Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , from time to time the consensus may weaken in one science or another ( — the paradigm shifts ’ , as we have learned to say ) and then , for a period , matters grow more complicated . |
| 2 | From the Soviet perspective a socialist government in Kampuchea has remained a sine qua non of any settlement of the Kampuchean issue , although Soviet resolve on this issue may weaken in the face of the current ASEAN commitment to a neutral Kampuchea ( see below ) . |
| 3 | The disappearances may range in cause from the Roman invasion to the obliteration of a village for an aircraft runway , from sheer neglect to site redevelopment . |
| 4 | Criteria may range in breadth from very narrow ( " can add two single-digit numbers when no regrouping is required " ) to very broad ( " can calculate using any of the four rules of number " ) ; the narrower a criterion statement the less equivocal its reference and so the more precisely assessment tasks based on it will be specified . |
| 5 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 6 | I 'll tell you who you ought to fall in love with , Clare . ’ |
| 7 | These are just some of the losses we may experience in life . |
| 8 | Analyses of demand factors will seek to show the extent to which small firms are dependent upon the local economy , and what difficulties they may experience in selling beyond their immediate locality . |
| 9 | Any particular drugs that you ought to acquire in readiness for an outbreak here ? ’ |
| 10 | Outside is a lovely garden where you may eat in fine weather , and occasionally the hotel offers zither music during the evening . |
| 11 | some residual contamination may remain in the soil owing to concentrations which do not induce microbial degradation ; |
| 12 | While sexually mature males may remain in their natal troops they have little access to females , unless they are of especially high dominance . |
| 13 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 14 | Have we any reason to suppose that yet another solution of the problem is to be found , and that we can introduce a precedent so that the native subject races may remain in existence , unfused with ours , and yet in subjection ? |
| 15 | Joe now withdrew his hand from the desk and , rising to his feet , he looked down on to the upturned faces of the two men and said , ‘ My mother may remain in the house as long as she wishes , but the running of it , the accounts and such , I wish to leave in your control . |
| 16 | Thus , the record of many negative movements of base level may remain in the landscape to be interpreted by the geomorphologist . |
| 17 | As a result aggradation took place and the surfaces of such aggradations , now dissected by later erosion , may remain in the form of terraces . |
| 18 | Number of days request may remain in FILE TO STORE RESTORE before reported by integrity checker |
| 19 | Some displays may remain in place for lengthy periods . |
| 20 | However , this may be resisted by the landlord since the tenant , if he is protected by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , may remain in occupation of the demised property even after the expiry of a break notice , pending an application to the court for a new tenancy . |
| 21 | The study particularly notes the difficulties which may arise in defining the split between ‘ health ’ and ‘ social ’ care . |
| 22 | Undesirable removal of lubricants may occur in machinery and hazards may arise in the use of steam lances . |
| 23 | In the case of genes , we saw in Chapter 3 that co-adapted gene complexes may arise in the gene pool . |
| 24 | Once agreed , your interests should take precedence over everything else that may arise in the course of the inspection and report . |
| 25 | Any individual is entitled to follow any faith he chooses — or even none at all — but this should be done sincerely and not simply as some sort of ‘ insurance policy ’ against whatever may arise in the future . |
| 26 | The default set of reference resolution rules in CLE-1 follows Hobbs ' pattern , but this set can easily be respecified to reflect the ordering argued for below ( or , indeed , to deal with the special circumstances that may arise in particular applications ) . |
| 27 | At a special meeting of the SCS a rule change empowered the society to use 1 per cent of net profits for ‘ any contingency that may arise in connection with the business of the Society ’ including political representation . |
| 28 | Issues of equal opportunity may arise in a number of contexts ; for example , those of gender , race , disability and religion . |
| 29 | Problems may arise in terms of the hierarchy of professionals , in that the medical profession may attempt to adopt a prescriptive role towards a social service department , reluctant to accept the judgement of a different agency on priorities . |
| 30 | Problems may arise in respect of expatriates working in the same location on longer-term postings or even local company employees who are dissatisfied with their rates of pay in comparison with salaries and/or bonuses earned by fixed-term contract workers . |