Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff may accept the payment in settlement or may continue the action . |
| 2 | A legal culture — particularly important in local government where much of the work may be governed by statute , or may involve the regulation of activities . |
| 3 | Pseudocysts may compress or indent the kidney or may displace the ureter . |
| 4 | 1.3 " the Site " means the [ building and adjoining ] Premises described in the First Schedule The " site " may be merely the site upon which the premises are to be constructed or may comprise the whole of the landlord 's development . |
| 5 | ( ii ) Pupils should consider the notion of appropriateness to situation , topic , purpose and language mode and the fact that inappropriate language use can be a source of humour ( either intentional or unintentional ) or may give the impression that the speaker or writer is pompous or inept or impertinent or rude . |
| 6 | The adviser may feel inadequate to discuss the problem or may justify a referral using the many benefits cases waiting in the waiting room as an excuse . |
| 7 | It may be taken by any student as an outside subject , or may form the starting point for a single or joint honours MA in Scottish Ethnology . |
| 8 | These may either be addictive themselves or may reinforce the view that there is a pill for every ill . |
| 9 | The practical problems are that there may be no evidence of violence on the woman 's body , which usually means that the case will be a question of the victim 's word against the defendant 's ; this may lead the police to be sceptical of the woman 's complaint , or may incline the prosecutor to accept a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of indecent assault . |
| 10 | It may not occur ; pupils may be resilient enough to deal with negative social encounters themselves , or may have the kind of personality that makes them unlikely to arise . |
| 11 | Auctions may be strict auctions or may have an element of flexibility , however the terms and timetable of the auction must be clearly laid down , normally in the transmittal letter , and strictly adhered to . |
| 12 | ( A dog may have a birth abnormality , or may lose a leg in an accident . ) |
| 13 | Some risks may not be appropriate or may increase the premium unreasonably or unnecessarily . |
| 14 | The presentation of the result may use any of the charting methods described in this chapter , or may take the form of a descriptive narrative . |
| 15 | … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years … |
| 16 | If he does not appear the proceedings may be struck out or the district judge may proceed with the review in his absence or may order the action or matter to be struck out ( Ord 17 , r 5 ; Ord 21 , r 1(2) ) . |
| 17 | No set of contract conditions can or should protect the seller totally against his own incompetence . |
| 18 | First papers derived from mapping theses should , if this is the only consideration , either be singly authored , or should cite the researcher first . |
| 19 | First papers derived from mapping theses should , if this is the only consideration , either be singly authored , or should cite the researcher first . |
| 20 | The head of the bed should be against a wall , or should have a head-board . |
| 21 | One can agree that another has or should have a right , that is , believe that he has or should have it , or agree to give him a right . |
| 22 | The UK exports no wastes , but accepts them from countries which either have or should have the capacity to destroy their own ‘ chemical arisings ’ , as scientists call waste products . |
| 23 | If the makeup of the whole of a person 's being was represented by a frozen block of egg yolks and whites ( colour coded — dyed different colours ) then any other person wishing to investigate and make conscious or broadcast his feelings upon this being might have to take a sample or sliver through the block or might collect a number of such slivers , some from other people 's different angle scanning of that being , then I would suggest that the picture of flat slivers built up would in no way give the many complex proportions of shapes originally in the block . |
| 24 | ‘ In all these circumstances I think that it is a proper inference that , in the case of each journey in question , the plaintiffs paid the money unwillingly and only because they apprehended on reasonable grounds that without the permit which could not otherwise be obtained officers acting under the authority of the State of New South Wales would or might stop the motor vehicle and refuse to allow it to proceed upon the journey . |
| 25 | As Lord Wilberforce said , the GLC might direct fares to be raised or services to be adjusted ; or might make a grant to the LTE . |
| 26 | Summary In this chapter , we have suggested that literary essays have a characteristic style or voice which is different from the way you talk or might narrate a story or write a letter . |
| 27 | Qualifications disqualify the person from being considered ( e.g. on the grounds that they will become easily bored or might become a trouble maker ) . |
| 28 | The computer could offer suggestions , e.g. " There are eleven ____ in a team " , or might produce a list of words containing one the child has n't tried . |
| 29 | It will only be small at the outset for example one might get the opportunity to go in and on or might get the opportunity to go and advise on P R P or something and it 's not suddenly going to result in an invitation er to . |
| 30 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |