Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly their views may have been different from those of the people who died , but respondents are likely to have taken into account the reactions of their relatives and friends , and how these respondents felt about the care in the homes is also of interest and concern . |
| 2 | While it published scorching critiques of the diplomacy that had led Britain into war , MacDonald insisted that ‘ whatever our views may be on the origins of the war , we must go through with it . ’ |
| 3 | Our views may be poles apart but they 're not saboteurs . |
| 4 | She considers whether it is true to claim that there is a sex-related divergence of views , and the possible reasons for any such divergence , and goes on to suggest that there are areas in which women 's views may typically differ from those of men . |
| 5 | Not all the views may be as pleasurable as that of North Oxfordshire but the history of at least part of the English landscape can be seen from all of them whether it be the story of the development of a north London suburb , seen by a student from a garret window in Stoke Newington , the growth of a medieval town viewed by a young man from the upper windows of an eighteenth-century house in the centre of Lichfield , Staffordshire , or the development of a Cambridgeshire village in front of an ageing civil servant from a study in a 1960s neo-Georgian estate house . |
| 6 | Such views may be held alongside others in varying combinations . |
| 7 | Views may differ as to whether the religious leaning of the school or parental preference should prevail . |
| 8 | In many if not most cases the suitability of particular accommodation for a particular applicant is a matter on which differing views may honestly and reasonably be held . |
| 9 | When the subject enters the political arena and becomes politically controversial , we assume an elective silence on the political issues and confine ourselves , if we intervene at all , to constitutional or legal questions or views on practical matters affecting the law and its administration where our views may naturally be expected and sought . |
| 10 | With goodwill , even people with apparently ‘ extreme ’ views may find , sometimes to their surprise , that there is much common ground . |
| 11 | Such views may be due to the sporadic publication of relevant data , particularly that of time series , for statistically more developed countries . |
| 12 | These views may well apply to the centre of the empire but require modification for the northwest provinces . |
| 13 | On both sides , however , these views may merge into others which are more starkly contrasted : the idea of a reformist path to socialism may be transformed into a total preoccupation with reforming the existing society and a virtual renunciation of socialism as the ultimate goal ; the revolutionary approach may develop into a rejection of every kind of struggle for reforms as being positively inimical to the growth of a revolutionary class consciousness , the adoption of a politique du pire and the expectation of a catastrophic breakdown of capitalism from which a band of dedicated revolutionaries will lead the masses into socialism . |
| 14 | This polarity of views may be represented in terms of the differential propensities sr and sw . |
| 15 | Today , when even Catholic priests are prepared to advocate radical departures from conventional morality , Eliot 's views may appear nostalgically old-fashioned . |
| 16 | On the question of what amounts to ‘ serious deterioration ’ , it is clear that differing views may be reached . |
| 17 | The aim is to produce more economists who can handle practical affairs seriously ; more generalists--aware in a rough way of what non economists think--by making it easier to concentrate on particular problems , so that their views may more easily be sought and comprehended ; and more theorists who plan their work in an economic manner . |
| 18 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 19 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 20 | External views may be presented to the user through the use of host language programs or a query language but they may also be obtained through a dialogue , which approaches a natural language dialogue , or via a menu . |
| 21 | Similarly , the adoption of a common policy for the new firm will be essential : modification or even abandonment of formerly held views may be required . |
| 22 | Professor Stone 's views may differ greatly from Mr Irving 's , but one thing they ARE agreed on is that these diaries are genuine . |
| 23 | Well he knows that his views may not necessarily be the majority and count in the end , but at least they 're being taken into account and being considered to be important . |
| 24 | Your mnemonic is CHIC , which is what your notes ought to be C : Conclusions in the right-hand margin ( 40mm wide ) H : Headings in the left-hand margin ( 40mm wide ) I : Inside the margins for the notes C : Colour for punch . |
| 25 | Even illustrations may not be adequate , details of pictures often being poorly represented , leaving an artist 's techniques , materials and handling to be discovered from more specialist studies . |
| 26 | It seems particularly useful in books of poetry where specific illustrations may intrude and come between the text and the reader 's mental imagery , as Brian Wildsmith 's do in the Oxford book of poetry for children . |
| 27 | Other illustrations may be incorporated in the text and are often called ‘ cuts ’ or ‘ figures ’ . |
| 28 | Some photographs or illustrations may contain unwanted material and , if you do n't need it there 's nothing to stop you cutting it out ; cropping in art terminology . |
| 29 | Two simple illustrations may be given . |
| 30 | In the field of archiving , low cost digitising scanners for both text and illustrations may soon make possible practical , on-site multimedia archiving . |