Example sentences of "[that] it may [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put at its lowest , a single-minded and unrelenting pursuit of a policy , however right , however important , may be counter-productive in that it may alienate the very people whom it is sought to convert . |
| 2 | The danger of this approach is that it may give the erroneous impression that companies are constantly embroiled in internecine strife , and that investors and creditors are habitually maltreated by dishonest or incompetent company controllers . |
| 3 | More important , selection over tens of generations can take traits well beyond their original values , and new mutations can contribute to the response , so that it may reflect the fundamental limits on the character , rather than just the initial covariances . |
| 4 | In addition , intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y increases gastric acid and pancreatic secretion in dogs , and it has been suggested that it may mediate the cephalic phase secretory response to feeding . |
| 5 | There may arise circumstances in which a doctor may use a form of treatment for his patient 's benefit aware of the fact that it may have the secondary effect of accelerating ( or run the risk of accelerating ) the patient 's death . |