Example sentences of "may call [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conspicuous distortion of a broad opening spanned by a bressummer may call for the insertion of diagonal steel bracing , brick piers to stiffen flank walls and new intermediate supports . |
| 2 | Stomach troubles from sour food or drink is another situation which may call for this remedy . |
| 3 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 4 | Since a measure 's legal basis in the Treaty of Rome can influence the voting rules applied in the Council , legal disputes on such matters may call for resolution by the European Court . |
| 5 | Different circumstances may call for a different approach , fine . |
| 6 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 7 | For the purpose of making a haulage contract , an offer may call for acceptance of the haulage services on offer by another promise or by conduct . |
| 8 | An essay in Science , Engineering or Technology may call for a survey of the literature on a specific topic . |
| 9 | Even so , it is possible for a court to interpret a statute as covering what looks at first sight as a casus omissus if it can find or invent some plausible general principle of interpretation , an exercise that may call for a little ingenuity . |
| 10 | it is able to take advantage of economies of scale , which in turn may call for the establishment of departments of specialists or experts ( eg. research and development , management scientists etc ) ; |
| 11 | Members may call for a report on policing matters from the chief constable ; and can appoint , discipline and fire senior officers . |
| 12 | It may call for assertive behaviour in dealing with others to get the matters cleared up . ’ |
| 13 | A successful description of a self-portrait may not be difficult , but an illuminating interpretation may call on many references , especially other artists ' pictures of themselves . |
| 14 | Er , I must apologise again for what , er the way I addressed you , but of course with all these women equality er , movements going on , I never know whether its Mr , Mrs , or Ms. Erm , now I may call on Doctor Manchago to second the motion , please . |
| 15 | She is one of several on whose services I may call from time to time . |
| 16 | The building owner may either employ a builder to carry out the work or opening up and eradication , or he may call in one of the numerous specialist firms to deal with the attack . |
| 17 | The patient and carer might also need a home help to clean the house or flat , or the social worker may call in ‘ care assistants ’ , who are trained in very basic nursing skills , if the patient is too heavy for the carer to handle and move about alone . |
| 18 | The authorities may call in the army to apprehend alleged offenders . |
| 19 | A member state may call upon the chair of the committee of senior officials to make contact with the state or states involved within 24 hours if its concerns about another member 's " major disruption to peace " are not adequately answered ; the committee 's chair in turn calls an extraordinary committee meeting , involving the full CSCE membership , within 2-3 days if 13 members support such a meeting . |
| 20 | A local authority may call upon another agency to provide information or advice in the course of its inquiries . |
| 21 | It is obviously far more important in industrial selling than retail selling ; for example , a salesperson of office equipment may call upon many new potential customers , whereas a furniture salesperson is unlikely to search out new prospects — they come to him as a result of advertising and , perhaps , high street location . |