Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Prospects : A pattern which may evolve out of the failures above ; its failure , however , could produce a turning of the tables and the triumph of : |
2 | Other negative feelings may arise out of the learning situation itself , or the student 's total ignorance of the language to be learned . |
3 | About 1 in 10 has now followed this route over the country as a whole , and in the costly Southeast as many as 20 per cent may opt out of the NHS . |
4 | A child 's education may consist largely of the mastery of traditional skills to be done in a traditional way . |
5 | At the other extreme , language work may consist mostly of the provision of stimuli to ‘ creative writing ’ . |
6 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
7 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
8 | Members of a contracted-in occupational scheme may contract out of the State earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) through a PP , while remaining in the occupational scheme ( a solution not all that different from buying free-standing AVCs with the added benefit of extra tax relief advantages ) . |
9 | The smiling realists are relieved that good old-fashioned national interest may burst out of the straitjacket of Brussels directives . |
10 | That way it may get out of the bat 's flight path before it enters the detection range . |
11 | If Airbus pulls out , McDonnell-Douglas may still survive , or it too may pull out of the industry , leaving Boeing the sole producer without fear of competition . |