Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] [modal v] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And this weakened commitment may in turn be a by-product of the intensity of the subject commitments that have been built up elsewhere in the school curriculum .
2 Such official intervention may in theory reduce the degree of exchange rate volatility , and so partially reduce the uncertainty in world trade that might result from a free float .
3 Such experimental evidence can of course be extremely valuable , but there may be occasions when it needs to be augmented by observations of children in more natural surroundings .
4 Will he also accept that the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union may from time to time have some apprehension , and that there may be need to give them reassurance ?
5 The excitement of that particular visualizing can at times be intense and I now no longer miss the arrow storms .
6 ‘ ( 1 ) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or another any pecuniary advantage shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years .
7 The amount certified for any individual subcontractor may of course be less than that claimed .
8 Firstly , the marks one sees in the ground at any particular level may in fact result from many successive building phases , since the holes will commonly have been dug through earlier material and to varying depths .
9 Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth .
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