Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidelines may relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult language books ) or to more specific categories of books within the function ( e.g. within recreational reading , to romances or popular biographies ) . |
| 2 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 3 | Under this scheme you may donate up to a maximum of £240 a year to a charity or charities of your choice free of income tax . |
| 4 | It is done in spring or early summer on outdoor plants , and rooting may take up to a year ; pot plants are layered any time and should root in a few weeks . |
| 5 | Although a few may take up to a week of daily feeding with the culprit food before they respond , this is probably fairly unusual . |
| 6 | In fact , it may take up to a week before your bank actually receives the money . |
| 7 | Equating it with a study of the constitution , however , may owe less to a desire for realism than to a lack of concern about legal matters . |
| 8 | [ music ] There is a corollary to this in the curious offset notes and phrases of the vocal melody which lend a kind of speech colour to the basically simple tonal language , while giving mobility to the harmony ( a change of direction in an unaccompanied vocal figure may lead unceremoniously to a change of key ) . |
| 9 | Similarly , conflict may not occur overtly , and after the deliberation phase ( forming ) the trust phase ( norming ) may lead straight to a solution ( reinforcement of group membership ) . |
| 10 | Is life the countervailing force , now pitiably weak but always improving from its lowly origins , which may lead eventually to a future beyond even the imagination of men like Boltzmann ? |
| 11 | Hampshire think they may lose up to a quarter of their membership when Dean Park goes after this season . |