Example sentences of "and it may [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Written with refreshing vitality and , perhaps , missionary zeal , it will delight the converted , and it may attract physical geographers who are earnestly seeking new solutions to certain of their difficulties . |
2 | Although this may be a couple of years out of date , it only costs £3 and it may give some clues as to the strength of the company . |
3 | The process can be speeded up somewhat by changing the blotting paper several times while the flowers are being pressed , although you must be extremely careful as the plants will be exceptionally fragile at this point and it may do more harm than good to disturb them . |
4 | Boston-based Ares Software Corp is hoping to licence its FontChameleon technology to operating system designers , application developers and printer manufacturers , and it may have some success since FontChameleon is supposedly compatible with existing PostScript and TrueType standards . |
5 | Furthermore , legislation frequently fails to achieve its objectives and it may have unintended consequences . |
6 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
7 | It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering . |
8 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
9 | Acrylic tends to dry less opaque than it look when wet , and it may take repeated overpainting when thin layers of colour are used to cover completely something underneath . |
10 | It 's also worth noting that if leather corals are disturbed , especially by introducing them into an unfamiliar aquarium , the polyps will retract and it may take several days for them to reopen . |
11 | Not everyone suits the same kind of photographic style , and it may take several tries before you find a picture that eventually gets you noticed . |
12 | Clearly such use has its attractions : it is quite similar to the original use , and it may provide local employment . |