Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morgenthau 's Realist theory was , as we have said , based on six principles , outlined in an introductory chapter added only in the second edition of the book ; this fact may explain why the six principles do not deal explicitly with two of the three concepts that are central to the remainder of the book , namely ‘ national interest ’ and the ‘ balance of power ’ . |
| 2 | This concept may explain why the inflammatory changes manifested in the clinical syndrome of ‘ pouchitis ’ are seen almost exclusively in patients who have had colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease rather than familial polyposis . |
| 3 | As will be discussed below , NCp7 shows cooperativity in binding to DNA , which may explain why the shorter fragments competed less efficiently for NCp7 than the longer DNA fragments . |
| 4 | Carlos Palenque , a mestizo who built up a media empire by getting poor Indians to telephone their complaints to his radio and television shows , may win quite a few votes in the capital . |
| 5 | We may perceive here the strange workings of the historical process according to Rousseau . |
| 6 | Give too much and it may bring about the very conditions it is capable of curing ; ‘ Through the like , disease is produced and through the application of the like it is cured ’ , said Hippocrates over 2000 years ago . |
| 7 | Just as young children will cry and remonstrate or say ‘ do n't leave me ’ , so the adult may use just the same words or convey by their behaviour that this is their worry . |
| 8 | Delegated legislation is used mainly to add detail to primary legislation which may lay down the general principles although matters of considerable importance are sometimes dealt with in this way . |
| 9 | It may set out the general terms on which the firm will be prepared to deal , its right to refuse to deal and the fact that any deals that it undertakes will be on the customary terms of the market concerned . |
| 10 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 11 | Students may take either a full MA(Honours) degree in Sanskrit , in which case a subsidiary related language such as Prakrit is normally studied in the last two years of the course , or a joint MA(Honours) degree in Sanskrit and Greek , Latin or Linguistics , where both subjects are studied for all four years of the curriculum . |
| 12 | Yet again , a big , comparatively heavy bait such as a lobworm , on a clean bottom may require only a few inches , for the sheer weight of this bait means the bream has to position himself quite close to it for the suck to be effective . |