Example sentences of "and [vb mod] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women appear to find it difficult , at times , to control their moods and may be subject to emotional outbursts or lose their tempers more frequently . ’ |
| 2 | These values may not be agreed between the political parties and may be subject to emotional fluctuations among the general public . |
| 3 | Drivers exceeding the speed limit will be reported to site management and may be barred from driving on the site and may be subject to disciplinary action . |
| 4 | It can also be downloaded from Power Tower , Jim Bates 's bulletin board , and may be available from other magazines such as PC Magazine . |
| 5 | Breathing may become noisy and shallow and may be distressful to other residents . |
| 6 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 7 | With respect , this approach seems curiously narrow and may be inconsistent with other authorities . |
| 8 | Objectives of the research included : to provide hospitality companies with information and advice on the skill and knowledge requirements of managers working in different sectors of the industry , in some European countries , which will assist them in their recruitment and human resource development activities ; to identify the education and training needs of managers moving within the European hospitality industry and offer a basis for the design of short courses , distance leaning materials and training packages to meet those needs , in collaboration with European partners ; and to assess the extent to which the skills and knowledge required by hospitality managers are generic and may be transferable across different industries . |
| 9 | Only one member of this genus , Syngamus trachea , is of veterinary significance and parasitises the upper respiratory tract of non-aquatic birds ; it is commonly known as the " gapeworm " and may be responsible for respiratory distress and death . |
| 10 | Secondly , reflex responses are parts of overall behavioural responses and may be uncoupled in particular situations . |
| 11 | For collagen to promote platelet aggregation it must possess its triple helical structure and must be present as fibrillar collagen ( Zucker & Borelli , 1962 ) . |
| 12 | Our courses offer 6 hours of expert instructions in the basics of the sport at the end of which you will possess the fundamentals and should be competent in moderate winds . |
| 13 | The miniature microphone insert used in the Tie Pulser project is the EM-4 omnidirectional electret condenser type and should be available from numerous sources . |
| 14 | Poor hand hygiene by medical staff is particularly refractory to change and should be subject to constant observation and correction . |
| 15 | This requires a little force and might be awkward in tight corners . |
| 16 | The case remained open after placement , and would be subject to six-weekly review within the home . |
| 17 | Therefore I would not necessarily be looking for a secretarial position , and would be open to other suggestions . |
| 18 | The force , to be known as the European Corps , was intended to operate under the umbrella of the Western European Union ( WEU ) and would be open to other WEU members . |
| 19 | Proceeds will be added to the unit 's general funds and will be available for working capital purposes of both firms . |
| 20 | Records of building maintenance are already being created and will be available for potential users . |
| 21 | Copies of the leaflet are being distributed to members today and will be available at public counters at Headquarters and Chesser House . |
| 22 | IBM Corp 's IBM Personal Computer Co has added two members in the IBM Speech Recognition Family , VoiceType Control for Windows and VoiceType 2 : VoiceType Control for Windows offers customers with an 80386SX processor and up the ability to manipulate the Windows 3.1 environment and existing Windows 3.1 applications with spoken commands such as File Save , Font Bold and Next Window ; VoiceType Control for Windows costs $130 , works with Sound Blaster audio boards , and is speaker-independent ; VoiceType 2 is designed for general dictation and input to MS-DOS applications , and enables users to continue to control their existing applications , such as word processing , databases or spreadsheet , simply by talking ; it comes ready to use with ‘ many popular software products such as Quicken , WordPerfect 5.1 , dBase and more ’ , and users can add their own commands ; VoiceType 2 , with the IBM M-Audio Capture and Playback Adaptor , runs on 80386SX and above personal computers and automatically adapts to a speaker 's unique voice pattern and allows for accents and other individual speech characteristics ; it costs $2,200 and will be available in late May . |
| 23 | The book will be published on September 22 and will be available from local bookshops , newsagents and the Dogleap Countryside Centre in the Roe Valley Country Park , price £3.50 . |
| 24 | In such circumstances , the L curve itself will be hard to predict and will be subject to considerable shifts . |
| 25 | Aimed principally at upper school pupils of all abilities , the new clusters will group together existing SCOTVEC modules , and will be compatible with Standard Grades , Highers and the new general Scottish Vocational Qualifications . |
| 26 | Within the general lecture scheme of the Chemistry School the professor will also lecture to undergraduates on Theoretical Chemistry , and will be concerned with supplementary subjects ( see below ) with a Theoretical Chemistry content . |
| 27 | Hansen ( 1980 ) maintains that hearing people can learn sign language to a satisfactory extent and can be successful in passive learning , i.e. understanding deaf people 's signing , within a short time . |