Example sentences of "may [verb] [verb] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither precedent nor legislation is sufficient in its own right ; common-law principles may need codifying in a statute , and a statute will need judicial interpretation to determine the scope of its operation . |
| 2 | The need to provide a 24-hour service to hospitals means opportunities may occur to participate in a shift scheme which operates , attracting shift allowance payments . |
| 3 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 4 | Instead they may have formed in a manner similar to many Cordilleran batholiths , from crust that is basaltic ( density 3.0Mgm -3 ) and does not include Precambrian basement-type material . |
| 5 | Keep ship 's papers and passports in a safe , but easily accessible place : you may have to leave in a hurry . |
| 6 | George you may have seen in a wine bar , often in the company of younger lawyers ; or at the theatre , with a blonde ; or on the steps of the Garrick , with or without a blonde . |
| 7 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 8 | A combination of the ideology of the market-place , public hostility to nuclear power and fears of high energy prices adding to the problems of an uncompetitive manufacturing industry may have resulted in a setback for nuclear power in Britain , but fossil fuels would no longer seem such overwhelmingly good value , according to Chris Patten , if their wider environmental costs were allocated and more fully reflected in prices . |
| 9 | The dispersal of office activities may have resulted in an increase in employment in some of the smaller towns in more rural regions within the South of England . |
| 10 | The decline in profitability may have resulted in an unwillingness of British business to invest in industry in this country , but it did not lead to any scarcity of capital for investment . |
| 11 | In an appendix to his book , Atkinson surmises that the Horngarth may have originated in a hedge bounding the abbot 's right of way . |
| 12 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
| 13 | In view of what you have just said , are you likely to be more generous to members of the Whips Office who may wish to speak in a debate ? |
| 14 | The student Work Experience programme is always a positive way of learning about the skills and attitudes of young people who may wish to work in an organisation like yours . |