Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 AMERICA 'S recession may have a silver lining .
2 In fact , providing Work Experience may represent a cost to employers in terms of staff supervision time and loss of productivity .
3 Experience may offset a lack of access to sophisticated and costly specialist skills .
4 ‘ Perhaps , but while getting soaked to the skin may put a kick into your day it does not appeal to me . ’
5 Any user may request a QAO listing at any time using the user image option 7.3.5 — Format QAO Log .
6 No other user may have an interest in the module ie. no other LIFESPAN user may have a package which references this module as this would involve more than module baselining .
7 The user may find a book on a subject but it may not be what he really requires or may only partially satisfy his needs .
8 Thus the thesaurus user may approach a term from ‘ either direction ’ .
9 A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he can not read or because it is dated .
10 Your GP may offer a programme for following the development of your young children ( under five years old ) .
11 The same difficulty may discourage a teacher from permitting the children to ask too many questions themselves .
12 recognises that an original lessee may have a defence if the assignee not performing has in some way been absolved from performance .
13 Tasks at these levels often involve controlled processes , this appears to be clearly demonstrated by the common observation that a driver may cease a conversation before carrying out a complex manoeuvre .
14 This kind of self-help may provoke an action from the other party to recover the payment that has been withheld : or , if the other party is a defendant in proceedings with the same plaintiff , withholding the payment may provoke a counterclaim .
15 For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire .
16 The basket of shares in the index is seldom identical to the market portfolio and so the basket of shares corresponding to the index may have a beta value ( with respect to the market portfolio ) that differs from unity .
17 The idea of combining two energy sources for cooking may take a bit of rethinking on the cook 's part initially .
18 For example , the representation of a temple on a coin may show a gap in the middle of the columns which is filled with an image of the relevant god ( fig. 12 ) .
19 The contract may impose a time limit for notification of claims : The Buyer will inspect the goods as soon after delivery as is reasonably practicable and will notify the seller of any shortages , defects in the goods or any other complaint in respect of them within three days from delivery .
20 Or , the contract may impose a time limit on bringing proceedings : We will be discharged from all liability arising under this contract unless proceedings are commenced within 12 months from the date of delivery of the goods .
21 The employer , or the architect on his behalf , for certain sections of a contract may provide a list , in or attached to the contract bills , of at least three sub-contractors from which the builder must select one able and willing to carry out the respective work .
22 Polarization measurements of these streams in the mid-infrared , and milligauss field strengths obtained from Zeeman measurements in the circumnuclear molecular material that envelops the streams , suggest that the magnetic field may play a role in their dynamics .
23 Just as within states murder may remain a crime even if not all possible murder weapons are specifically identified in the laws , so between states indiscriminate slaughter may remain a crime even if nuclear weapons are not specifically mentioned in the laws of war .
24 Similarly , guests who have booked half or full board may miss a meal on arrival or departure due to the timing of the flight .
25 ‘ The board may prohibit a member in the course of the member 's relevant investment business from — ( a ) entering into transactions of any specified kind either at all or to any specified extent or in specified circumstances ; ( b ) soliciting business or business of a specified kind from , or except from , persons of a specified kind or in , or except in , specified circumstances ; ( c ) carrying on business in , or except in , a specified manner .
26 ‘ The board may prohibit a member in the course of the member 's relevant investment business from — ( a ) entering into transactions of any specified kind either at all or to any specified extent or in specified circumstances ; ( b ) soliciting business or business for a specified kind from , or accept from , persons of a specified kind or in , or except in , specified circumstances ; ( c ) carrying on business in , or except in , a specified manner .
27 The board may suspend a licence where there is default in carrying out the order .
28 ( 2 ) On any application for the renewal of a licence , the licensing board may require a plan of the premises to which the application relates to be produced to it and lodged with the clerk .
29 ( 1 ) On any a plication for the renewal of a licence in respect of any premises ( other tan off-sale premises ) , a licensing board may require a plan of the licensed premises to be produced to the board and lodged with the clerk , and on renewing such licence the board may order that , within a time fixed by the order , such structural alterations as the board thinks reasonably necessary to secure the proper conduct of the business shall be made in that part of the licensed premises in which alcoholic liquor is sold or consumed .
30 Claimants in receipt of income support , students and others on a low income may claim a rebate ( up to 80 per cent of the community charge ) , but must pay at least 20 per cent themselves .
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