Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These may relate generally to vocational skills to impart the idea that history and vocationalism are not antithetical . |
| 2 | Mothers and calves may remain together for many years , from 3–6 or even 8 years . |
| 3 | Equally , demand for the specialist work-force may arise simultaneously on separate projects . |
| 4 | Similar claims may arise out of multilateral treaties , especially those that create regional or other organisations . |
| 5 | When this happens , the individuals may disperse or they may stay together in new groupings . |
| 6 | This may explain why in 1035 Harold 's claim to be Cnut 's son was greeted by some with incredulity . |
| 7 | Older texts , however , may exist also in critical editions . |
| 8 | Such bonds may build up before either party is fully aware of the connection , for they can be formed through a process of initiative and response at a very deep level . |
| 9 | Bone assemblages may build up in such cases because of the favoured use of particular parts of the cave for year after year , and similar large accumulations of bat skeletons may also build up beneath favoured roosting sites in caves or hollow trees . |
| 10 | But occasionally , a credit transaction may fall partly into both sides of one of the pairs of classifications . |
| 11 | If this happens the scab may bounce about with great speed and energy within the turret and may do as much damage as if the shell had actually penetrated . |
| 12 | A population of mice may yield up to six times its weight because of rapid turnover and high metabolism . |
| 13 | Your army may include up to eight Steam Tanks . |
| 14 | Your army may include up to five Squig Hoppers for each Night Goblin Mob it contains ( including Squig Hunter and Netter Mobs ) . |
| 15 | Certainly , individuals may behave badly in any system . |
| 16 | Importantly , I demonstrate that this procedure , can also directly identify the non-specific nature of some DNA-protein complexes which , due to unanticipated effects , may behave anomalously in binding competition analyses . |
| 17 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 18 | If approved for a baby , go on to waiting list to be ‘ matched ’ — may wait up to 3 years or more for placement |
| 19 | There is no theoretical requirement for time symmetry in reversal : it may initiate preferentially in one hemisphere , for example , or may start slowly and finish quickly . |
| 20 | A DC may reference up to 29 modules ( note that you should have a maximum of one package on any DC , to allow for successful approval ) and , at the time of approval , all referenced modules must be contained within the package through which the DC is activated . |
| 21 | ie. you may reference up to 29 modules , no module names or filenames may be duplicated and so on . |
| 22 | A DC may reference up to 29 modules ( note that you should have a maximum of one package on any DC , to allow for successful approval ) and , at the time of approval , all referenced modules must be contained within the package through which the work is being carried out . |
| 23 | The ends of the chaplets ( metal pins used to hold a clay core in position inside the mould of a hollow statue or vessel during casting ) may show up as small patches of a different alloy on the surface of the finished piece . |
| 24 | Secondly , disused flues must be ventilated at top and bottom ; if they are not , condensation can occur within the flue and this may show up as damp patches on chimney breasts . |
| 25 | If you encounter difficulties in this respect , do not hesitate to seek the advice of an animal behaviourist , since individual cases may benefit immensely from specific advice . |
| 26 | It may benefit abnormally from transferred votes , as Labour has done in Ireland from 1973 onwards . |
| 27 | Present screening procedures seem to be less effective in rural areas and rural patients may benefit more from mobile screening units than urban patients . |
| 28 | Finally , HCO 3 - secretion may result not from direct activation of acid-base transport systems but from movement of weak acids in their protonated form in the opposite direction , that is from lumen to cell . |
| 29 | The temporal processes that we shall examine , such as the changing structure of employment , may result more from international forces than from influences in the local environment , but they may change the map of the UK at regional , sub-regional or local scale . |
| 30 | This may not necessarily be large-scale dissolution ( e.g. Fig. 5.16d ) , but may result only in slight corrosion of the detrital grains or pre-existing cements in the sediment . |