Example sentences of "system [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maddening , antique and archaically dotty as the present system may be , it provides drama and colour which would otherwise be absent from modern elections . |
| 2 | This may be a means by which a malfunctioning analytical system may be recognised . |
| 3 | better control of the system may be obtained than with in situ systems ; |
| 4 | If you find that more than one radiator is cold and they are all upstairs , the heating system may be starved of water due to losses not being replaced via the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 5 | The nervous system may be involved and a meningitis produced , similar to that produced by the meningococcus , or the liver may be affected . |
| 6 | Rarely , the central nervous system may be involved . |
| 7 | Any one system may be used for several different purposes but the most common use was for outreach work . |
| 8 | The point at which the system may be said to have commenced was in the Progress Office . |
| 9 | In fact , until recently few had any serious trouble getting support for research , but now times are getting a bit harder and the peer review system may be more seriously worked to handle the greater volume competition . |
| 10 | The system may be expanded in future to handle records on registered donors and follow-up information on recipients . |
| 11 | Fig. 6 illustrates how the system may be adapted to replace a missing vine . |
| 12 | The look-up system may be an inconvenient one , but it is perfectly usable . |
| 13 | This system may be used for two-way conversation . |
| 14 | The system may be checked without using the optical fibre for the moment . |
| 15 | Focus is more critical at lower lighting levels , and your autofocus system may be confused by reflections off the shop windows . |
| 16 | If more than one radiator is cold and they are all upstairs , the heating system may be starved of water , caused by losses not being replaced via the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 17 | One point worth mentioning is that the carrying system may be completely detached from the sack and used with other sacks in the range which are available separately without the back system . |
| 18 | Some conditions already thought to have a basis in disturbances in the immune system may be more common , such as psoriasis . |
| 19 | A weak sphincter muscle or a congenital deformation in the urinary system may be the underlying cause , or it could be a digestive upset causing diarrhoea . |
| 20 | In regard to the co-determination system in Germany , it is quite possible that the institutional arrangements which appertain under that system may be a model for other countries . |
| 21 | He thinks the criminal-justice system may be ‘ on the point of collapse ’ . |
| 22 | During this accretion phase the system may be visible as a low-mass X-ray binary . |
| 23 | The reasonableness of bringing some element of quality into even a strictly hedonistic system may be brought out by the following thought experiment . |
| 24 | Alterations to the design specifications of the New OED computer system may be needed during development in order to solve design or implementation problems . |
| 25 | The system may be characterised as a collection of resources with limited capacity . |
| 26 | If large fluctuations in exchange rates are to be expected under free-floating , such a system may be undesirable for international trade and payments since the uncertainty caused by price fluctuations could inhibit world trade , output , and employment . |
| 27 | Given that the eventual needs of a working system may be biased towards the domain of Commerce , the results for the Business , Employment and Finance documents take on a particular relevance . |
| 28 | Thus the new system may be an improvement but there is little evidence to support the view that the new committees exercise any real systematic control over the activities of government . |
| 29 | In addition , some nerve cells have a special secretory role ( p. 273 ) and the integrity of the nervous system may be required for normal development and regeneration of other tissues ( Finlayson , 1960 ; Nuesch , 1968 ) . |
| 30 | In the words of Dirac a state of motion of a system may be defined as an undisturbed motion that is restricted by as many conditions or data as are theoretically possible without mutual interference or contradiction . |