Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb mod] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 Although there may be discussion of specific types of offence , the committees are not empowered to discuss individual cases or deal with complaints against individual officers .
32 Nor is it flippant liberalism to point this out — though there may be significance in the fact that anyone who does so has immediately to excuse himself , as I find myself doing .
33 On many issues , the convergence with the Liberal Democrats is so marked that there may be mileage in cross-party initiatives .
34 I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung .
35 Nevertheless , the large number of organisations involved and the fact that their activities are not centrally co-ordinated as in Northern Ireland , suggests that there may be scope for confusion or conflict between them .
36 Democratic mechanisms must be conceived as operating at different levels : within the operating units there may be scope for direct participative democracy perhaps also involving factory committees in close touch with the workforce ; at the level of the enterprise , direct democracy would probably be impractical and some form of representative mechanism would be required .
37 It also suggests that there may be scope for significantly reducing the number of committals without interfering with the defendant 's right to opt for jury trial .
38 No account of social policy making should disregard the potential influence of these ‘ good causes ’ , however much there may be scope for controversy about their real power in situations where interests are-in conflict .
39 there may be scope for closer integration of departmental reviews and audit programmes , in respect of objectives and results , and for more formal follow-up procedures .
40 There may be scope for similar challenges to an expert 's decision arising from other aspects of the contract between the parties : for instance , the conditions precedent to the right to refer a dispute to an expert may not have been met , in which case the entire reference will be premature .
41 For that reason , it would be wise to retain a special offence for road-traffic cases , and there may be merit in retaining offences with particular labels in other spheres .
42 There are also classes-in-struggle in every society , but the nature of these varies according to local circumstances and history : thus in one place there may be struggle within civil society between religious groups , for example , whereas in others such struggle may be absent , despite a lack of religious homogeneity .
43 For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time .
44 There may be evidence of a urethritis in the female , but it is more common for there to be a cervicitis .
45 When a local educational authority demands a policy statement on a particular issue ( eg in 1983–84 the ILEA required each school to produce a statement on racism ) there may be evidence on paper of a change in curriculum emphasis .
46 There may be areas of the garden which are specially suitable for the patient to work in : he needs to be able to reach the soil with his hands or tools without risking scratching himself on thorny plants or hitting his head or eyes on jutting or overhanging branches .
47 ( It is possible that there may be areas of the Universe where antimatter galaxies , stars , planets and even life exist , but we have no evidence of this . )
48 On top of this , there may be areas of the police department which have been financed by special funds , perhaps in the form of trusts ; the costs of these areas will appear in a different fund again .
49 There is the fact that the very rocks on which we live — no matter where — may have originated through volcanism ; that much of the gold and many of the other economic minerals that we use every day are linked with volcanic activity ; that most of the world 's best coffee and tea come from volcanic areas , and that there may be areas on the Moon and Mars which are analogous to terrestrial continents and oceans .
50 There may be hoarseness in the morning ; irritation in the larynx compelling them to cough , followed by pressure beneath the sternum .
51 First , there may be imperfections in the market for lending to new companies and new industries .
52 There may be letters from the victim 's relations , from Members of Parliament , from the general public ( whether directed at a particular case or at penal policy in general ) , or from the Howard League or the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders .
53 Although there may be differences between er Professor Lock 's approach and Harrogate 's superficially I think the the mutual objective seems to be er between the two strategic site within the development plan in Harrogate district and on the access one site of the A one A fifty nine junction .
54 Potten et al are the first to point out that their findings are based entirely on the study of patients with colorectal cancer and , although the specimens used were taken at least 5 cm from the primary carcinoma and did not show any unusual histological features , there may be differences with respect to the colonic mucosa of patients without carcinoma .
55 As Table 1.4 showed , the ‘ duplication ’ of the universities and polytechnic/colleges in professional courses is more apparent than real , since certain types of professional courses are largely concentrated in one sector and there may be differences of emphasis between courses in the same subject .
56 Lord Diplock says that there may be differences of opinion as to what is expedient , just and moral , and that Parliament 's opinion on these questions is paramount .
57 In a televised speech on May 1 , Zia appealed for national unity , saying that " there may be differences of opinion in a democracy … [ but ] this is not the time for differences " .
58 However , there may be differences in men 's and women 's speech ( vocabulary , topics , style ) , so that ideally you should use language helpers of both sexes when possible .
59 Thus , everyone may have the same wage rate , w , per hour and the same unearned income , M , but there may be differences in the tastes for leisure leading to differences in hours worked , L. As a result , measured income may vary — even though all individuals have the same endowments and market opportunities .
60 There may be differences in interest rates between individuals ; indeed , this may be an important way in which endowments differ .
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