Example sentences of "may take [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When those same pensioners understand that blanket commitments of that type will erode the extra money available to help the poorer end , they may take rather a different view . |
| 2 | Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability . |
| 3 | Students may take either a full MA(Honours) degree in Sanskrit , in which case a subsidiary related language such as Prakrit is normally studied in the last two years of the course , or a joint MA(Honours) degree in Sanskrit and Greek , Latin or Linguistics , where both subjects are studied for all four years of the curriculum . |
| 4 | Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family . |
| 5 | Finance may take on a new urgency . |
| 6 | One possible special factor is that in small local communities , monitoring of performance by consumers/voters may take on an important role . |
| 7 | However , a small independent may take on an unknown songwriter when nobody else is interested . |
| 8 | You do need some space to work , though ; the AccuCard needs clearance of around two inches , which may take up the adjacent slot . |
| 9 | A subject may take up the hypnotic suggestion that he is unable to bend his arm : ‘ He is actively , deliberately , voluntarily keeping his elbow stiff while simultaneously orchestrating for himself the illusion that he is really trying his best to bend it . ’ |
| 10 | The rehabilitation process may take quite a long period of time and will involve giving the patient enough support to boost his confidence and promote independence . |
| 11 | We 'll have to see how she responds to treatment , but it may take quite a long time . ’ |