Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that may come as a surprise to people who THINK they 've bought DM clothes before . |
| 2 | That may work for a lottery system where the buyer buys the fun of expectation but it does not — or should not — apply to opportunities . |
| 3 | However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil . |
| 4 | In contrast , some may go into a stupor of depression , or become so anxious that colic sets in . |
| 5 | But this is to introduce a utilitarian calculus , which some may reject as a basis for choosing how to allocate resources . |
| 6 | Thus , dominance can be seen to arise where a firm has the power to behave independently of its competitors and customers , and this may result from a combination of a number of factors , none of which separately would necessarily imply dominance ( e.g. United Brands case ) . |
| 7 | This may result in a product specification being drawn up in which the sales engineers may have an influence . |
| 8 | This may result in a number of different criteria being applied at different stages of the search activity . |
| 9 | This may lead to a cycle of dependency , from which it is hard to break loose . |
| 10 | All this may lead to a spate of private ‘ gold rush ’ excavations which may well damage whatever remains of this ancient culture underground . |
| 11 | This may lead to a party claiming : |
| 12 | This may lead to a distortion in relative prices as between the shares used in the arbitrage process and other shares . |
| 13 | The Historia Brittonum ( ch. 63 ) states that Eadwine was baptized with thousands of his people by a Briton , Rhun , son of Urbgen ( possibly to be identified with Urien , lord of Rheged ) , but this may rest on a confusion of Bede 's account of mass-baptisms by Paulinus in the River Glen near Yeavering ( HE 11 , 14 ) with the occasion of the baptism of Eadwine which took place in York ( HE 11 , 14 ) . |
| 14 | All this may change in a meritocracy . |
| 15 | This may succeed for a week or two but in the end is bound to be as banal as the preacher 's brain , returning with monotony to well worn paths and well worked passages . |
| 16 | This may arise as a consequence of an unsuccessful or ill-considered approach to a potential purchaser or from the nature ( or financial condition ) of a prospective client and the motive for requesting us to carry out the work . |
| 17 | This may arise as a consequence of an unsuccessful or ill-considered approach to a potential target . |
| 18 | This may correspond with a ley or may be something of a more sinuous natural . |
| 19 | After all the cutbacks and retrenchment over the last decade or so , this may come as a surprise to you and has certainly caused us to reassess the way we approach our planning . |
| 20 | The picture of an old man in the sky is not taught by any of the great religions — yet this may come as a surprise to many people today . |
| 21 | Sometimes this may come from a reduction in the number of people needed to carry out a particular task . |
| 22 | This may look like a minute , but it 's not a minute , and it 's getting less one with every line . |
| 23 | This may act as a disincentive to penetrating other national markets . |
| 24 | This may seem like a contradiction . |
| 25 | One product may be used in a feature on Italian cookery while another may be the dominant part of the decor for an elegant drawing room set and yet another may appear in a greenhouse . |
| 26 | The implementation of the SEA requires finance , and this should result in a broadening of expenditures within the EC budget . |
| 27 | This must start from a point of origin and be divided into equal portions . |
| 28 | Most commonly , this might relate to a right of way across the neighbouring property , and details as to whether or not that right has been interrupted or whether charges have been made for its use will be required . |
| 29 | What a saving of money and energy this might represent in a person 's life ! |
| 30 | And this might come as a surprise to our brethren in the popular national press — Thirty-eight . |