Example sentences of "may [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snow may linger as late as mid-July . |
| 2 | As we have seen , some genetic change may not take place at random , or events may occur more quickly than Darwin believed . |
| 3 | Particular parts may move more slowly than others . |
| 4 | This remedy may come in later if earache occurs ; enlarged lymph glands ; sensation of pressure at the root of the nose or throbbing and burning ; rattling cough ; thick , yellow , stringy nasal discharge . |
| 5 | Autumn movements or arrival may start as early as August , but is most usual in late October ; most autumn passage is observed in November . |
| 6 | All volcanic rocks , whatever their composition , may turn up either as lavas or pyroclastics , but rocks of some compositions are more often found as lavas , while others are more common as pyroclastics . |