Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |
| 2 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 3 | Yesterday 's ruling suggests companies seeking to protect their commercial secrets may have a case under Section 10 . |
| 4 | On the appropriate authority of a senior officer , security personnel may enter a person 's home for similar purposes . |
| 5 | Whether they are filtered or not , expanding dictionary definitions may provide a way of accessing semantic relations that are not accessible at the first level . |
| 6 | Artists who group together for financial reasons may choose a name which is no more explanatory than a number or numbers . |
| 7 | Very often the period is much longer and securing the requisite number of ratifications may take a decade more , if , indeed , this is achieved at all . |
| 8 | This means that Greatswords may take a lot of casualties before their turn comes . |
| 9 | In the ‘ real process ’ of policy implementation , local authorities may follow a pattern of action drawing on several of the types sketched here . |
| 10 | A white-collar job , owning a home or indulging in particular leisure pursuits may cause a person to identify himself as ‘ middle class ’ ; others may consider anyone who ‘ works , to be ‘ working class ’ ; others may preserve a sense of being ‘ working class ’ because of their family background , though their own social circumstances have changed . |
| 11 | Although well-made clubs ought to last a lifetime , I have already owned 16 different sets and tried more than that number in a futile search for The Touch . |
| 12 | In these patients they found higher adduct levels in the duodenum than in the stomach and they suggest that pancreatic obiliary secretions may play a part in foregut carcinogenesis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis . |
| 13 | Perhaps only by attacking the dominant ideology can it be transformed since action groups may stimulate a rethinking of the situation . |
| 14 | The returns may explain a family relationship , they record each person 's occupation , and at the very least they demonstrate that an ancestor was still alive at that date . |
| 15 | With one additional year 's study beyond the ACIB , Associates may obtain a BA ( Hons ) Financial Services degree . |
| 16 | The steering group 's proposals may seem a touch elaborate but , for two reasons , appraisal in education is bound to be more complex than in other areas of life . |
| 17 | Vendor shareholders may receive a right to future shares or debentures in Newco as part of the consideration for the sale of Target . |
| 18 | Immunosuppressed patients are , however , often seronegative for anti-hepatitis C virus in the presence of active infection , and nucleic acid assays may have a role here . |
| 19 | Almost certain to be snapped up by a National League side , Heath will move to England — probably Manchester — next season , while his summer plans may include a trip to the North American leg of the PSA circuit . |
| 20 | ( 5 ) If the offeror is listed , and the takeover is a Super Class 1 transaction , then the circular to its shareholders must contain a statement that its group will have sufficient working capital . |
| 21 | Shareholders must have a fortnight to consider an offer , so that the final offer must come before the 46th day . |
| 22 | For the those interested in photography or sculpture , a tour of the galleries should include a detour to Schöneberg . |
| 23 | Chemical Products should achieve a turnover of around £500 million this year . |
| 24 | Most good delicatessens should carry a one-year-old farmhouse Cheddar on the rind , and , in my opinion , this is really the only way to buy the cheese . |
| 25 | On 28 July of that year there appeared in The Seaman a leading article headed " Shall We Shake Hands " , making no apology for the conflicts of the past , but offering to the Federation , as one powerful organisation to another , the hand of friendship provided that it was willing to set aside its " preposterous contention " that all seamen should carry a Federation ticket and further suggesting a joint board along the lines operated for many years by the Durham miners . |
| 26 | Any court or tribunal may make such a reference , and final appeal courts must make a reference where the point of European Community law is relevant to its decision ( EEC Treaty , Article 177 ) . |
| 27 | The Greenfield report recommends that prescription forms should contain a box , which doctors should tick if they want to insist on the branded drug , rather than an approved substitute . |
| 28 | To the idealist , the whole world is a manifestation of a rational pattern in the mind of its Creator , and thus it is to be expected that natural forms should reveal a harmony and an underlying unity . |
| 29 | Second , until the abolition of stamp duty in 1993 , institutions must pay a tax of 0.5% when they buy shares ( for instance , as part of an arbitrage transaction ) , while market makers do not have to pay this tax . |
| 30 | Hunters must obtain a permit and there are bag limits on the numbers of goats that can be shot . |