Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | All are striking , some are beautiful , others startling and a few may invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to the aural cavity . |
| 2 | If it considers that a Member State is making improper use of the powers provided for in this paragraph , the Commission ( or another Member State ) may invoke an accelerated enforcement procedure against the Member State . |
| 3 | But , although in its twisting and turning a line may circumscribe an area and even a volume , it is not a description or an experience of them . |
| 4 | Building on Weber 's conception of ‘ status ’ and the way in which such social honour is differentially distributed between social groups , Gusfield notes that , at times of ( rapid ) social change , certain groups may experience an increase or loss of social honour . |
| 5 | Those who have regular access to private transport may find their social activities increasing , while the relatively immobile may experience an increase in their wishes to make social visits which can not readily be satisfied . |
| 6 | At low levels of contamination , organochlorines such as PCBs may lower an animal 's resistance to infection , and can be the cause of mass deaths . |
| 7 | An overall director of music may supervise an organist , a choir conductor and the leader of a music group . |
| 8 | They should also be avoided if you suffer from asthma ; concentrated steam may trigger an attack . |
| 9 | Steam inhalations should be avoided if you suffer from asthma , as the concentrated steam may trigger an attack , but they can be used to help other respiratory problems such as those mentioned above . |
| 10 | An underwriter who may acquire 30 per cent or more of the offeror 's voting rights as a result of the underwriting may trigger an obligation to make a mandatory bid unless a Whitewash is obtained , and the Panel should be consulted in such cases . |
| 11 | ( 4 ) An underwriter who may acquire 30 per cent or more of the bidder 's voting rights as a result of the underwriting may trigger an obligation to make a mandatory bid for the offeror and the Panel should be consulted in such cases . |
| 12 | In some cases , this may trigger an increase in contributions from employers and possibly from employees . |
| 13 | At the age of eleven , Michael Ingram made his stage debut in a school production of Benjamin Britten 's Let's Make an Opera at Brixton Town Hall . |
| 14 | When , six months later , the English Opera Group was looking for a boy soprano to play the Little Sweep in a new production of Let's Make an Opera — in which the young Michael Ingram had previously treated a Brixton audience to on-stage nudity — Benjamin Britten remembered Michael , not so much for his singing , but for the havoc he caused at the earlier auditions . |
| 15 | Michael showed that he was fulfilling all the promise we had seen in Let's Make an Opera . ’ |
| 16 | His stern upbringing may explain an insensitivity to the feelings of others less resilient than himself which he sometimes displayed on the bench , particularly in criminal appeals . |
| 17 | Possible mechanisms which may explain an increase in colonic cell proliferation caused by bile acids , include effects on prostaglandin synthesis , arachidonic acid release , and protein kinase C activity . |
| 18 | Of course , a theorist may damage an argument through bias , perhaps excluding relevant evidence inconvenient to the case being made ; but this is not a danger exclusive to theorists . |
| 19 | Whilst standardised scales have the advantage of producing data in a form which simplifies the process of analysis and facilitates comparisons with other studies , they can not take into account the whole range of factors which may influence an elderly person 's mental state at any one time , or the way in which he or she answers questions . |
| 20 | specifically , a reference group may influence an individual person 's behaviour : * by establishing " conventional " patterns of behaviour and purchase satisfaction ; * by influencing individual expectations and aspirations , which will shape people 's attitude towards consumption and satisfaction ; * by defining and shaping individual personal taste ; * by supplying the consumer with information about particular products or services , in situations where the individual has minimal prior knowledge . |
| 21 | Yeah the chances are he may throw an objection up |
| 22 | Alternatively , you may prefer an unmodified but repaired baluster to adorn your garden as you choose . |
| 23 | Even his description of Oswiu 's overlordship in Britain may convey an inflated impression of military activity under Oswiu . |
| 24 | But let's make an effort , shall we ? |
| 25 | Well , let's make an appointment , then . |
| 26 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 27 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 28 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 29 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 30 | The American test relies wholly on community standards , which may cover an entire range of social conventions without necessarily embracing aspects of public morality adequate to the behaviour portrayed or the vile exploitation of that behaviour by the work itself . |