Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Her day will probably be crammed with essential tasks ; an older child may well be feeling jealous and therefore be in need of more attention than usual ; money may be in short supply — and time certainly will be .
2 These results are the first controlled data to syggest that cyclosporin may be of clinical benefit in patients with ulcerative colitis .
3 Soil mark sites are visible because of different coloured marks in the soil , usually just after ploughing For example , if a burial mound with a ditch around it has been flattened by ploughing , the material from which the mound was constructed , the soil filling the ditch , and the soil in the rest of the ploughed field may be of different colours .
4 That 's tru that 's the only part may be of traditional sales that you
5 The endoscopic Doppler ultrasound may be of diagnostic value in the evaluation of Dieulafoy 's disease when bleeding has stopped spontaneously .
6 If , for example , a provision may be of doubtful import , such resort would be perfectly legitimate … ( p145 ) Because Chalmers saw codification as an improvement in the form of the law , resurrection of old authorities is easy .
7 This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition .
8 And her advise to others like her is to seek help , rather than become victims of law which in this case may be over protective .
9 The computer must be of merchantable quality .
10 If the rope breaks , the take off field should be within easy reach for a downwind landing , whereas a problem with the towplane 's engine usually means a field landing is almost inevitable .
11 The bulb must be in good working order and the wiring must be good , i.e. free from any short circuits or bad earths which could adversely affect the lamp ,
12 The water level should be between half-way and two-thirds of the way up the aquarium .
13 At the end of key stage 4 the response should be in written form only .
14 The sack should be in certain Karrimor agents ' shops by now , priced £350 , but at present it will only fit people of average size or bigger — those who take , say , size 42–47 boots .
15 All other systems of social support should be for voluntary organizations of citizens to devise and subscribe to .
16 Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned .
17 As in the latter case , the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come !
18 These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday .
19 To the environmentally concerned , however , the origin and extraction method for capturing an essence may be of vital importance .
20 It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin .
21 These attributes would be expected to lead to new and better solutions to problems in the UK and it seems that the apparent anomaly may be of cultural origin .
22 We suggest that anti-lactoferrin may be of pathogenetic significance by counteracting the antiphlogistic properties of lactoferrin at mucosal surfaces , thereby aggravating and/or sustaining mucosal inflammation initiated by other factors .
23 This effect may be to due a different RNA secondary structure affecting the accessibility of the internal AUG codons .
24 'i A wide personal choice may be offered in recommended reading of authors , themes , periods or genres , but works for detailed study must be of sufficient substance and quality to merit serious consideration and must be selected from at least two literary genres .
25 It adds that Paddy MacNally is a keen conservationist , so the manor should be in safe hands .
26 However , as it was intended that this study should be of particular use to the suppliers of information , it was therefore biased towards the first stage of environmental scanning ; that is , the gathering of information .
27 The argument that high taxes reduce the flow of private savings for investment in industry is only important if one believes that the ownership of industry should be in private hands .
28 Each lawyer should be in full charge of case management of all application and appeals within his group , giving procedural advice to litigants in person , and , where necessary , providing summaries of the issues raised for the use of the judges .
29 All your gear must be in good condition and regular checks cost nothing .
30 Play Therapy should be of great use to anyone involved in the care of children who might need counselling , and it would also be interesting reading for anyone working with children or interested in counselling them .
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