Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is a great risk in counting from directories because a route might allow the listing of several destinations as though they were separate journeys , and the increase , although undoubtedly substantial , may have been much smaller than it appears . |
| 2 | ‘ Our legal adviser told us that using such a route could even lead to the club being closed down if their investigations opened up a real can of worms . |
| 3 | A route must be led , on sight , without clipping the bolt , to make an ethical statement . |
| 4 | ( 4 ) A payment may be made on such terms that it has been agreed , expressly or impliedly , by the recipient that , if it shall prove not to have been due , it will be repaid by him . |
| 5 | Category ( e ) should also cater for the situation where a payment may be made to another insurer in accordance with current market practice as opposed to a specific agreement , e.g. a Travel insurer may seek partial reimbursement from us as Home insurers having dealt with a claim which is covered under both policies . |
| 6 | A payment will not qualify under Gift Aid if it is made to enable the charity to purchase a property , or other assets , from the donor or from a ‘ connected person ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ What the rule of compulsion seems to require is that there is no practical choice but to pay in the circumstances , or to put it another way , before a payment will be regarded as involuntary there must be some natural or threatened exercise of power possessed by the party receiving it over the person or property of the taxpayer for which he has no immediate relief than to make the payment … |
| 8 | Where the Local Government Superannuation Regulations apply and the employee is not eligible to be a member of that superannuation scheme , a payment will be made to the employee under the terms of the Regional Council 's Gratuity Scheme subject to the conditions of the scheme being met . |
| 9 | The party ultimately having to make a payment will look for ways to postpone that event for as long as possible , and will be able to do so without risk if there is no interest provision . |
| 10 | Yet Martha was a woman of courage , and she succeeded nobly in satisfying her hungry lodgers with wholesome fare , and spreading for them sheets a prince might fold around him ; and though the body was often weak , the spirit was lively , and soon found a way whereby to mount with ease over any difficulty that might arise in the government of her household or the entertainment of her hospices . |
| 11 | Yet even on this issue we must be cautious : marriage was an irrevocable step ; though death almost as often and as rapidly parted married couples in the twelfth century as it does in the twentieth , a prince might well take careful thought before he threw the dice , just as , even then , a prudent man might spend many years looking for the woman of his choice . |
| 12 | With his friends and allies about him , a prince might discuss future strategy , consider marriage alliances , resolve disputes . |
| 13 | On occasion , however , a prince might oppose his father . |
| 14 | A prince can mak a belted knight , |
| 15 | For example , a girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and marry her . |
| 16 | Yet because a prince could now justify his coercive authority by reference to his peace-keeping function , those who failed to obtain what they saw as justice at his court , and who now stood to suffer punishment if they disturbed the peace to vindicate their rights , grew embittered . |
| 17 | A rosette on a pelmet can add interest to tired curtains ; small rosettes and bows hide stubborn stains ; while pleated grosgrain ribbon can give plain calico and sheeting fabric a decorative edge . |
| 18 | Variety within a variety ca n't be bad , and of all the Koi currently available , the prize for acceptable variation must go to the Goshiki ( pronounced ‘ Gosh-key ’ ) . |
| 19 | Ask an occultist for an explanation and a variety will be offered . |
| 20 | At any time those with less of a base might withdraw their concession of power from those with more of that base , in which case the legitimacy of that power base is lost . |
| 21 | At the same time it feared that Britain 's vulnerability to modern weapons was such that her value as a base might be short-lived . |
| 22 | If such a provision may be interpreted subjectively — for example if further finance may be withheld if the borrower 's financial condition suffers an ‘ adverse change ’ and that term is not further defined — it will be unsafe to rely on borrowings under the facility being available . |
| 23 | A provision may be a substantive rule : it may be optional ; illustrative ; mandatory ; or procedural ( a means by which the substantive rules are to be implemented ) . |
| 24 | There may also be good reason for deleting reference to the contemplation of proceedings under ss 146 or 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , as the costs recoverable under such a provision may not be easy for the tenant to assess and counter . |
| 25 | The effect of such a provision may be to replace the normal absolute obligation to deliver on the agreed date with an obligation to use best endeavours . |
| 26 | If , for example , a provision may be of doubtful import , such resort would be perfectly legitimate … ( p145 ) Because Chalmers saw codification as an improvement in the form of the law , resurrection of old authorities is easy . |
| 27 | Where spray bottles are more widely used and there is a risk of confusion colour coding is desirable and such a provision would take precedence over our control needs . |
| 28 | But if a mortgage deed did expressly so provide , the enforceability of such a provision would , in our opinion , be open to serious question on public policy grounds . |
| 29 | In a letter to Danforth , Bush claimed that such a provision would " seriously if not fatally " undermine efforts to improve US education standards by ignoring general educational qualifications . |
| 30 | Such a provision would prevent him from making , while still employed , preparations for competing after the termination of his service agreement ( Thomas Marshall ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 ) . |