Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , internal conflicts may exist within the bureaucracy as different sectors within it compete for scarce resources . |
| 2 | The latter should be reinforced by regulating what personnel may carry into the warehouse , on entry , together with an effective disciplinary procedure agreed by employees and unions . |
| 3 | Firstly , it is widely accepted , though admittedly not conclusively established , that major ice ages may result from the siting of large continental masses in the polar regions , because only in such circumstances can extensive ice sheets become established , with significant consequences for world climate ( Frakes , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | Even if your reaction is mild , it 's worth remembering that repeated exposure to foods that cause allergic reactions may result in the symptoms getting gradually worse . |
| 5 | Employers may pay for the provision of furniture/household equipment and pay for or subsidise the costs of supplying gas , electricity , water and telephones . |
| 6 | Cold sores may appear on the lips or genitalia . |
| 7 | It also singles out moor and heath for specially favourable treatment ; habitats such as wetlands and species-rich grasslands may remain within the scope of the grants . |
| 8 | If the petition is advertised , more creditors may jump on the bandwagon . |
| 9 | Now those critics have been joined by what entrenched IRFU committeemen may regard as the Enemy Within . |
| 10 | Prisoners may complain to the prison authorities or they may complain to the Board of Visitors . |
| 11 | His comments had an immediate impact on the City , where analysts have grown increasingly anxious in recent weeks about the risk that asset values may fall in the face of oversupply and forced sales of buildings . |
| 12 | The authorities may call in the army to apprehend alleged offenders . |
| 13 | Nevertheless serious misgivings may persist about the wisdom of ascribing identity to meanings . |
| 14 | Mutations may result in the activation of oncogenes or the inactivation of tumour suppressor genes , leading to abnormal or unregulated cell growth . |
| 15 | While fights may occur in the context of displays of rivalry , the exhibition of the character in question is often sufficient . |
| 16 | They usually do not even risk saying , as they truthfully could , that though groups may differ on the average , group differences are small relative to individual differences , and that every sociological stratum and ethnic group contains the full range of mental ability . |
| 17 | Opening times may vary with the season with extensions during the 50th anniversary celebrations . |
| 18 | Whereas crystallization from dilute solutions may result in the formation of single polymer crystals , this perfection is not achieved when dealing with polymers cooled from the melt . |
| 19 | Thus the driving force towards lower critical phase separation in polymer-polymer solutions may depend on the system or may be a combination of the effects ( i ) — ( iii ) . |
| 20 | It is postulated , however , that the remedies may key into the body 's basic metabolism , possibly harmonizing immune reactions or smoothing out difficulties in the basic mechanisms controlling body function . |
| 21 | Shore crabs may predominate in the catch in estuaries and harbours , and sometimes better results can be obtained after dark . |
| 22 | Any one pair of these elements can be causal , and these relationships may change within the period being measured . |
| 23 | These relationships may continue in the pub after work ( often called sociability ) . |
| 24 | In others still , some factor in the development of relationships may lie at the root of paedophiliac tendency . |
| 25 | First are simple systems which involve not more than three or four variables and can be handled by relatively simple techniques , including regression models and partial differential equations although finite difference methods may increase in the future . |
| 26 | In spite of what the candidates may feel at the time , there is no stigma or criticism in being allocated a job flying something other than a fast jet : rescuing downed pilots in foul conditions or carrying out low level paratroop insertions in a Hercules are just as dangerous and demanding . |
| 27 | In the case of genes , we saw in Chapter 3 that co-adapted gene complexes may arise in the gene pool . |
| 28 | That is to say , the crests of one set of waves may coincide with the troughs of the other set . |
| 29 | Mr Andreotti 's supporters may triumph in the elections . |
| 30 | Again , much higher densities may occur on the chalk , and 14 pairs were found nesting in a three-acre patch of kale at Burpham in 1969 , an extraordinary concentration . |