Example sentences of "[noun] may [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Material consents relate to those contracts , normally the vendor 's customer contracts , which the purchaser would like to receive formal consent for and if such contracts are not transferred failure to take over such contracts may materially reduce the value of the business acquired . |
| 2 | The apparent persistence of behavioural function after brain damage may equally reflect the insensitivity of our methods of assessing function . |
| 3 | Clients ' attitudes may also have a bearing on which alternative is chosen . |
| 4 | A half-point increase in West German interest rates is already more than discounted ; a one-point rise may still force a base rate increase on a reluctant Chancellor . |
| 5 | The secretion of lubricating oily substances on the skin may also help the dolphin 's speed through the water . |
| 6 | NO ACCESS the current user may not access the package , as the package manager has not made the password known to the current user . |
| 7 | Police say it is possible the driver may not realise an accident has happened . |
| 8 | The driver may also arrange a mirror additional to the driving mirror so that the speechreading passenger sitting next to him sees his face . |
| 9 | Similarly , as the gut requires luminal nutritional support to prevent mucosal atrophy and subsequent bacterial translocation the use of parenteral rather than enteral nutrition may also increase the likelihood of infection . |
| 10 | Cell-matrix interactions may also play a part through signal transduction mechanisms . |
| 11 | Protectiveness towards the grave may also induce the feeling that it is a place for only you to visit . |
| 12 | Employers may even run the risk of key employees leaving the company . |
| 13 | So this meant , these sort of er , theoretical reasons may well explain a change in composition of , of world trade rela agriculture 's relative decline , manufacturing 's relative rise . |
| 14 | More covert reasons may also underlie the inability ( or reticence ) of government forest agencies in developing countries to enforce regulations . |
| 15 | Meetings may only exclude the public if exempt information is likely to be considered or if ‘ confidential information ’ would be disclosed . |
| 16 | I applaud the impartial stance of the General Medical Council , mirrored in the ‘ Alaska law , ’ which states : ‘ the Board may not base a finding of professional incompetence solely on the basis that a licensee 's practice is unconventional or experimental , in the absence of demonstrable physical harm to the patient . ’ |
| 17 | For those churches not vested in the Redundant Churches Fund or retained by the Board of Finance of the diocese , two categories can be perceived : a ) those that will be demolished ( although the Advisory Board may initially withhold a demolition certificate ) and b ) those that can be adapted to a range of alternative uses . |
| 18 | ( 5 ) The licensing board may only entertain an objection under this section if the objection is relevant to one or more of the grounds on which , by virtue of section 17 of this Act , an application may be refused , and shall hear any competent objection before arriving at its decision . |
| 19 | The bulging of this mass may further reduce the space available for the spinal cord and cause neurological deficits in patients with only a moderate degree of atlantoaxial subluxation . |
| 20 | This increase in TDPI may simply reflect the fact that pensioners start from a very low base . |
| 21 | The computer may well use a list of terms deemed to be useful in indexing ( that is , a type of thesaurus ) to identify appropriate terms . |
| 22 | At present it appears that local authorities can draw up individual access arrangements with the new owners , but this is not a satisfactory solution , partly because some authorities may not have the motivation to do so , and partly because they are all very short of money and could not back up the agreements financially . |
| 23 | Such shifts may drastically worsen the profitability of the country suffering reduced competitiveness . |
| 24 | With this level of distortion , it is not possible for a rise in the corporate tax to reduce ( w/r ) , and this illustrates how the existence of market imperfections may significantly affect the incidence of taxation . |
| 25 | I think Roger 's Roger has , we might not like it but Roger may well have a point cos he does n't ha |
| 26 | The presence of an unenforceable restriction on liability may unrealistically raise the client 's expectations . |
| 27 | Sufferers who turn to alcohol or smoking may actually increase the tinnitus as well as causing additional problems . |
| 28 | It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients , whether adult or child , in exceptional circumstances . |
| 29 | Having carried out such interviews ( and no set limit to them can be laid down ) researchers may then make a start on their topic headings and detailed questions . |
| 30 | An adult owl normally knows this and stays in shelter , but inexperienced hunters may not have the sense to come in out of the rain . |