Example sentences of "may [verb] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Classes may arise in the following way . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Garscadden said last week that he finds it incomprehensible that many properties may stay in the same band in perpetuity . |
| 3 | We have noted that , given a certain type of search space , the A* algorithm may behave in the same way as breadth-first search , since the latter is a special case of the former . |
| 4 | But we may expect in the long run to become as comfortable in the new clothes as we were in the old . |
| 5 | If severe , this may result in the diabetic lipaemia that is particularly seen in poorly controlled or newly diagnosed diabetics ( Bagdade et al , 1967 ) . |
| 6 | Failure to do so may result in the Regional Council reclaiming up to 100% of the registration , course and examination fees paid . |
| 7 | If they voice this concern to the general practitioner or health visitor this may result in the first step being taken in the identification of a visual problem , but unfortunately there can be instances in which the defective vision is not detected until the child has a pre-school medical . |
| 8 | On the one hand , variations in the supply of heroin resulting from police crackdowns on dealers or occasional droughts may result in the short-term increase of take-up of detoxification facilities as users try to ‘ top up ’ the shortfall in street supplies . |
| 9 | The congestion in the nose may result in the normal breathing pattern stopping entirely during sleep ( sleep apnoea ) . |
| 10 | But equally , the buried incestuous temptation invoked by the seductive mother may result in the same man being profoundly moved and sexually attracted to distressed women for whom he has no emotional responsibility . |
| 11 | This may result in the reduced borrowing of irrelevant theses on the one hand , but on the other hand , information on the existence of relevant theses could result in their increased use in the communication process . |
| 12 | The following error messages may appear in the scrolled area : |
| 13 | We may see in the modern confusion surrounding the Portland Vase a tendency , particularly marked in later works of the Claudian period ( AD 41–54 ) , to liken idealised figures to portraits . |
| 14 | Making concessions to Lenin 's Indian and ‘ Asia-First ’ opponent , M N Roy , the Commission had , throughout the theses , replaced ‘ bourgeois-democratic ’ by ‘ revolutionary ’ and the result was , as one may see in the sixth thesis , that the revolutionary-liberation movement in backward countries or among backward nationalities was invited to determine what forms this alliance should take . |
| 15 | Metabolism may occur in the gastrointestinal tract , including the colon or in the liver , or both . |
| 16 | The following error messages may occur in the scrolled area : |
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