Example sentences of "may [vb infin] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 2 | As a result , any error-handling and estimation procedures should be sufficiently general as to be able to incorporate any new error model that may emerge at a later date . |
| 3 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 4 | So I may look at the Indy Car World Series in America and see what opportunities are available if any . ’ |
| 5 | More recent histopathological and microvascular studies suggest that vascular involvement may occur at an earlier stage and play a more important role in the disease process than had previously been supposed . |
| 6 | This may occur at the exposed soil surface as raindrops selectively erode fine clay particles , leaving heavier sand particles : with time this process can affect deeper parts of the soil profile , impairing its water-retaining capacity to such an extent that even after agriculture has been abandoned the forest may be unable to recolonise . |
| 7 | We would suggest that an altered metabolism ( possibly related to gut transit time ) may occur at the large polyp or cancer stage . |
| 8 | Furthermore , loss of a spouse may occur at the same time as other bereavements . |
| 9 | Before we start talking about Britain in some detail , erm just to conclude talking about the world as a whole , do estimates suggest that the world population may stabilize at a particular level at some point in the future ? |
| 10 | This is closely related to perceptions of life expectancy ; some people not only anticipate that they may age more quickly , but also that they may die at a younger age . |
| 11 | Students taking the degree without honours have a choice of the subjects which they may take at a higher level . |
| 12 | A successful applicant is normally admitted as a candidate for the degree of MPhil but may apply at a later date to transfer his or her registration to that for the degree of DPhil . |
| 13 | Using matrix algebra we may arrive at a numerical solution for the factor premiums , where F -1 is the inverse matrix of F , . |
| 14 | This process may lead at a certain stage to the establishment of parties . " |
| 15 | Likewise , the reactive home medic may panic at the first sign of trouble , fail to diagnose the true cause of the problem and , in adding a so-called ‘ remedy ’ , do more harm than good . |
| 16 | If you do n't realise what you 've done as you knit you may notice at a later date just one wrong row somewhere in your knitting ! |
| 17 | The promised escalation in activity outside the factory may come at a crucial time for the company , according to Mr Kydd . |
| 18 | Although the demand for other goods and services may increase at the same time , this does not immediately help the obsolete ship-builders . |