Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The outlook for patients after the diagnosis of cancer of the exocrine pancreas is uniformly poor and suggests the existence of a mechanism(s) that may have a role in promoting tumour growth . |
| 32 | A programme that may provide a route to the Revised Higher Grade course could be developed by adding further Stage 1 Biological Sciences modules ( see page 10 ) to this core . |
| 33 | There is one further set of theories that may provide a structure for the study of reading behaviour : the theories of play . |
| 34 | The cockpit is well protected by a deep coaming set on the teak-laid decks , although there is nothing to stop items falling through the aft end of the cockpit , something that may become a liability when sailing in a relaxed fashion with books , Walkmans and bottles of suntan lotion lying on cockpit seats . |
| 35 | Could be that let's have a look at the first year , the first year , I just want to survive . |
| 36 | At £175 including VAT this is not a cheap sander , but you get what you pay for and for the keen d-iyer or woodworker , or even a tradesman , this is an excellent tool that should last a lifetime . |
| 37 | There was no real sense of a project , little feeling of the crusade for power that should accompany a Government 's slide into humiliation , chaos and decay . |
| 38 | I suggest to Teri that should have a share . |
| 39 | Theorists say that a stockmarket is ‘ efficient ’ if prices take account of all information that is available that might affect a firm 's future cash flow . |
| 40 | The others are less fierce , but still prohibit any relationship that might affect a lawyer 's ability to handle a case properly . |
| 41 | The appropriate policies that might influence a decision-maker are broadly similar in the two contexts . |
| 42 | Can you see any word in there that might start a question . |
| 43 | ‘ Now let me have your own passports and anything that might give a clue to your true identities . ’ |
| 44 | If you expect to be arrested , you clear out everything that might give a clue or be used to incriminate you . |
| 45 | " Somebody 's gone to a lot of trouble to remove anything that might give a clue to his identity , " Redpath said . |
| 46 | She tried to think of something that might interest a defector , but failed . |
| 47 | Its tasks include finding out how the cladding around the nuclear fuel rods deforms at the high temperatures that might follow a loss of cooling water . |
| 48 | Given the divisiveness of religious opinion , heightened in England by a civil war , it would be expedient to avoid any issues that might jeopardize a union of scientific interests . |
| 49 | Any attempt to impose some sort of external watchdog that might apply a degree of accountability is rejected as compromising its secrecy . |
| 50 | On the basis of this information , and on the assumption that all loads will come in time , might we speculate to accumulate and design a cost effective new IP/MP infrastructure in an area that might become a blueprint for future mains extensions ? |
| 51 | Richard has the ability to be quite flippant in a link and then take on again a serious no-nonsense voice for a batch of news stories that might include a fatality or two . |
| 52 | ‘ Did His Royal Highness have any conversations with Sir Thomas that might have a bearing on the case ? ’ |
| 53 | The sort of problems that might put a patient at risk are restricted mobility ; poor/no vision ; poor hearing ; severe pain , vomiting or diarrhoea ; and serious illness especially if the patient is in a very debilitated state . |
| 54 | Anything that might produce a bit of action . |
| 55 | ‘ He said , ‘ John you need to do something to haul yourself out of your choral doldrums — something spice and interesting that 'll make a splash in New York . |
| 56 | Anything that 'll fill a skip , it 'll be a skip . |
| 57 | ‘ Any fellow that 'd pay a pound a bottle for dirty water — water that could very well carry typhoid , ’ Frank said severely , ‘ should have his head examined too . |
| 58 | She was tall , slender , thirty-plus ; she had long hands , red hair , and the kind of class that could make a shopgirl weep with envy . |
| 59 | The authoress describes her as having ‘ a mouth that could make a man think of doing some very strange things ’ . |
| 60 | That man possessed an absolutely deadly charm — a charm that could make a prisoner of the most stalwart heart . |