Example sentences of "may [verb] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , an adult may focus on a non-social action , such as tongue-poking or arm-waving , and interpret this as if it were , in fact , performed as an expression of some kind of social intention . |
| 2 | If the study is successful , work may begin on a 650 megawatt plant . |
| 3 | You may work on a surgical unit which is entirely devoted to dealing with these problems but they may also occur in general surgical wards . |
| 4 | Alternatively , the customer or supplier may look on the purported transfer as an opportunity to terminate or renegotiate the contract . |
| 5 | Shortages may occur through large outflows of funds from the banks to the government ( into the governments accounts held at the Bank of England ) or due to a large need for cash by customers , and may occur on a daily basis . |
| 6 | The defendant may defend on the return day even if he has failed to file a defence ( Ord 9 , r 9(2) ) . |
| 7 | In other cases in this category the earlier case , though not formally binding , was often followed in order to provide certainty and consistency in an area where commercial relations may depend on an accepted construction . |
| 8 | Thus , the effect of NO synthase inhibitors may depend on the recent history of activity in the hippocampus . |
| 9 | Firstly there is the question of efficiency which may depend on the parsing algorithm , the machine used and the computer language that the system is written in . |
| 10 | Again , however , a lot may depend on the covering play of the full-backs , Gary Stevens and Stuart Pearce , upon which England 's flat back-four system places great responsibility . |
| 11 | The Committee normally meets fortnightly for the first eight weeks each term ( weeks 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 ) and may meet on a fifth occasion ( in week 10 ) . |
| 12 | However , yarns vary and the finer light-coloured double-knit yarns may knit on a standard gauge machine , but darker yarns may not . |
| 13 | Irregular things may happen on the next stage , the 200 kilometres to Strasbourg . |
| 14 | Please add any additional comments you may have on a separate piece of paper , in no more than 100 words . |
| 15 | In practice this should mean that the design of consents has been influenced less by conceptions about the similarity of discharges than by a scientific analysis of the impact a particular discharge may have on a particular watercourse and the polluting load that that watercourse can accept , according to agency plans for river quality . |
| 16 | Obviously you can not know in advance which type of mat will be used at a particular tournament , so you should do your final training on any type of mat , just to get used to the feel , and then try to use any free time you may have on the actual competition areas to get a little practice in beforehand . |
| 17 | This refers to the way in which a particular experimenter may influence different subjects , or to the effect that different experimenters may have on the same subject . |
| 18 | Er Our local reporter Caroline er will be contacting me with regard to any suggestions I may have on the editorial side . |
| 19 | Environmental campaigners are concerned about the effect ozone depletion may have on the marine food chain as the uv radiation affects plankton living on the ocean surface . |
| 20 | Mares on the point of foaling should not be in a paddock where fencing does not reach the ground , as the newborn foal may arrive on the other side of the fence ! |
| 21 | The patient may stand on the hemiplegic leg , while the therapist moves his other foot into different positions , or asks him to move the foot . |
| 22 | Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London . |
| 23 | In what follows , I want to look very briefly at the formal structure , and the various departments that may be found in it : and then in rather greater detail at the account group as it may operate on a single client 's account , and how it may — with luck — interact effectively with the client 's own operations . |
| 24 | Thus microclimate effects can have major short-term implications for local populations ( such as those brought about by the photochemical smogs of Los Angeles ) , are often applicable only over areas of a few hectares or less and may operate on a diurnal cycle . |
| 25 | These cost-reduction circles may operate on an informal basis and focus on the removal of obvious bottlenecks rather than looking where the company 's cost system directs , but , as business becomes more and more competitive , it may be necessary to track cost-reduction progress . |
| 26 | One difference between a moral sacrifice and a religious sacrifice , for example , is that the former is what morality may require on a specific occasion . |
| 27 | Some of the roads in the vicinity which are owned by British Rail , for example , may be used and a bus may travel on a dedicated route or on a dedicated track . |
| 28 | I hope to show that the phenomenon of recursive syntax may bear on the intentional ingredient in human communication . |
| 29 | Our church has decided to erect a new building so that worship may continue on the present site . |
| 30 | Archie would probably be Wilko 's first choice given his preference for older players , but may settle on the younger version . |