Example sentences of "may [verb] as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | All these levels may be seen as controlled by the relationship of the people involved in the discourse , which we may regard as the highest level . |
| 2 | Inquiries may arise as a natural consequence of conducting business . |
| 3 | While the Arts Council may survive as an advisory body , the crucial question is whether it retains a funding role : ‘ The days of the arm 's length principle are gone . |
| 4 | However the undernoted information may act as a general guide to clarify what action may be required : — |
| 5 | The activation of these neurons may be accompanied by glutamate release before the seizure , and glutamate may act as a paracrine factor to produce synchronisation . |
| 6 | The dog may act as a natural host for this species . ] |
| 7 | Ian Taylor speculates that tree clumps may act as a respiratory system , drawing up earth energies and releasing them through the clump 's composite aura , as well as performing the same function with subtle celestial stimuli . |
| 8 | Secondly , the inclusive approach may act as a positive encouragement to clients to make use of legal services . |
| 9 | The other is that the molecule magnetite may act as the magnetic sense , and traces of magnetite have indeed been found in bones in the brains of pigeons and other species including humans . |
| 10 | This threat of takeover may act as an effective discipline in some cases , although it is hard to prove . |
| 11 | Transmitter substances appear also to be released at neuromuscular junctions : there is evidence that glutamate is responsible for transmitting excitation from nerves to muscle ( e.g. Beranek and Miller , 1969 ) and that GABA may act as an inhibitory transmitter at these sites . |
| 12 | One possible reason for the cure is that the alcohol may act as an anti-inflammatory agent , stopping symptoms like a runny nose . |
| 13 | The repressed impulse may appear as a psychosomatic disturbance , with symptoms in the mouth or the digestive system . |
| 14 | Although these qualities may appear as a formidable list , they are mostly present in people , even though for many reasons they often remain undeveloped . |
| 15 | This may appear as a sudden change in behaviour because the more subtle signs were not noticed before the operation . |
| 16 | So what may appear as the forwarded message of X is , in fact , the forwarded message of X with additions and changes by Y. Likewise , a message from X may be forwarded , without the original heading , by Y to Z. |
| 17 | In formulating the category ‘ artefact ’ , some notion of intention is also usually attributed to their creation ; for example , a gas cloud may emerge as an unpredicted by-product of a technological process , though this product of human labour is only marginally an artefact . |
| 18 | Moreover , a merger may occur as a defensive measure , in which , for example , a firm , threatened by a dynamic fast-growing competitor , will attempt to merge with a third firm in order to eliminate the threat . |
| 19 | Moreover , simultaneous oesophageal pressure peaks may occur as a normal phenomenon when swallows are taken in rapid succession , due to the phenomenon of deglutitive inhibition . |
| 20 | The existing brick bungalow , to the north of the chapel , which constituted the lunatic wards in the 1916 plan should , they suggested , be adapted for the isolation of cases of puerperal fever ( a general term including ‘ the several affections which may occur as a direct result of childbirth ’ ) . |
| 21 | What we may recognize as a scientific principle was enunciated via the theological concept of divine immutability . |
| 22 | Different arrangements reflect cultural responses to perceptions of environmental constraints and opportunities , perceptions which may alter as the environmental context changes , thereby provoking changes in the cultural system too . |
| 23 | Therefore , PCNA may serve as a useful marker for proliferation if the conditions of fixation are held constant and the same antibody is used throughout the experiment . |
| 24 | The met repressor may serve as a useful model for such systems . |
| 25 | The case of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire may serve as a useful example to show what can be learned about early land use and also to indicate some of the pitfalls . |
| 26 | Transient ischaemia , often with plaque rupture and formation of platelet fibrin thrombi , distal embolisation , and possibly local vasoconstriction may serve as a primary cause of cardiac arrest or may modulate a fixed arrhythmogenic substrate . |
| 27 | And nineteen eighty two may serve as a suitable reminder for us as we seek to identify those likely to make the most significant contributions in the future . |
| 28 | The episode further emphasised the unsatisfactory state of the libel law , and how the prospect of massive awards of damages may serve as a real threat to freedom of expression . |
| 29 | Again , such a group , meeting on a regular basis , may serve as a stress-reducing medium . |
| 30 | Our results suggest that cholera toxin may serve as a secretory model in the human jejunum which might allow testing of new antisecretory agents . |