Example sentences of "may [verb] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SOME disabled people may qualify for a new parking facility which means they could always reserve a space outside their home . |
| 2 | Other types of work may qualify for a discretionary grant , which means it is up to the council whether you get a grant . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Different circumstances may call for a different approach , fine . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Public bodies may apply for a compulsory purchase order in respect of certain property . |
| 10 | You may apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant towards the installation of a lift . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You may apply for a full licence if : |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , your contract may cater for a wide variety of perks , such as : |
| 19 | The order may last for a maximum period of 15 years . |
| 20 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola . |
| 21 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is thought to be employed directly by Motorola . |
| 22 | During the menopause a drop in hormone levels may account for a temporary loss of sexual desire in women , but this need not be more than a passing loss . |
| 23 | Furthermore , although many parasite proteins are expressed in the liver , and we have only examined four for HLA-B53 epitopes , several observations suggest that CTL to ls6 may account for a substantial part of the HLA-B53 protective association . |
| 24 | Jeanette Lamb , a research team member at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , said : ‘ We have found a cause for mental retardation that may account for a large proportion of the unexplained cases . ’ |
| 25 | Together these findings indicate that mutations of the human P gene may account for a significant fraction of cases of type II OCA , the most frequent form of oculocutaneous albinism worldwide . |
| 26 | The cost of design work may account for a significant proportion of the capital cost of a project . |
| 27 | Even on small contracts , plant costs may account for a significant proportion of total costs . |
| 28 | England 's disappointment may account for a sour note in the Daily Telegraph . |
| 29 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 30 | However , if you are using commercial finance ( or bank finance for that matter ) for a group , operating through a limited company , then the bank or finance house may ask for a personal guarantee against the money lent , by one or more director . |