Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Section 245 provides that if it appears to the directors that any annual accounts of the company or any directors ' report did not comply with the provisions of the Act they may prepare revised accounts or a revised report . |
| 32 | If the nest is attached by one side to a leaf , its support is clearly lop-sided , in which case the hummingbird may weave small particles of earth into a long extension of the nest , dangling beneath , to act as counterweights and level it . |
| 33 | Therefore , youngsters may swallow appreciable amounts of toothpaste . |
| 34 | In fact , a pre-school child may swallow 0.3 grams to 0–4 grams of toothpaste at each brushing ( Journal of Dental Research , vol 5 p 1317 ) . |
| 35 | That word ‘ supposed ’ may anger Jewish readers , but Yad Vashem is not so much a memorial as a political statement . |
| 36 | There are no harems in this kind of polygyny ; males only associate briefly with females , one at a time ; and one female may sample several males . |
| 37 | Adults may remain -5 months without feeding or notably moving in their winter aggregation site . |
| 38 | Salmon and sea trout enter throughout the year and may remain 10 months before spawning , during which time they do not feed . |
| 39 | There may remain other discrepancies in the treatment of copyright works within the EC . |
| 40 | A question such as Does Agatha sing in the bath ? may elicit three answers , of which answer ( a ) is an example of substitution , answer ( b ) of ellipsis , and answer ( c ) of reference : |
| 41 | The quota for this year has been set at 120,000 tonnes ( compared with 235,000 in 1989 ) , with a proviso that only 25,000 tonnes can be caught before July , at which point the report of a new study may trigger further cuts . |
| 42 | We used bilateral intrahippocampal microdialysis to test the hypothesis that an increase in extracellular glutamate may trigger spontaneous seizures . |
| 43 | Let's Make Some Undies , Marion Hall ( W. Foulsham & Co. , 1954 ) |
| 44 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 45 | Mature parasites are frequently present in large numbers in the lumen of the large intestine and during feeding those species with small buccal capsules take in only glandular epithelium while large species may damage deeper layers of the mucosa . |
| 46 | An Equal Opportunities Commission , set up by the 1975 Act , oversees the working of the Acts : it may conduct formal investigations , and seek to enforce the law by civil proceedings . |
| 47 | Curriculum history ( still quite thin on the ground ) may stress prominent innovators or pioneering national laws or documents , but many classroom practitioners are usually hardly aware that their practice is being slowly , almost subliminally modified by a variety of external pressures . |
| 48 | For example , health visitors may influence young mothers in how they view processed baby food . |
| 49 | Conversely , future taxes and government expenditure may influence current incomes , as where they are capitalized in asset values . |
| 50 | This refers to the way in which a particular experimenter may influence different subjects , or to the effect that different experimenters may have on the same subject . |
| 51 | It may influence lipid levels and introduce all the risks men have , such as heart attacks , which makes it , by and large , unacceptable as a treatment for low libido . ’ |
| 52 | However , the latter are time-consuming to peel , so you may prefer ready-peeled chestnuts , available in cans or vacuum packs . |
| 53 | We need to adopt something like the German distinction between Wissenschaft — that is , knowledge or scholarship , which may cover all subjects including chemistry , history , literature , or physics — and Technik — the ability to make and use things , whether machine-tools , architectural drawings , or stage-scenery . |
| 54 | Within this process of socialization , individuals will learn that some emotions and feelings are not acceptable ; this may cover such areas as masturbation and sexual activity , crying ( especially in boys ) , and the expression of the more ‘ difficult ’ emotions of anger and grief . |
| 55 | When we label ourselves ‘ low-status ’ the response may cover other messages , which can include : |
| 56 | It is clear that the obligation not to use or disclose information may cover secret processes of manufacture such as chemical formulae , or designs or special methods of construction , and other information which is of a sufficiently high degree of confidentiality as to amount to a business secret . |
| 57 | Means ( 1988 ) argues that some authors treat the total group of " pensioners " ( a group which may cover 40 years given the trend to early retirement ) as a " special needs " category . |
| 58 | He said make-up was all very well for some people , but he hated to see it on girls who were n't the right type — implying I suppose , that I ought to wear woollen stockings and teach in a Sunday school ! |
| 59 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 60 | not apply , any more than it does to all garden plants , There are certainly some , the Mediterranean group for example , which includes oregano , lavender , rosemary and thyme , that grow in this sort of environment , but there are many more which need such conditions as shade , moisture , plenty of food , or deep soil , or they may want varying combinations of these , or any of them combined with their opposites . |