Example sentences of "may [verb] on " in BNC.
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1 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
2 | Writers on curriculum theory may expound on ‘ forms of knowledge ’ or ‘ realms of meaning ’ , but to the curriculum worker and to the headmaster the issues to be resolved are as follows : |
3 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
4 | After washing sufficient numbers may remain on the hands to cause harm and the skin may become recontaminated from taps , the towel dispenser and the exit door of the washroom . |
5 | In that context , the designation by article 5(1) of the Convention of the courts for the place of performance of the obligation in question expresses the concern that , because of the close links created by a contract between the parties thereto , it should be possible for all the difficulties which may arise on the occasion of the performance of a contractual obligation to be brought before the same court : that for the place of performance of the obligation . |
6 | These five workers have been forced to become adept at tackling the complete range of jobs which may arise on the farm over the year . |
7 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
8 | Unfortunately , although the law may be the final arbiter and may rule on what is or may be obscene and indecent , in general terms it does not judge on every item published or made available for sale , since there is normally no censorship of obscene or indecent matter prior to publication in the UK . |
9 | Also , you may throw on the fire something that gives off toxic fumes . |
10 | On the disappearance of the archedictyon , or of an individual vein , the macrotrichia may persist on the wing-membrane in their original positions ; their presence there is regarded by Tillyard as evidence of descent from more densely veined ancestors . |
11 | Information on employees may exist on a company 's mini or mainframe computer but is stored in a form not usually usable or accessible by the personnel department , and mainframe information does not lend itself to interrogation on a real time basis . |
12 | The nature of the demands which new programmes may make on teachers has already been discussed . |
13 | One could wish that to celebrate this moving occasion ( for it is at least a partial farewell ) a master of verbal portraiture were at hand ; though so elusive is personality , so unlike the impression that the same person may make on different observers , we might well have no great faith in the verisimilitude of the sketch , if produced . |
14 | These skills may build on families ' coping capacities and lessen coercion , especially in situations where risks and needs are great . |
15 | As the Bristol teams , and others who may build on their examples , move forward in their research and their care for families , we can begin to look forward to a time when the tragedy of loss and anguish faced by famous people like Anne Diamond and Julie Walters , and thousands of other ordinary everyday people , may become a thing of the past . |
16 | Indeed , if I may build on what they have said and sum up my position on the future of the European Community , it is this : in the new Europe that has emerged from the ashes of the second world war and now from the grim shadows of the cold war , new possibilities for peace and prosperity across Europe exist which have probably never before been seen on that continent . |
17 | The investigation is held in private but the authority and individuals concerned may comment on the allegations . |
18 | Asterix inhabits a world of childlike innocence , peopled with characters such as Getafix , the venerable village Druid , Caco-fonix the bard and Vitalstatistix the brave chieftain , whose only fear is that the sky may fall on his head . |
19 | He fears the demands that will be made on him for reparation and ‘ the punishment and revenge that may fall on him . |
20 | Neither would they wish to assume the responsibility in any event because of the repercussions which may fall on their heads from the council , who also rarely understand us . |
21 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that most Conservative Members accept that , while some taxes may fall on income and others on spending , there is scope for a modest tax to fall on what we might describe as the amenity of property . |
22 | Injunctions to love the slugs in your garden may fall on deaf ears . |
23 | Davis further suggests that these different levels of management may concentrate on different budgetary functions as represented in the matrix in figure 4.4 . |
24 | If you are near the right markets , you may concentrate on horticultural crops for sale , but that is beyond the scope of this book . |
25 | Because of the obvious symmetry , we may concentrate on the singularity in region II . |
26 | To consider further the general character of these coordinate singularities in regions II and III we may concentrate on region II . |
27 | Often an introductory section mentions that the teacher may select and may concentrate on certain aspects in preference to others ; sometimes it gives an indication that regional variations in content may be acceptable in certain cases . |
28 | They may concentrate on car phones , or only offer short term rental facilities : British Airways , for example , offers mobile phones for hire and use within airports . |
29 | Process charts may concentrate on material , operator actions or the events in the process . |
30 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |