Example sentences of "and this may be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | BRAC 's efforts have brought attention to the concept of oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , and this may be regarded as a success . |
| 2 | The roles of some key staff are likely to be affected by RMI and this may be perceived as a threat . |
| 3 | Midwives at delivery of a baby for adoption need to think about how to make it a positive event , and this may be achieved by liaising with the adoption agency and possibly offering the mother a cuddle with her baby or a photo . |
| 4 | If the death is then considered to be from natural causes , the coroner will issue a notification that he does not consider it necessary to hold an inquest , and this may be given to the relative to take to the registrar or sent to the registrar direct . |
| 5 | The sociological strain is weak in Malinowski 's writing , and this may be connected with his unique absorption in a single exotic culture . |
| 6 | Recent data from King 's College Hospital have shown an unacceptable incidence of unrecognised maternal morbidity associated with caesarean section and this may be compounded by the need for repeated operative delivery in subsequent pregnancies . |
| 7 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 8 | Almost half the Congo patients still had detectable parasitaemia on day 4 ; in Gabon all patients had a negative thick blood film on day 3 , and this may be explained by the use of a new formulation of halofantrine . |
| 9 | Thin sections of carbonate rocks in particular require a high contrast , and this may be obtained by stopping down the substage iris somewhat . |
| 10 | The feeling of psychological revival and an elevation of mood is a common experience in mountains , and this may be related to the euphoric and hallucinogenic effects of low oxygen levels in the brain brought about by hard exercise at high altitudes . |
| 11 | These morphological changes may be interpreted functionally in dietary terms as a change to a diet with hard fruit as the main constituent , and this may be related in turn to the drier and more seasonal environments they lived in , but as there was little change in their postcranial skeletons it is likely that they retained their ancestral arboreal locomotor pattern . |
| 12 | In view of the conclusions of the last chapter , it is likely that such patterns will be archaic and also confused by local fluctuations in dispersal agents and this may be exacerbated in regions of geological instability , e.g. New Guinea with confusing variation patterns as in the tree Chisocheton lasiocarpus ( Meliaceae ) and the herbaceous Impatiens hawkeri ( Balsaminaceae ) . |
| 13 | A significant proportion of dietary carbohydrate and starch remains unabsorbed in the small intestine , and this may be increased in acute diarrhoea . |
| 14 | Large-scale crustal shortening is often present in intercontinental collision orogens and this may be accommodated by folding ( Figs 3.17 , 3.18 ) , or by the limited subduction of continental crust during the initial phase of collision following the previous episode of steady-state subduction . |
| 15 | Thirdly is knowledge of the processes operating in the landscape and this may be gleaned from historical records or by analogy with situations elsewhere . |
| 16 | If you are too domineering in your handshake ( and this may be to overcompensate for nerves ) you will antagonize the interviewer who will subconsciously feel threatened on his/her own territory . |
| 17 | However , each National Board will wish to evolve re-entry programmes with their own country 's needs and priori-ties in mind , and this may be reflected in the modus operandi of individual boards , and the considerable amount of time and discussion which will no doubt take place in advance of reaching a UK wide agreement . |
| 18 | But the theory still needs a general concept of the state , and this may be elaborated in such a way as to retain , covertly , the idea of ‘ stateless ’ societies existing at the beginning and end of a historical process . |