Example sentences of "may [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT IS now a little more than three years since four biologists caused a minor uproar among molecular geneticists by publishing in Nature two papers in which they argued that a substantial proportion of the DNA of animal cells may exist for no higher purpose than its own propagation . |
| 2 | SOME disabled people may qualify for a new parking facility which means they could always reserve a space outside their home . |
| 3 | Other types of work may qualify for a discretionary grant , which means it is up to the council whether you get a grant . |
| 4 | A leaflet explaining how disabled people may qualify for the new disability living allowance , which came into effect on Monday , has been produced by Stockton Borough Council for distribution to 75,000 households . |
| 5 | The real problem is that , because of the infighting between various entrenched interests , the Scottish Office may opt for a quiet life and the status quo . |
| 6 | Then the algorithm may opt for a particular child C on the basis of the gradient of f at N , but the gradient is misleading and in fact f ( C ) is much less then f(N) . |
| 7 | ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . ) |
| 8 | Small bruises may appear for no apparent reason under the skin , and the skin itself can become hard and have a tendency to crack . |
| 9 | Speakers told the jokes on Friday at a dinner honouring a former Virginia representative , Stan Parris , who has said he may campaign for a congressional seat next year , the Washington Post reported yesterday . |
| 10 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 11 | you may work for an overseas subsidiary of a UK company ; |
| 12 | Alternatively , the statute may provide for the reasonable practicability of precautions . |
| 13 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 14 | We are slow to analyse research in terms of the impact any particular findings may have for a wider field of social analysis , education , training and delivery of services . |
| 15 | This study will focus on the informal uses of parks , farmland and waste land and the amenity values these areas may have for the general public . |
| 16 | Different circumstances may call for a different approach , fine . |
| 17 | Even so , it is possible for a court to interpret a statute as covering what looks at first sight as a casus omissus if it can find or invent some plausible general principle of interpretation , an exercise that may call for a little ingenuity . |
| 18 | Public bodies may apply for a compulsory purchase order in respect of certain property . |
| 19 | Students from states of the European Community accepted on to full-time undergraduate courses ( excluding foundation certificates and higher national certificates ) may apply for a mandatory award . |
| 20 | You may apply for a full licence if : |
| 21 | A hotel may apply for a full on-licence ; on the other hand small establishments may merely have a restaurant licence or a residential licence . |
| 22 | All students , home , EC and overseas , may apply for the small number of Edinburgh University Postgraduate studentships awarded each year , if they are graduates with First or Upper Second Class honours degrees ( or equivalent ) from recognised universities who propose to undertake postgraduate research under supervision ( PhD , MLitt or MPhil ) . |
| 23 | Placement may assist in pulling together the framework and coherent objectives for partnerships ; can explore how other organisations may be used ; is able to secure commitment to growth by partners through direct experience of one another ; establishes communications between the various partners ; may be used to identify who should be involved and at what levels ; provides a regular data and information flow through its exchange mechanism ; may indicate for the local area the support available from national employers that may be utilised at the local level ; constructs environments where introductions are purposeful between the partners and can adopt an incremental approach to partnership activity . |
| 24 | Polly Harvey may record for a small label called Too Pure , but she has managed to become the rising star of the indie world by tackling issues of sexuality head on . |
| 25 | Congress and the administration may go for a sharp rise in the average miles per gallon required of car makers , instead of the much more efficient solution of higher petrol taxes . |
| 26 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 27 | If our inflation fears are right , industry may pay for the cheaper pound through a tighter money policy and higher interest rates in years to come . |
| 28 | Although the artefact may stand for a particular form of production , it can not be assumed that it will do so , or that the divisions which appear as significant from one perspective upon modern society will necessarily emerge as the major dimensions of differentiation in the object world . |
| 29 | If output could be expanded up to the point unc where price equals marginal cost , there would be an extensive gain in social welfare , namely the shaded area. , Making the simplifying assumptions that there are no income effects and that any effects on the distribution of income are unimportant , this area may stand for the true change in social welfare . |
| 30 | At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " . |