Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Herman explains , ‘ [ c ] ollective action may result from structural ties between firms that integrate their interest and facilitate coordination between them — such as a common ownership interest — or it may arise out of a recognized common interest or mutual business interdependence with minimal personal contact and communications among the companies and their officials . |
| 2 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 3 | The woody tubers may survive outside in a mild winter , but if they do n't , the seeds certainly do , emerging in thickets the following year . |
| 4 | The strict parent or the sarcastic schoolteacher may act more from a suppressed need to hurt than from his or her desire for discipline or wish to be thought amusing . |
| 5 | Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage . |
| 6 | If you decide to design your own lace pattern , do remember that you must transfer to both left and right rather than in just one direction or you may finish up with a definite bias in your knitting . |
| 7 | They may do so within a Compact institution , in which case it will be fairly easy to keep track of the Compact entitlement . |
| 8 | In southern England , they may do so within a single year . |
| 9 | They may do so in a non-Compact institution in which case responsibility for " cashing in " the Compact entitlement must rest with the student . |
| 10 | And the relative autonomy of certain factors within the whole allows the possibility of uneven development ; for example an economic mode of production may run ahead of a legitimating ideology , or a scientific revolution may not lead to technological change . |
| 11 | In this way , new requests for credit may run up against a powerful and undeniably sensible combination of background knowledge and personal experience which rules them out , even when the applicant whose personal circumstances ring these alarm bells would have been a satisfactory payer . |
| 12 | The case of Iran has shown Soviet leaders that a Third World state may withdraw comprehensively from a Western sponsored military alliance in a strategically sensitive area and avoid subsequent alignment with the USSR . |
| 13 | Where the incidence of syphilis exceeds a certain high level , the disease becomes endemic and transmission may occur regularly in a non-sexual context . |
| 14 | These may occur either as a primary feature or secondarily , as a reaction to the disrupted mental functioning . |
| 15 | The term sub-contractor may apply equally to a private or public company , any corporate or public body , as well as any individual self employed person or partnership . |
| 16 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 17 | The ‘ progressive ’ parent who believes in total involvement in shaping the disposition of children may end up in a stifling relationship that offers precious little access to the outside world . |
| 18 | It may serve today as a living protest against the cheapening , the misunderstanding , the betrayal of education which programmes of expansion and popular education policies can so easily conceal . |
| 19 | Also , serum glucose concentrations may vary considerably during a constant infusion of blucose due to insulin secretion . |
| 20 | If the matter is not resolved by the small claims procedure it may go forward to a full hearing before a County Court judge in the normal way . |
| 21 | Well it may , it may stand out like a sore thumb , yeah . |
| 22 | Relatively unimportant as these smaller losses may seem compared with the main one , together they may add up to a total picture of her life which she feels has been shattered overnight by a single blow . |
| 23 | Basically they need to be able to understand the idea that ‘ tokens ’ may add up to a big reward . |
| 24 | At home you may get away with a subtle plan to mislead and manipulate trusting relatives , but people at work or in your community wo n't be so easy going . |
| 25 | At home you may get away with a subtle plan to mislead and manipulate trusting relatives , but people at work or in your community wo n't be so easy going . |
| 26 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |
| 27 | These white athletes under such circumstances may start off at a psychological disadvantage . |
| 28 | The conclusion may derive instead from a general scepticism about all our perceptual capabilities , internal and external , and also a certain amount of fast philosophy . |
| 29 | In ( e ) the current variation during one period of the source may be such that the path on the oscilloscope screen ( the ‘ phase space trajectory ’ ) may lie anywhere within a certain region . |