Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [prep] [art] same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Garscadden said last week that he finds it incomprehensible that many properties may stay in the same band in perpetuity . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There is a degree of autonomy within each of the four countries , and although they may unite in the same objectives ( such as improvements in educational and professional standards ) , each has to be responsive to the nature and demands of its country of origin . |
| 5 | The case roles have been modified since Fillmore 's original definition to include restrictions such as these , but the restriction lists grow to an interminable length and the technique is still unable to recognise that two expressions ( e.g. ’ the woman ’ and ’ she ’ ) may refer to the same individual . |
| 6 | Children evidently realize this quite early in the process of language acquisition , and accept the fact that different words may refer to the same entity — e.g. , our dog , Fred , that wretched animal , and so on . |
| 7 | While early agreement in principle on the agency is likely , the actual launching of the agency may run into the same difficulties that have beset the European Environment Agency — this has been stalled for more than a year in an acrimonious ‘ who-gets-what ’ dispute over the sharing-out of the prestige , finance and jobs that flow from ‘ hosting ’ EC institutions . |
| 8 | Furthermore , loss of a spouse may occur at the same time as other bereavements . |
| 9 | Erosion may be very considerable , but , because the area of net measurement of soil movement is large , sedimentation may occur within the same unit and therefore net erosion is estimated to be small ( see also Blandford 1981 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ That contractual and fiduciary relationships may co-exist between the same parties has never been doubted . |
| 11 | The prevalent and dominant winds may blow from the same direction or they may blow from almost opposite directions . |
| 12 | This refers to the way in which a particular experimenter may influence different subjects , or to the effect that different experimenters may have on the same subject . |
| 13 | Not all α-granules may respond in the same way to secretory stimuli ; for example , Zucker et al ( 1979 ) , who found that over 80 per cent of platelet factor VIII-related antigen was present in the α-granules could only demonstrate the release of 30 per cent of this in response to stimulation with collagen . |
| 14 | ( Note that DCs may pass through the same state more than once . |
| 15 | Thus it appears that the acquisition of the grammar of a new variety of " the same " language is subject to the same difficulties and may lead to the same types of " error " and inconsistency as the acquisition of its phonology . |
| 16 | Starting with Aristotle , elaborate classification systems have been built up to show that things may belong to the same class ( and therefore have common features ) even if their appearance is different . |
| 17 | Two sets of words may amount to the same thing , but one set may be caught by the Act and another set not . |
| 18 | In open meadows , the pretty red and blue Lebia chlorocephala may shelter in the same tussock as the metallic Chrysolina leaf beetles on which its larvae feed . |
| 19 | Bert may have an action for breach of statutory duty but may fail for the same reason as Arthur . |
| 20 | Although the demand for other goods and services may increase at the same time , this does not immediately help the obsolete ship-builders . |
| 21 | The infradental papillae are block-like usually contiguous lying above the broad rectangular teeth , but in smaller specimens these papillae may lie on the same level as the first tooth and be separated by it . |
| 22 | Or the weave may lie in the same direction , but each row has ‘ slipped ’ half a row to one side . |
| 23 | These elements may coexist in the same event . |
| 24 | A collection of general medical books in a public library may deal with the same range of topics , but the indexing can be broader than in a specialist context , and the terms used for the same thing may be different . |