| Whenever possible, the interactions were confirmed with additional alleles of each putative modifier gene. |
| This is possible because moving can function as an attributive modifier of the head noun pianos. |
| Although the modifier in a noun phrase will often be an adjective, it doesn't have to be. |
| These congenic mice confirm the location, potency, and independent action of the C3H chromosome 1 modifier. |
| The constituent that comes before a head in a phrase to qualify its meaning has the function of modifier. |
| Someone decided that the semicolons were needlessly fussy, resulting in what English teachers call a dangling modifier. |
