Example sentences of "may [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Herman explains , ‘ [ c ] ollective action may result from structural ties between firms that integrate their interest and facilitate coordination between them — such as a common ownership interest — or it may arise out of a recognized common interest or mutual business interdependence with minimal personal contact and communications among the companies and their officials . |
| 2 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 3 | Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage . |
| 4 | If you decide to design your own lace pattern , do remember that you must transfer to both left and right rather than in just one direction or you may finish up with a definite bias in your knitting . |
| 5 | In this way , new requests for credit may run up against a powerful and undeniably sensible combination of background knowledge and personal experience which rules them out , even when the applicant whose personal circumstances ring these alarm bells would have been a satisfactory payer . |
| 6 | Solent look booked for the Division Three title but the battle for second place may run on until the final game . |
| 7 | Leaks from Clinton 's team suggest Democrats may clamp down on the massive amounts executives can earn . |
| 8 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 9 | Otherwise , if the wind is squally it may end up with the wrong wing down in a fierce cross wind . |
| 10 | The ‘ progressive ’ parent who believes in total involvement in shaping the disposition of children may end up in a stifling relationship that offers precious little access to the outside world . |
| 11 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 12 | Well it may , it may stand out like a sore thumb , yeah . |
| 13 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |
| 14 | There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring . |
| 15 | Without due consideration of both RECHAR and ERDF regulations for the 1993–94 financial year , the Council may lose out through the competitive grant application procedure . |
| 16 | For example , some women in a financial position to stop work and start a family are loath to give up their careers for a period , knowing they may lose out in the long term . |
| 17 | Relatively unimportant as these smaller losses may seem compared with the main one , together they may add up to a total picture of her life which she feels has been shattered overnight by a single blow . |
| 18 | Basically they need to be able to understand the idea that ‘ tokens ’ may add up to a big reward . |
| 19 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |
| 20 | Regionals tend to have natural franchises and are likely to get the best pickings of whatever expanded powers commercial banks may get out of the pending reform of the financial system , once Congress gets round to letting it happen . |
| 21 | The disk is round , up to 6 mm diameter covered by spinelets with a crown of many points , 9 or more , the spinelets may extend on to the dorsal part of the arm . |
| 22 | These white athletes under such circumstances may start off at a psychological disadvantage . |