Example sentences of "may [vb infin] up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the brokers between the private sector and the community , such as BITC , say these sources may dry up in the recession . |
| 2 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In other cases , the eye-concealing lines are horizontal stripes , or a single diagonal line may run up through the eye and end on top of the head . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Although a few may take up to a week of daily feeding with the culprit food before they respond , this is probably fairly unusual . |
| 9 | In fact , it may take up to a week before your bank actually receives the money . |
| 10 | Wanted on drug charges , he may end up at the centre of an extraordinary trial in Miami . |
| 11 | Remember , before you approach the council , that they may be more than interested in the quantities of water necessary to run your ponds … you may end up with the officials knocking at your door . |
| 12 | If , on the other hand , you are someone who restricts themselves to using commonality tactics , you may end up as a martyr . |
| 13 | The colours wo n't be seen again and they may end up in a museum . ’ |
| 14 | In contrast , the streetwise dealers require quicker money , and may end up in a bucket shop on the Continent . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | And one interesting thing is that as we integrate that system as we double the number of users our requirements the loading on our system may go up by a factor of four . |
| 17 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 18 | Now assuming he knows what four times two is and assuming he knows what two plus one is and so on , he may come up with the answer ‘ Nine ’ , or he may come up with the answer ‘ Twelve ’ , and they 're both right . |
| 19 | Now assuming he knows what four times two is and assuming he knows what two plus one is and so on , he may come up with the answer ‘ Nine ’ , or he may come up with the answer ‘ Twelve ’ , and they 're both right . |
| 20 | Hampshire think they may lose up to a quarter of their membership when Dean Park goes after this season . |
| 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 | Thus your machine may start up with the HAL 9000 self-test ( ‘ I am completely operational and all my circuits are functioning perfectly ’ ) from Kubrick 's 2001 , or ‘ Space , the Final Frontier ’ , the striking lead-in to Star Trek , or ‘ We 're not in Kansas anymore , Toto ’ from The Wizard of Oz . |
| 23 | They may turn up in a show of force in the Market Square . ’ |