Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Material which starts out at regional may also go on to be used on the national networks . |
| 2 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 3 | We will now consider how pivoting may be carried out in the framework we have outlined . |
| 4 | Some will want to monopolise each week with their own problems and again this can abuse the group : a word in private may be needed , or careful leadership in the group . |
| 5 | For example , to offer much quicker delivery than is usual may cost a seller very little because of spare capacity , but if this is highly valued by the buyer the seller may be able to trade it in return for a prompt payment agreement . |
| 6 | However much Labour may talk about public expenditure , it normally makes such a mess of the economy that there is little benefit to be found in the longer run . |
| 7 | That would be particularly inappropriate having regard to the considerable number of instances which exist of Parliament having legislated in various fields to define the circumstances under which payments of tax not lawfully due may be recovered , and also in what situations and upon what terms interest on overpayments of tax may be paid . |
| 8 | ( 6 ) The licensing board , if in its opinion any objection to the renewal of a licence is frivolous or vexatious , may find the objector liable in the expenses caused by such objection to such extent as the board thinks fit , or , if in its Opinion any such objection is unauthorised , may find the agent of the objector liable in the expenses as aforesaid ; and the amount of any expenses so found due may be recovered in the sheriff court having jurisdiction , and a certified copy of the finding of the licensing board shall be sufficient evidence and authority for discerning for the said amount with expenses . |
| 9 | In addition , slow waves consistent with being asleep may occur during lapses in performance . |
| 10 | a literal may be either an atomic formula or a negated atomic formula * p ( t , t , … t ) . |
| 11 | But in this sterner , older world , the iron entered into the children 's soul , and many of them had to learn that being alive ought simply to be enough , a gift that must be ultimately paid for . |
| 12 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 13 | The bland and the placid may seem to sail through life but they are either living a superficial existence or else , like the rest of us , they experience the long shadow of despair . |
| 14 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 15 | 0501.2 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 16 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 17 | 0601.1 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 18 | There are two distinct phases to an acquisition assignment and MAS may be involved in either phase or , ideally , in both phases ; these are : — |
| 19 | The services that MAS may provide include : |
| 20 | Where the engagement involves acting for a client in an acquisition search , steps should be taken to ensure that the client is a serious acquirer with specific acquisition criteria ( which MAS may help to develop and refine ) and that there is a reasonable likelihood that the firm can discover potential acquisition candidates . |
| 21 | When acting on an acquisition , MAS may be asked by the prospective vendors to sign a confidentiality agreement . |
| 22 | MAS may be asked to contact potential acquisition candidates already identified by a client . |
| 23 | Alternatively , MAS may undertake a proactive search for a client with target approach being the next logical step in MAS 's acquisition assistance . |
| 24 | Where we are acting as independent valuers , MAS may resist releasing a completed valuation report before physically receiving the agreed payment for the report . |
| 25 | Hence if , when the lease of The Country Tearooms comes to an end , the tenant , Ms Prim , wishes to renew the tenancy and the landlord is unwilling to do so , Ms Prim may apply to the local county court for a new tenancy based upon the terms of the tenancy which has just expired . |
| 26 | What do you think as I fear that putting it right may be a costly job ? |
| 27 | Incidentally , and irrelevantly for present purposes , that reasoning has led to the well-established conclusion that a child en ventre sa mère at a testator 's death but later born alive may rank as a life in being for the purposes of the rule against perpetuities , which is a rule of public policy under English law : see Long v. Blackhall ( 1797 ) 7 Durn. & E. 100 . |
| 28 | An alert , calm state of mind which remains unruffled may already be one of your assets . |
| 29 | This checking role was to be played by the Senate , as John Adams explained : The rich ought to have an effectual barrier in the constitution against being robbed , plundered , and murdered , as well as the poor ; and this can never be without an independent Senate . |
| 30 | Rather , something more subtle may be at work . |