Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The making of a bankruptcy order may effectively lead to a professional no longer being able to practise in his or her profession , and therefore all possibility of income generation would be lost . |
| 2 | I understand that at the GATT negotiations , for example , we may eventually settle for a 30 per cent . |
| 3 | Although many parasites can probably attack a variety of related species in the initial development of the relationship , the parasite fine tunes its metabolism as the symbiosis progresses and may eventually adapt to a single species of the host . |
| 4 | If the shaman is exposed to the insidious effects of the fungus for too long he may eventually turn into a giant shaman mushroom . |
| 5 | We should also not rule out the possibility that one may properly look to a historical explanation , just as a historical explanation underlies the fact that the comparatives of tired and spoilt — derived from verbs — are analytic , as in : ( 56 ) Declan is more spoilt than Karen Declan 's mother is more tired than Karen 's mother rather than the synthetic forms — tireder , spoilter — which we should expect from the monosyllabic adjectives which they have become . |
| 6 | Because EPS files are stored with an accompanying bitmap they must be transferred in binary format and , owing to the screen problems , may only appear as a grey rectangle on the PC . |
| 7 | If you hold a full Great Britain licence but are currently disqualified in GB you may only apply for a provisional licence . |
| 8 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 9 | This stands for Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering and erm under this scheme , a company erm can have a problem tackled by a research student working in a university and erm a supervisor , and indeed in this case , the input , the financial input , by the company may be quite small , may only amount to a few hundred pounds . |
| 10 | As a result , a political response to economic crisis does not arise automatically , but may only emerge with a considerable lag , and its content will be highly variable from polity to polity . |
| 11 | It does not exist where one of the parent companies may alone decide upon a joint venture company 's commercial activities . |
| 12 | I realize that if one looks at the matter objectively , one has to concede my father lacked various attributes one may normally expect in a great butler . |
| 13 | White 's quiet opening may still lead to a slight edge for him if Black permits e4 . |
| 14 | Some of these may formally belong to a religious group . |
| 15 | Computers which operate reliably in classrooms and offices in Boston , London or Paris , may quickly fail in a dusty village in Senegal . |
| 16 | They may also serve as a useful basis for all children for heuristic strategies , that is , in producing the answers to unknown facts from known ones , for example 8+7= ( 7+7 ) +1 . |
| 17 | Our two personae may have the roles of speaker and hearer , yet they ‘ may also stand in a certain linguistically-relevant relationship of status vis-à-vis one another ( parent : child , master:servant , teacher:pupil , etc . ) . ’ |
| 18 | A positive result may also lead to a great consciousness of the need to lead a healthier life and to seek medical advice where there is any indication of illness . |
| 19 | Insider trading may also lead to a significant loss of confidence in the Stock Exchange , particularly amongst small investors . |
| 20 | But the real-balance effect may also operate on a wider array of assets which constitute the net worth of the private sector , though there has always been controversy over the range of assets to which it is supposed to apply . |
| 21 | A breach of a covenant of quiet enjoyment may also amount to a criminal offence . |
| 22 | Students in this year may also opt for a substantial period on an experimental or computational project within the Meteorology Department . |
| 23 | Q.Ts. wishing to attend a course to which they are not deemed to be attached may also attend on a daily basis at £2.50 per session . |
| 24 | But gastric metaplasia may also develop as a non-specific response to mucosal injury not associated with acid peptic damage . |
| 25 | Software manufacturers fear that squeaky-clean Singapore may now emerge as a new centre for the pirates . |
| 26 | Anglers and shooters may now wish for a lower profile and conflict with canoeists and ramblers respectively will bring publicity they could do without . |
| 27 | In the first two cases ( ( a and ( b ) ) there will be a beneficial effect on output , employment and balance of payments , whereas in the third case there will be no overall positive effect on any of those variables ; it may even result in a negative effect if Nissan 's components are ‘ less British ’ than those of other UK-based manufacturers . |
| 28 | This always goes down well and may even result in a congratulatory Mars bar whether you win ( unlikely ) or lose ( strong possibility ) . |
| 29 | There will be 40 happy faces when the School ends tomorrow but there will also be a lot of tears and Whelan may even return for a seventh time . |
| 30 | Your project may even qualify for a local authority grant ! |