Example sentences of "may [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A leaflet explaining how disabled people may qualify for the new disability living allowance , which came into effect on Monday , has been produced by Stockton Borough Council for distribution to 75,000 households .
2 ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . )
3 Alternatively , the statute may provide for the reasonable practicability of precautions .
4 This study will focus on the informal uses of parks , farmland and waste land and the amenity values these areas may have for the general public .
5 All students , home , EC and overseas , may apply for the small number of Edinburgh University Postgraduate studentships awarded each year , if they are graduates with First or Upper Second Class honours degrees ( or equivalent ) from recognised universities who propose to undertake postgraduate research under supervision ( PhD , MLitt or MPhil ) .
6 Placement may assist in pulling together the framework and coherent objectives for partnerships ; can explore how other organisations may be used ; is able to secure commitment to growth by partners through direct experience of one another ; establishes communications between the various partners ; may be used to identify who should be involved and at what levels ; provides a regular data and information flow through its exchange mechanism ; may indicate for the local area the support available from national employers that may be utilised at the local level ; constructs environments where introductions are purposeful between the partners and can adopt an incremental approach to partnership activity .
7 If our inflation fears are right , industry may pay for the cheaper pound through a tighter money policy and higher interest rates in years to come .
8 If output could be expanded up to the point unc where price equals marginal cost , there would be an extensive gain in social welfare , namely the shaded area. , Making the simplifying assumptions that there are no income effects and that any effects on the distribution of income are unimportant , this area may stand for the true change in social welfare .
9 At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " .
10 Policies may cater for the do-it-yourself enthusiast .
11 Bert may have an action for breach of statutory duty but may fail for the same reason as Arthur .
12 How important this single factor is in maintaining traditional agricultural management in the French uplands is impossible to estimate but , if the proposal remains as it is , more small French farms in the LFA may intensify for the first time .
13 Behaviour within the system 's context may be more easily observable and may account for the many user studies which persist in observing users in terms of the information system and not in terms of the user .
14 Similarly , tubular obstruction secondary to renal parenchymal disorganisation may account for the higher prevalence in patients with renal and urinary tract disease .
15 Moreover , the reduced plasminogen activator activity of malignant ascites is caused by increased concentrations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 , which may account for the lower incidence of coagulopathy after insertion of shunts seen in this group of patients .
16 Sensitivity to unavoidable synthetic chemicals , such as solvents and the contaminants of natural gas , may account for the partial success with some patients .
17 This may account for the regular citation in the Commissioner 's Annual Reports of several applications ‘ not pursued ’ by the applicants .
18 A visit to France , the details of which remain unclear , also led to the accusation that he had associated with the supporters of Mary Queen of Scots [ q.v. ] there : this may account for the apparent loss of royal favour by the mid-1570s .
19 This hypergastrinaemia may account for the increased acid secretion seen in some duodenal ulcer patients and may be one mechanism whereby H pylori contributes to the ulcer diathesis .
20 As it must be swallowed , the layer is not too thick , which may account for the common occurrence of relatively thin layers of nutritious material over a single seed or a few seeds in a fruit .
21 The analyses are used to look for patterns in the types of information available from stimuli which may account for the previous risk and recognition results and the relationships between risk and recognition .
22 Once independent , however , these same States may argue for the law-making effect of both treaties and other ‘ soft-law ’ instruments , while the former powers tend in turn to resist any such development and to adhere to doctrines emphasising sovereign independence and the need for consent .
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