Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frost-hardening may affect some tissues but not others ; it is not unusual for well-established tissues to be hardened but for buds and growing shoots to be nipped by frost . |
| 2 | Other sources of fungi which may affect some people |
| 3 | The picture is complicated by the fact that national authorities may regard some discrimination between nationals and non-nationals as being necessary in order to ensure the protection of national interests such as the collection of taxes . |
| 4 | At least you are starting with a breeding pair , but even so you may experience some disharmony . |
| 5 | You may experience some symptoms or " side effects ' from the foods under test . |
| 6 | PERHAPS the Independent Traveller ought to carry some sort of warning : ‘ Reading this section can change your life . ’ |
| 7 | Whether they love it or hate it , they ought to acquire some knowledge of it . |
| 8 | Let's Make Some Undies , Marion Hall ( W. Foulsham & Co. , 1954 ) |
| 9 | Differences in sample characteristics may explain some part of it ( for instance in Ipswich the action samples contained a higher proportion of heavily dependent people who went straight into institutions after their referral to the psychogeriatric service ) . |
| 10 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 11 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 12 | The change agents , in the light of their professional values , get satisfaction out of client participation ( Bernstein , 1960 , although the findings in York , 1989 , referred to above , in the third section , may throw some doubt on this ) . |
| 13 | An analysis of the age and sex structure of unemployment and its locational distribution is of value because it may throw some light on the reasons for the growth of unemployment and the policy measures which may be most effective . |
| 14 | If the nature of such a vibration can be established it may throw some light on the nature of the electronic band . |
| 15 | Let's make some paper windmills . |
| 16 | This may make some sense for the bourgeois ‘ art ’ tradition ( though probably not as much as he thinks ) but when the elements of the entire musical production-consumption process become both more unified and interdependent , and more ‘ socialized ’ , it becomes less appropriate . |
| 17 | As adults often have commitments which limit their ability to travel , any concentration of subject provision or types of courses in particular institutions may make some subjects inaccessible to adults . |
| 18 | Ulcers tend to run in families , and genetic factors may make some people more susceptible to aggressive factors than others . |
| 19 | This may depress some Yorkshire folk , especially those who opposed the overseas signing , but it should not . |
| 20 | These qualification-based courses may assist some people in gaining employment , but staff feel they are perhaps more important for personal development and self-confidence . |
| 21 | If the group review process goes well , the next step may include some experimentation , market research , or prototype development . |
| 22 | Adolescence in bees may include some learning , though no one but experience appears to do the tutoring . |
| 23 | Further north they may need some protection to establish and thrive . |
| 24 | We may need some bottles here packing up . |
| 25 | We may need some conceptualization , some image , some words , if we are to speak of God ; but scarcely a picture of the universe and a history of humankind such as we have inherited in the Christian creeds . |
| 26 | True , one may need some notion of " normal practice " ( in preference perhaps to appropriateness ) even to describe such phenomena , but it would be a mistake to limit pragmatics to the study of that normal practice or appropriateness . |
| 27 | Whilst that may work well enough in a small firm ( though even then the theory may need some adjustment , if only for example to permit decisions to be taken while partners are on holiday ) , the complexity which attends the affairs of all solicitors ' practices of any size will make it impossible to give each of the partners such degrees of freedom or power . |
| 28 | If colour is applied in a robust manner you may need some support to the canvas where it crosses the stretcher , or you could work on canvas mounted on board . |
| 29 | If your band 's sound is less strongly defined , then you may need some help to dream up a style and image Libraries are a good source of inspiration , and by browsing through the books and magazines on fashion you may get some ideas . |
| 30 | The parents may need some help in learning to say positive statements to their child and in identifying the times at which to say them . |