Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [verb] [prep] [art] [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 A detailed review of all the standard forms of building contract available is not possible here , but a brief description of the most common forms may serve as a guide .
9 If the petition is advertised , more creditors may jump on the bandwagon .
10 Now those critics have been joined by what entrenched IRFU committeemen may regard as the Enemy Within .
11 This consideration of the events and operations may lead to a tuning of the model , an adjustment of the entitles and the attributes .
12 Prisoners may complain to the prison authorities or they may complain to the Board of Visitors .
13 Erm how do people sort of beco when you become a member of a group , usually in some way the group changes you as you go through different stages of it , your values may change as a result of interacting with people in the group and th this process of erm somebody 's come up with how it is that you start off in a group , how it is that you become an active member of a group , how it is you may even become involved in the maintenance of the group and the leadership of it and then you sort of die away and that 's the y'know retire from the group .
14 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 .
15 The authorities may call in the army to apprehend alleged offenders .
16 Nevertheless serious misgivings may persist about the wisdom of ascribing identity to meanings .
17 Mutations may result in the activation of oncogenes or the inactivation of tumour suppressor genes , leading to abnormal or unregulated cell growth .
18 A high proportion of affected subjects are therefore compound heterozygotes rather than homozygotes , although particular mutations may occur with a frequency of over 60% in certain populations and there may be close association with particular haplotypes , indicating that founder effect has had an important influence on the distribution of mutations across nations .
19 While fights may occur in the context of displays of rivalry , the exhibition of the character in question is often sufficient .
20 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 .
21 Opening times may vary with the season with extensions during the 50th anniversary celebrations .
22 Such disagreements may stem from a variety of causes : ideological perspectives , ward and area considerations , seniority ( old v. young ) , status ( chairmen/spokesmen v. backbenchers ) , committee and pressure-group loyalties , or simply politicking or ‘ bloody mindedness ’ .
23 ‘ Maybe one of my words may grow like a seed in his heart one day . ’
24 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 .
25 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 ) .
26 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 .
27 Shore crabs may predominate in the catch in estuaries and harbours , and sometimes better results can be obtained after dark .
28 Any one pair of these elements can be causal , and these relationships may change within the period being measured .
29 These relationships may continue in the pub after work ( often called sociability ) .
30 In others still , some factor in the development of relationships may lie at the root of paedophiliac tendency .
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