Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user may then request details of the tuple for employee whose employee number is 756 . |
| 2 | A control contract is subject to shareholder approval by a majority vote ( including any shares held by the dominant undertaking : but , in the case of a company whose shares are listed or publicly traded , the domestic regulatory authority may — as the Stock Exchange presently does — ban an interested shareholder from voting in this type of situation ) ; such a contract may therefore allow predators who have obtained board control of a company to make that company effectively subservient to an external body without the formalities of a takeover . |
| 3 | Carbon dioxide fertilization may also benefit plants by increasing their efficiency in water use . |
| 4 | A licensing board may make regulations with respect to the making of applications for licences ( including occasional licences and occasional permissions ) , extension of permitted hours and restriction of the terminal permitted hours and the procedure following thereon , and such regulations may include provisions designed to assist the board in determining the fitness of applicants to hold licences and the expediency of granting licences for the premises in respect of which application is made ; and the board may also make regulations with respect to the procedure to be followed in transferring licences under this Act and with respect to any matters which , by virtue of this Act , may be prescribed . |
| 5 | But if the new science is produced through a rupture with the ‘ errors ’ of the old , the tenacious hold of common-sense forms of thought means that any given text may simultaneously embody aspects of the old and new ways of thinking , theoretical and ideological frameworks that Bachelard , and Althusser after him , term ‘ problematics ’ : |
| 6 | She accepts that such a change may drastically affect relations with a marriage partner . |
| 7 | In a revolution , where any decision may suddenly raise questions about freedom , justice , in a new form , and where every aspect of life may be brought under scrutiny , it could follow that all action , all weighing of pros and cons , is unprincipled . |
| 8 | The chart may also help parents recognize that the problem is not as bad as they thought or that finally they can demonstrate the seriousness of the problem . |
| 9 | Mr Johnston said it would be foolish to anticipate better advertising volumes for the provincial press in general , at least until the latter part of 1993 , but the group 's present lower cost base should certainly benefit profits if Britain was eventually to see the type of modest recovery which was beginning to boost the US newspaper industry . |
| 10 | I disagree and think that a lone driver should never give lifts to strangers . |
| 11 | Normally we need to look at large numbers of objects ( tens , or perhaps hundreds ) : the analytical technique must therefore give results in a reasonable amount of time per sample and cope with large numbers of objects . |
| 12 | The drafter should therefore draft clauses so as to maximise the chances of severance : the easiest way to do that is to draft separate limitations in separate sub-clauses . |
| 13 | There may be considerable bargaining in this process and the educational institution may positively seek sponsors who can be persuaded into an exchange . |
| 14 | There is no one answer applicable to all schools , but systematic analysis in each institution may sometimes yield answers helpful to overall planning of accommodation allocation . |
| 15 | The anti-smoking brigade may also reduce arts sponsorship |
| 16 | Thus the pattern of current relationships in a nationalized industry may partly reflect events that happened in the past , even the distant past . |
| 17 | Both these very high counts were made from a boat rather than the shore , and experience suggests that counting from the shore in this harbour may often under-estimate numbers of Goldeneye . |
| 18 | The source of arousal is critical for a number of reasons , in addition to the considerable literature suggesting that arousal is not a unitary physiological dimension , there is the problem that in memory tasks an external source arousal may simply distract subjects while memory for an arousing item itself may be subject to von Restorff effects . |
| 19 | Mario and Yoshi may please puzzle addicts , but offers nothing new and does n't push the NES 's capabilities in the slightest . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , a doctor or psychologist may sometimes reinforce parents ' concern by remarking , ‘ Well , of course , he 's adopted , ’ when this has nothing to do with the matter in question . |
| 21 | Fourthly , the pressures and experience of practice may eventually lead practitioners to condense — in psychological terms to ‘ chunk ’ — the decision-making process to such an extent that it appears from the outside to become a matter of intuition , flair , or artistry . |
| 22 | Social research may well use books , journals , research reports , theses , documents , observations and surveys . |
| 23 | College should therefore encourage students to become more autonomous , to develop greater self-awareness , to fulfil their potentiality by exerting effort and will-power to achieve their highest standards of attainment — whether it be the completion of a first-year essay , an honours dissertation or a doctorate of philosophy . |
| 24 | Although their capital appreciation might eventually benefit pensioners , it was felt inappropriate by some that a fund should invest in ‘ unproductive ’ assets . |
| 25 | The practitioner might already harbour suspicions regarding his client and his ‘ natural ’ instinct is to supply answers and papers without further question . |
| 26 | But although there may be little that another Tory government could do to lower interest rates , Labour would undoubtedly make matters worse . |
| 27 | Alatas said that the delegation would also include representatives from the UN . |
| 28 | In every case , they are people whose sudden loss would substantially reduce profits , who are difficult to replace , and whose loss would hinder business development . |
| 29 | Irrespective of the cause of anxiety , punishing the horse will only make things worse . |
| 30 | While the Association will never pursue members with the determination of a Time-Share salesperson , it does n't like to lose members , particularly those who are just too forgetful to get subscriptions off in good time . |