Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
| 2 | A minority shareholder may override the transfer provisions in a company 's Articles of Association by a successful application for an order under s459 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 3 | Because some patients had repeated studies to monitor the effects of treatment , however , and as such treatment may affect the scan score without necessarily affecting the laboratory tests , only the initial scans obtained before administering any therapy were used in correlations between scan score and laboratory indicators of disease activity . |
| 4 | This being the case , provided patients realise that they may experience a bowel frequency of seven in 24 hours ( usually five stools in the day and one night time evacuation ) , the operation has unquestionably improved the wellbeing of most patients . |
| 5 | It is not recorded who said first ‘ Let's build a golf course at Henley ’ but it was probably one of four men inspired by the opening of Huntercombe course at Nuffield in 1901 . |
| 6 | The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings . |
| 7 | Lenders to the bidder who require the target and its subsidiaries to provide authorised financial assistance under CA 1985 , s155 ( see para 22.1.7 below ) , without the prospect of minority opposition , may prefer a Court Scheme for this reason , as may the bidder if he is paying for costly bridging finance in the interim . |
| 8 | First , one firm may make a takeover bid for the other by offering to buy out the shareholders of the second firm . |
| 9 | Only 17 people live on Lundy Island , but there is no shortage of winged residents , so keen ornithologists may make the boat trip from Bideford more than once . |
| 10 | The NCSC says the agreement may contravene the takeover code by effectively changing control of Bell without shareholder approval . |
| 11 | If the talks fail , Lotus may seek a licensing deal with Apple Computer Inc 's Claris unit , or another database maker , the Journal was told . |
| 12 | Parents , relatives and foster parents may seek a residence order under s8 in order to secure a child 's release from care . |
| 13 | Investment companies as defined in companies legislation may include the finance cost in respect of capital instruments in the statement of total recognised gains and losses to the extent it relates to capital . |
| 14 | Cyrix Corp , Richardson , Texas developer of iAPX-86-compatible microprocessors and co-processors , has filed to go public with an initial offer of up to 2.0m shares at a target price of $13 to $15 a share , and says the $25m or so net proceeds will be used for capital expenditures and potential investment in manufacturing facilities — it may buy a minority stake in a wafer fabrication plant owned by SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV . |
| 15 | If he has a tiring morning session , for instance , he may need a rest period in his chair or in bed after lunch . |
| 16 | Depending on the style of your conservatory you may need a fixing kit for plastic base panels , £23.50 from Burco Maxol . |
| 17 | The judge says if the jury believe that , they may consider a manslaughter verdict against James . |
| 18 | A court may substitute a supervision order for a care order on an application for discharge ( s39(4) ) . |
| 19 | It is not possible to consider this scheme in a tort book and students should consult a specialist work for detail . |
| 20 | During phosphorylation , the active-centre torsion-angle strain should facilitate the phosphotransfer reaction by lowering the activation-energy barrier . |
| 21 | I think we should make a phone call to the constituency office of this man and ask them what they think of their er representative . |
| 22 | I said walkers should make a courtesy check with estates when doing a specific trek in Wester Ross , but I was only referring to the peak of the stalking period — mid-August to mid October — and not the whole year . , |
| 23 | This should make the video elements of multimedia playable across a range of MPEG-compatible hardware . |
| 24 | The Wimbledon midfielder must answer a misconduct charge after his involvement in the controversial video ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ . |
| 25 | The Wimbledon midfielder must answer a misconduct charge after his involvement in the controversial video ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men . ’ |
| 26 | And you 're quite right er we must regard the World Church as meaning ourselves . |
| 27 | The Change Coordinator should prepare a Change Report for the New OED Computer Group Manager every two weeks . |
| 28 | The microorganism must invade the body tissues before infection results and , following invasion , infection will develop only if the body defence mechanisms fail to prevent multiplication of the pathogen . |
| 29 | A new economics is possible , maintains Robertson , which ‘ should be systematically enabling for people ; it should be systematically conserving of resources and environment ; it should treat the world economy as a multi-level one-world system , with autonomous but interdependent parts at all levels . ’ |
| 30 | Where a club has applied the section , the secretary must notify the licensing board for the area of any alteration to , reconstruction of or extension to , that part of the premises where the main meal is provided . |