Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreement between models , which has been construed as showing the accuracy of simulated Late Permian climates , may only reflect the fundamental shortcomings in parameters employed by all models , such as the palaeogeography . |
| 2 | R.2 also provides that a recognised body may only provide the professional services described above . |
| 3 | Background noise may entirely obliterate the consonant sounds . |
| 4 | The sudden release of many young into the savannah at the same time may perhaps swamp the waiting predators and thus constitute in itself a survival strategy . |
| 5 | That one producer has expended resources in order to educate or manipulate consumer tastes may perhaps offend the ethical values of some observers of the market , and it is not a simple matter , on strictly scientific terms , to evaluate the effect of this kind of activity . |
| 6 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
| 7 | While they may not alter the actual risks that something will happen , they at least inspire the feeling that such events are not entirely outside the hunter 's control . |
| 8 | We do this because we fear that the other language may not contain the sophisticated concepts we may need in the communication . |
| 9 | if choreographers wish to make their design more interesting they should attempt to give each step and pose some distinctive quality or unusual place in the design , which may or may not break the old conventions . |
| 10 | These conditions may not affect the following provisions as to legal representation and certain other matters . |
| 11 | Religious apologists have also fallen into the same trap as White and Draper in projecting backward a model — in this case of harmony — that , although consonant with their own reconstructed religion , may not fit the religious beliefs of the past . |
| 12 | They might or might not ask spot the point , they may or may not answer the right questions , but you 're in a marvellous point of view , position , to actually be able to spot angles . |
| 13 | There is the suggestion that France may not promulgate the additional seats . |
| 14 | Of course , the identity of the region and the regional identity of its inhabitants may not coincide : what outsiders identify as a particular region may not have the same contours as the insiders — on the outsider 's and the insider 's view , see Johnston ( 1988a , 1988b ) . |
| 15 | Now , it seems , the meteorites may not have the same origins as the Earth . |
| 16 | On the other hand she regrets the collapse of the grant-aided sector because other women like her may not have the same opportunities in the future . |
| 17 | If you invest here , your money may lose its value , your products can not be reliably priced for trade across Europe ; you may face high transaction costs ; and you may not get the full benefits of a single market . ’ |
| 18 | The complainant may not know the precise details of the agreement or arrangement or conduct which is damaging its competitive interests in the market place . |
| 19 | The man may or may not be earning a wage ; he may not understand the particular needs of the children . |
| 20 | Size analysis of fine particles therefore presents problems , for the pre-analytical preparations may largely determine the ultimate results obtained . |
| 21 | Existing partners may soon find the new strains too great to cope with and may choose to leave to avoid ‘ burn out . ’ |
| 22 | Effective implementation of 1992 policies by all member Sates is of major importance , as differences in speed of implementation and seriousness of enforcement may just perpetuate the competitive distortions the programme was designed to eliminate . |
| 23 | Professional workers may best be able to serve the interests of their clients if they are part of a strong , independent and highly qualified group which , of course , may also serve the personal ends of the members . |
| 24 | This " technical " work space may also contain the graphical derivatives of any or all of the primary functions ( to give all velocity and acceleration components ) as well as various combined or transposed function diagrams . |
| 25 | They may also lose the generous donations from the European Community that enable them to pay what they owe abroad . |
| 26 | We may also ask the French police for help in tracing Madame V. But it 's a tall order . |
| 27 | We may now represent the mental capacities of the cerebral hemispheres of an advanced organism in a simple model that gets us far closer to the condition of our own species ( Fig. 2. i ) . |
| 28 | You may now enter the following details . |
| 29 | This may partially explain the better results seen here compared with those obtained with metal stents in postsurgical strictures . |
| 30 | Some may even reach the higher valleys of the Alps . |