Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | v. Kantner ( Case 38/81 ) [ 1982 ] E.C.R. 825 the Court of Justice held that a plaintiff may invoke the jurisdiction of the courts of the place of performance of a contract in accordance with article 5(1) even where the existence of the contract on which the claim is based is in dispute between the parties . |
| 2 | As discussed in the previous chapter , relationships with kin will also be affected by the higher incidence of divorce and remarriage , which may weaken the support available to the old living alone , especially because , in such interactions , the notion of reciprocity over time is so important . |
| 3 | One is that it may weaken the marriage by suggesting a ‘ failure ’ on the part of the husband . |
| 4 | As a result of intense competition , bonds are often sold at a discount to attract investors ( the " reallowance " ) or else banks would sell their bonds in the grey market ( a market for bonds on which the issue price or syndicate allocations has not yet been determined , where quotes are set in relation to the unknown final price ) , which may oblige the lead manager to buy the bonds back in order to support the price . |
| 5 | If the nurse can assist or provide hygiene measures in a sensitive manner , this may enhance the patient 's personal comfort . |
| 6 | A campaign for the effective use of current resources is not at all incompatible with a campaign for additional ones and may enhance the clarity with which the shortfall in support for teachers is expressed . |
| 7 | — which may enhance the lexicon . |
| 8 | Education may enhance the ability to produce justifications , rather than eliminate racism tout court . |
| 9 | A possible explanation is that the reduced bile flow as shown in cholesterol gall stone patients may enhance the absorption of water in the bile duct and may thus produce hepatic bile with a greater total lipid concentration . |
| 10 | As found in our experiments , inhibition of NO synthesis may enhance the contraction of the smooth muscle of the gall bladder and the tonic response to CCK-8 can be prolonged , favouring the delivery of bile . |
| 11 | Depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer , especially over the southern oceans surrounding Antarctica , may enhance the greenhouse effect if more ultraviolet radiation reaches the surface to kill phytoplankton . |
| 12 | Histamine acting locally may enhance the proliferation of tumours arising within the stomach . |
| 13 | Though it is often suggested that Metastrongylus may transmit some of the porcine viruses , and may enhance the effect of viruses already present in the lungs , the role of the worm is not conclusively proven . |
| 14 | ( b ) if accepting shareholders may be worried that the offeror 's share price may fall following the " hype " of a contested takeover battle , the issue of a convertible loan stock instead of ordinary shares may remedy the situation by offering conversion at the current market price of the offeror 's shares together with a promise of a minimum cash value at a future date with a commercial yield in the meantime ; |
| 15 | The exercise was designed to make a student stand in front of class , sing his song and force each syllable out in an elongated manner so that it had a beginning and an end ; this , Landau explained , ought to enable the student to go into neutral , physically and mentally , so that tensions could be released and what was happening inside could be heard through the voice changes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Exceptionally , a minister may override the scrutiny reserve . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | So perhaps we ought to treat the lad reet leniently . |
| 20 | Hands that flutter , flap or fiddle ; the nervous twitch ; repeated sniffing or dangling earrings ; the constant movement of the head , the wagging finger etc may fascinate the listener — busy with these details , he wo n't try to understand what is being said . |
| 21 | It 's thought that badgers may transmit the disease , and now new tests may be introduced to try to combat the problem . |
| 22 | High population densities on the other hand may modify the way in which the land is used under given social relations of production , and indeed modify the relations of production themselves . |
| 23 | Thus quantitative or qualitative differences in the lipid composition of the administered fat , saturated or monounsaturated v polyunsaturated oils , may modify the synthesis of eicosanoids and impair some immunomodulatory mechanisms that may influence the outcome when treating active Crohn 's disease . |
| 24 | When the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice to which this section applies , he shall prepare and publish a draft of that code , shall consider any representations made to him about the draft and may modify the draft accordingly . … |
| 25 | It must not be forgotten , of course , that subsidence itself may modify the nature of the sediment accumulated . |
| 26 | I ought to light the carriage lamp . ’ |
| 27 | I ought to cancel the milk tomorrow . |
| 28 | As Levy ( 1979 : 193 ) remarks , ‘ the speaker by making reference may not simply identify but may construct the object by selecting from a field of relations those properties that are relevant at the moment of utterance ’ . |
| 29 | A further factor to consider is the ‘ noise ’ or interference from other sources which may affect the clarity of the message , while the channel through which the message is directed must also be selected with care to ensure clear communication . |
| 30 | In this service veterinary surgeons are employed in the control and eradication of serious diseases of livestock , in the investigation of outbreaks of disease , in the application of health schemes aimed at increasing the efficiency of our livestock industries , and in all matters of animal health and welfare which may affect the country as a whole . |