Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These elements ( the equivalent of nerve cells ) may be tangible silicon chips or they may exist only in the cyberspace of a working computer program . |
| 2 | But the brokers between the private sector and the community , such as BITC , say these sources may dry up in the recession . |
| 3 | Equally , an unwanted or unhappy pregnancy may result unexpectedly in the birth of an instantly beloved child . |
| 4 | Like its counterpart in the handling of speech , this is common , but it may present more in the way of reading problems . |
| 5 | More than 2 tonnes of the waste , contaminated with 300 grams of dioxin , that was scraped from the inside of the pot is still being sought by environmentalists who believe that it , too , may land up in the sea . |
| 6 | When less fluid lavas are involved , which do n't break up into droplets , large gobbets of the molten rock are flung up from the vent , spreading out into irregular plates which may break up in the air into smaller bits . |
| 7 | The hurricane , the flood or the tsunami may do more in an hour or a day than the ordinary processes of nature have achieved in a thousand years . |
| 8 | Volunteers are now engaged who may work full-time in the bureau in the hope that the experience , training and discipline will lead to a paid job in the future , either inside or outside the CAB . |
| 9 | Secondly , technical innovation may occur directly in the factory or workshop without any prior research expenditure and possibly as pure serendipity . |
| 10 | Common facets may occur anywhere in the schedule order ; although listed only once , they can be applied anywhere in the citation order as required to qualify appropriate concepts . |
| 11 | This may reflect the pathway of assembly of the endonuclease ; the HsdM , S methylase may be assembled in preference to the endonuclease and may function independently in the cytoplasm . |
| 12 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 13 | and at the same time can I say that you do not equate elitist views and pleasures and pastimes that they may have down in the county somewhere with the kind of deprivation that people face in the inner cities . |
| 14 | This may apply even in a case of constructive dismissal . |
| 15 | The colours wo n't be seen again and they may end up in a museum . ’ |
| 16 | In contrast , the streetwise dealers require quicker money , and may end up in a bucket shop on the Continent . |
| 17 | You may end up in the red , but as long as it 's not by too much , you 're less likely to have rows about it . ’ |
| 18 | When I started refereeing in the 1960s the props ' attitude was : ‘ I may go backwards in a scrummage , but I will never go down ’ . |
| 19 | Nowadays the attitude seems totally the opposite ; the modern-day prop appears to say : ‘ I may go down in the scrummage , but I will never go back ’ . |
| 20 | Gender difference indicates that people will be admitted to care at a point when for older women they are likely to be frail and dependent , whereas men are admitted earlier when they are fitter , and may live longer in a home , settling more comfortably ( Willcocks , 1986 , p. 151 ) . |
| 21 | Manifestations can vary enormously from one individual to another ; a sufferer may — or may not — forget how to wash , dress , eat , go to the lavatory , get up or go to bed ; be disorientated in time and place ( for example , may get up in the middle of the night , or may wander away from home and be unable to find his or her way back ) ; forget the social conventions of politeness , and may therefore become aggressive or rude ( or over-friendly ) ; forget how to communicate , and even his or her own or other people 's identity . |
| 22 | This work may start early in the day as is local practice and can occur at any time of the season . |
| 23 | Then , ‘ There 's been no change , you may inquire again in the evening . ’ |
| 24 | They may turn up in a show of force in the Market Square . ’ |
| 25 | Of course if such an appeal is in effect a way of jettisoning the unexplained clause and opening the door to an explanation in terms of some other theory — say , a theory of relations — then it may turn out in the end to have been a step forward , but no credit can be claimed for the step until a reasonably clear , comprehensive , and persuasive account of the alternative theory has been presented . |
| 26 | When disturbed may fly round in a circle ; on ground does not hop like finches . |
| 27 | The explanation for the high level of institutional investment may lie partly in the fact that UK investors accept that some other investors operate with superior knowledge , and that rather than be forced out of the market altogether they tend to make use of institutional intermediaries such as Pensions Funds . |
| 28 | A clue to the violence of the break-up may lie also in the balance of weaponry inside Yugoslavia . |
| 29 | A contestant who wins because his opponent is disqualified may fight again in the competition . |