Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that objects may become the source of actual struggles over conflicting interests will be discussed in chapter 9 as part of the general problem of ideology . |
| 2 | Each of the different cultures may express the roles that organisations perform . |
| 3 | Such coins may bear the name of a regime or king whose dates are known . |
| 4 | If companies have to pay much , they may carry on as usual , and the cost of repairing the drains may exceed the revenue that charges bring . |
| 5 | Critical discussions may emphasise the drama 's popularity within English Renaissance society and examine the conditions of theatrical playing within Elizabethan and Jacobean society , but considerations of plays rarely acknowledge that many possess multiple forms . |
| 6 | You will tan more quickly but the tablets may increase the damage UVA rays do to your skin . |
| 7 | Study skills again provides a case in point , where a secondary school introducing study skills may misread the level of sophistication of information-handling in some of its feeder primary schools , with the result that some children may find themselves ( to use Rosemary Webb 's ( 1985 ) term ) being " de-skilled " at 11 + . |
| 8 | Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status . |
| 9 | In the right type of country projected profiles may illustrate the relief remarkably well : in Fig. 9.17 it is obvious that there is an area of high ground near the crest of the escarpment separated from a wide terrace on the dipslope by a noticeable break of slope . |
| 10 | The animals within these aggregations do not feed but , during calm mild periods , immatures may leave the aggregations for that purpose . |
| 11 | Either of these cases may give the appearance that no home record exists for this address , and this situation will thus cause a ‘ no record found ’ error to be given , even though the desired record is in the file . |
| 12 | There is emphasis on the end purpose or objective with relatively less attention to the means , partly so as to allow for individual differences and partly because the evidence accumulating in particular cases may change the direction of progress . |
| 13 | Although reductions in the number of clinically apparent cases may mask the circulation of wild polioviruses in the absence of highly sensitive surveillance systems , and potentially delay implementation of control measures , further advances in laboratory techniques to detect wild poliovirus in the environment should increase the likelihood of detection of ‘ silent ’ spread of infection . |
| 14 | However , neither government nor employers may take the kind of initiatives that would increase awareness of age discrimination in the workplace . |
| 15 | Gold allowed the easy storage of wealth because of the high ratio of value to bulk , and its being minted by royal and ecclesiastical courts may reflect the need to administer justice , maintain officials and finance commerce , and goes hand-in-hand with the development of written law and taxation ; in the oldest Kentish laws , fines were listed in gold ‘ shillings ’ and in silver . |
| 16 | In exceptional cases the courts may take the view that established practice is unsatisfactory and find negligence . |
| 17 | The courts may allow the plaintiff to rely on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur . |
| 18 | Irrespective of the fact that the business has changed hands , creditors may associate the delay in payment with the business itself rather than the identity of the vendor . |
| 19 | Changes in family structures , the educational system , the nature of employment , and demographic and housing patterns may affect the socialization process . |
| 20 | However , an experiment is now taking place here whereby cyclists may share the space with the walkers on the basis of equality . |
| 21 | The threat of non-co-operation from the local authorities may make the minister think again . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , local authorities may enforce the law as it stands . |
| 23 | Education authorities may have the resources to carry out these studies themselves ; others may wish to commission research from institutions of higher education or commercial practices . |
| 24 | But there is concern that Caro 's great statement in ‘ sculpitecture ’ may be dangerous in the heat of Spain 's summer months and the authorities may deny the access which gave the work its popularity in London . |
| 25 | The requirement for higher concentrations to disrupt pancreatic lysosomes may reflect the fact that , in an in vitro system , the period of incubation of isolated lysosomes with cholesteryl ester is necessarily limited ( 30 minutes in our study ) whereas in the previous in vivo study , lysosomes were exposed to increased levels of cholesteryl esters for a much longer period ( up to four weeks ) . |
| 26 | Again , this demonstrates how market imperfections may change the conclusions . |
| 27 | Casements on eternity , these great patient masterpieces ought to calm the mind and nourish the spirit , but seldom do , and its rare that I emerge from the National Gallery feeling I have really taken advantage of what 's on offer . |
| 28 | If this inversion is only 100–300 metres deep , tall industrial stacks may release their emissions above the inversion , or the emissions may penetrate the inversion because they have great buoyancy due to high temperatures and fast exit velocities . |
| 29 | Some solicitors may prefer the atmosphere of a relatively small company where most people know each other . |
| 30 | You could argue — and some do — that such puddings ought to go the way of the dodo now that we all lead more sedentary and centrally heated lives . |