Example sentences of "[conj] may have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One consequence of these extension schemes that may have a serious effect upon arts education is the way that some authorities are pushing for arts subjects to be taught as part of modular courses , which could lead to a reduction of the number of two-year examination courses in separate arts subjects . |
| 2 | Just by changing the colour of the walls and soft furnishings you can provide a completely new background that may have a profound effect on the existing furniture , making it look entirely different . |
| 3 | The symptoms are similar to those of scarlet fever and may have a similar origin in that a bacteriophage injects genetic material into a bacterium and causes the release of a substance that is very toxic to human cells . |
| 4 | Similarly , any amount of income tax rebate or trade union strike pay will be considered and may have a similar result . |
| 5 | Consequently , the landlord has no financial interest in preventing the tenant from using the building round the clock , and may have a financial interest in permitting him to do so , since the rent may be enhanced on review . |
| 6 | Yet this same student may be quite good at translating from French to English or the other way round and may have a certain knowledge of the history of French literature and the critical points to be made about specified French texts . |
| 7 | The over-rim supply bidet has pillar taps or a mixer tap mounted on the rim , and the through-rim supply bidet has a stream of hot water , which heats the rim before filling the bowl , and may have a douching spray in the base of the bowl as well . |
| 8 | It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds , and may have a knock-on effect . |
| 9 | Even in the present day when a wife may own part of the matrimonial home and may have a separate job , Scott LJ felt that the tendency was for business decisions to be left to the husband and the main domestic responsibilities to the wife . |
| 10 | Associated booklets distributed with a magazine are another form of bought space , though they are a little less subtle in approach in that they are not bound into the publication and may have a different format . |
| 11 | Others , such as a chemical explosion involving the release of a toxic gas , may persist for a week or more , have delayed consequences , may affect a future generation if the toxic chemical is mutagenic and may have a significant impact on plant and animal populations . |
| 12 | The potential pathogenicity of free radicals has been emphasised by recent work which suggests that reactive oxygen metabolities are not just one of a number of mediators and cytokines involved in the inflammatory process in inflammatory bowel disease but may have a pivotal role by initiating the expression of genes controlling may other aspects of the inflammatory , immune , and acute phase response , by activation of the transcription factor NF-kΒ . |