Example sentences of "system [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes in blood pressure and activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system may contribute to these different effects . |
| 2 | In general , there exists a considerable variety of ways in which a system may interact with its environment . |
| 3 | On the other hand , there are various quite distinct routes , and a single mathematical or physical system may exhibit more than one of them ; a change in some parameter can lead to a qualitative change in the route adopted as a second parameter is varied . |
| 4 | The danger , then , is that such a system may suffer from a deflationary bias as a result of the attempts of deficit countries to resolve their payments imbalances by reducing domestic demand . |
| 5 | Complicated as the system may appear from this superficial view , it is one which has to be used and therefore needs to be understood . |
| 6 | Of course , from the local point of view it was logical enough to deal in terms of the individuals involved because that is how the system may appear to work , at least to an uninformed observer , and no doubt the question of personality is an important one . |
| 7 | It is clear , however , that a variety of conditions affecting the extrinsic nerves and the central nervous system may result in tachygastria , ranging from children with cerebral palsy , to motion sickness , anorexia nervosa , and vatotomy . |
| 8 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |
| 9 | If this view is correct the debate about reforming the rating system may continue well beyond the enactment of the Local Government Finance Act , 1988 . |
| 10 | This provokes the consideration that the penal system may perform a dual function in the reproduction of the social formation . |
| 11 | These reactions against a new computer system may stem from a number of reasons , largely historical , but they will have to be corrected or allowed for if future computer applications are going to succeed . |
| 12 | This system may vary in detail between specific contracts but in principle it runs along the following lines . |
| 13 | One final observation : It is possible , although I could n't reproduce the effect on the three models made , that a switch-mode power system may oscillate or be unstable on open or very light loads . |
| 14 | Mounted in a conspicuous position and in a convincing enclosure , a would-be thief may not wish to risk a break-in for fear of attracting attention from an alarm system , even though no such system may exist . |
| 15 | Graeme Wilson reports on how reforms to the legal aid system may exclude thousands of people from seeking justice |
| 16 | Thus , while the pluralist political system may experience close liaison between bureaucratic agencies and client groups , in the corporatist state this spills over into covert encouragement by political leaders of direct action by pressure groups . |
| 17 | Although the recently announced European Air Traffic Control information system may facilitate the movement of aircraft across national boundaries , it can not create more airspace in the already crowded skies over southern England . |
| 18 | There are , after all , several senses in which a brief look at the Danish system may bring comfort to a beleaguered ‘ curriculum manager ’ in Britain in the early 1990s . |
| 19 | He hopes the new local government system may bring a new era of co-operation rather than confrontation . |
| 20 | A chemical system may consist of atoms , molecules and ions or any combination of these . |
| 21 | The requirements of such a system may lead to a number of outcomes , some of which are unlikely to be beneficial to the child . |
| 22 | A user request for a system may lead to standard data processing work — procedural language solutions , high volumes of data to be processed , critical response times … and a long development time . |
| 23 | And one interesting thing is that as we integrate that system as we double the number of users our requirements the loading on our system may go up by a factor of four . |
| 24 | Changes to any part of the system may make it necessary to change other seemingly unrelated components . |
| 25 | Users of the information system may influence the explicitness of detail in a list . |
| 26 | System may operate continuously and from a single engine . |
| 27 | The verbal system may operate at either a semantic or acoustic level and the non-verbal system according to the kind of transformations ( such as inversion , rotation , size reduction ) that can be performed on visual images . |
| 28 | The concept of alignment recognises how one member of a family system may oppose or join with another in carrying out some task . |
| 29 | Under stable conditions some form of fixed exchange rate system may work effectively , but floating may be the only option when the world economy is in a state of instability . |
| 30 | The benefits of a centralised distribution system may include a small rate of tax on the centre 's activities , but since these are unlikely to include much added value to the products being distributed , the scope for manipulating transfer prices is limited . |