | This may become an especially acute problem for a newly installed revolutionary regime , for example the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | The level of cAMP is elevated in an NMDA receptor-dependent manner in LTP and this may indicate an involvement of cAMP-dependent protein kinase ( PKA ) . |
| 17 | This may require an ability to translate ideas into engineering details rapidly , by producing drawings or the direct interpretation into machining instructions . |
| 18 | If the product has been assembled , checked or altered , then this may provide an alternative explanation for the defect . |
| 19 | We fear that if said concession is ended , as proposed , that this may have an adverse effect on employment at the Tynagh Mine and consequently on the economy of Loughrea and District where there is already much unemployment . |
| 20 | Changes in the normal oxygen/carbon dioxide levels occur in the lungs and , in the much longer term , this may have an effect on the acidity of the blood . |
| 21 | These significant reductions in the duration of hospital episodes for older people have prompted the suggestion that this may have an adverse effect by increasing readmissions rates . |
| 22 | This may cause an abnormally slow launch and the winch driver , seeing the other parachute , may cut the power . |
| 23 | This may seem an unorthodox way of assuring management succession but then MB Group has been rearranging itself into a new structure for the future . |
| 24 | At first sight this may seem an unnecessary question . |
| 25 | This may seem an extraordinary employee profile , but the rewards can be extraordinary too |
| 26 | This may seem an excessively cynical view ; nevertheless , it was one held by many Zambian broadcasters and did seem to have some basis in fact . |
| 27 | This may seem an attractive proposition , but in fact it is rather frightening — because it would be available only to some of us . |
| 28 | This may seem an innocuous conclusion . |
| 29 | The first reason for this may seem an odd one . |
| 30 | This may seem an impossibly broad definition but in fact , taking a worldwide view , marriage is an incredibly broad concept . |