Example sentences of "may have [adj] consequences " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 2 | The collapse of marine mammal and sea-bird populations may have far-reaching consequences as the complex pattern of interrelationships among creatures in the marine ecosystem changes . |
| 3 | This may have serious consequences in the critical years ahead . |
| 4 | The responsibility for housework is a unilateral one , and the failure to do it may have serious consequences . |
| 5 | The present level of the Japanese currency , they warned , " may have undesirable consequences for the global adjustment process " . |
| 6 | ‘ Thus , while military expenditure may have negative consequences for capitalism , as pluralists argue , it is also functionally necessary and , therefore , impossible to eradicate by political reformism alone . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that neither the Model Code nor the Take-over Code have the force of law , they do represent important statements of commercial morality and at times breach of them may have legal consequences . |
| 8 | In addition , the 1989 MMC Report , conceived as an attack in the public interest on the monopoly power of the major brewers and requiring the ‘ untying ’ of large chunks of their tied estates , may have devastating consequences for traditional pubs . |
| 9 | Here the girl died , but on other occasions the message is sometimes that women 's actions may have dire consequences for the fragile male , even though she herself may be unharmed . |
| 10 | Prudence does not involve avoiding all risk , but it does involve avoiding taking risks which , if they eventuate , may have irreparable consequences or which are disproportionate to the benefits which could accrue from taking them . |
| 11 | Fire , should it occur in a place where a substantial number of people gather , i.e. a bar or a hotel , may have tragic consequences . |
| 12 | The operation has to be performed within limits of 1 mm and any deviation from this may have disastrous consequences , resulting in total loss of hearing in the ear being operated upon . |
| 13 | Such a subjective process is controversial by its very nature and becomes more so when changes are introduced each year that may have important consequences for the grants payable to individual local authorities . |
| 14 | Where , however , there is no question of pursuing enquiries to see whether delivery to the claimant is proper , the defendant can not justify a refusal because compliance with the demand may have unpleasant consequences for him . |
| 15 | Furthermore , legislation frequently fails to achieve its objectives and it may have unintended consequences . |