Example sentences of "[pron] may [vb infin] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cause was never known but affected soldiers all had close contact with soil — which may explain why the cavalry and officers were rarely affected . |
| 2 | There are also fears that the increased tourist traffic will bring introduced plant and animal species which may bring about the extinction of endemic species . |
| 3 | Many of the factors ( social or otherwise ) which may affect either the need for or the cost of delivering health care are unevenly distributed , often in small pockets , and do not present in the same way — or have the same social meaning — in different parts of Britain . |
| 4 | Pharmacologists , on the other hand , will point out that they now can design rational drugs which may influence precisely the functioning of the relevant gene product . |
| 5 | Try to neutralise these tendencies by taking heed of your owner 's complaints , or you may finish up the underdog . |
| 6 | At first glance , you may wonder how the history of a single event could possibly be spun out to fill a 255-page epic , but this is far from a specialist lap-by-lap potted report of each race . |
| 7 | As you may remember when the flood bank was built the local residents were very disappointed that Lancashire County Council could not see their way to install a footway along or beside the flood bank . |
| 8 | Go to a golf club you may have just the golf secretary . |
| 9 | We may clear away the smoke that suffocates and remove the saturated fats that clog by making certain reasonably simple decisions , but giving the right directions , was a very different — and in my case — a far harder problem . |
| 10 | For example , suppose we find unc Then we may set up the regression formula unc and if we begin with |
| 11 | We did n't do too badly then and I suggest we may turn out the winner again . |
| 12 | We may note initially the adoption by high culture of the objects of popular culture . |
| 13 | We may consider rather the analogy of carpets being brought periodically into a shop for display and rolled out one by one on a pile . |
| 14 | They may go down the field below the cave to a gate on the Kingsdale road which , followed to the left , goes over a rise to Deepdale and Dent , and to the right leads down the valley to the more probable destination of Ingleton which has accommodation , shops , refreshments and bus services . |
| 15 | A second role of coins in the study of portraiture lies in the help that they may give in the identification of other portraits , particularly sculptures , since it is only very rarely that the latter 's accompanying inscriptions have survived to identify them . |
| 16 | Secondly , they may send both the documentation and the program to the potential purchaser allowing a limited period during which the package can be used and evaluated . |
| 17 | If it appears that the child is ordinarily resident elsewhere , his " home " authority must be consulted and they may take over the investigation ( s47(12) ) . |
| 18 | They may question why the terms ‘ blind ’ and ‘ partially sighted ’ , still used in the BD8 Form and defined in the Schools Health Services Regulations ( 1945 ) , are not now used to give precise definition of the educational needs of pupils . |
| 19 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 20 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 21 | He may hand over the means of control of the goods , e.g. the key to the premises where they are housed . |
| 22 | When John Nobles , a kersey clothier in the West Riding parish of Kirkburton , made his will in 1715 he directed his supervisors to ‘ chuse such a master for my son where he may learn both the clothier trade and husbandry ’ when he reached the age of 14 . |
| 23 | Consequently , he will not advise on the merits of a settlement offer , although with a view to increasing the likelihood of a deal , he may point out the strengths and weaknesses of each side 's arguments . |