Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidelines may relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult language books ) or to more specific categories of books within the function ( e.g. within recreational reading , to romances or popular biographies ) . |
| 2 | ‘ If a husband or wife wants a family deep down , then it may eat away at the relationship and they may blame their partner for not allowing them to fulfil their needs . ’ |
| 3 | Given the time it takes for non-experts to put up a house , the interest charges on your loan may eat considerably into the discount you capture by using your own labour , says Tuffin . |
| 4 | Either may arise only after the performance or occurrence of some particular acts . |
| 5 | Other negative feelings may arise out of the learning situation itself , or the student 's total ignorance of the language to be learned . |
| 6 | To give an example , incest may exist simply as a prohibition at the level of the formal system but at the practical level , breaches of the prohibition are explained , joked about or criticized . |
| 7 | These elements ( the equivalent of nerve cells ) may be tangible silicon chips or they may exist only in the cyberspace of a working computer program . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , puppies in particular may rush out through the door in this situation , often ignoring the visitor , and could end up on the road . |
| 9 | But the brokers between the private sector and the community , such as BITC , say these sources may dry up in the recession . |
| 10 | The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly . |
| 11 | Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off . |
| 12 | Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky . |
| 13 | ( 8 ) If any party to an appeal to the sheriff under any provision of this Act ( other than Part VII ) is dissatisfied in point of law with a decision of the sheriff , he may appeal therefrom to the Court of Session within 28 days from the date of that decision . |
| 14 | It is thus tempting to suggest that the same X-box binding complex may act both as an activator and as a repressor . |
| 15 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 16 | My contact at the Yard may know more by the end of the day . |
| 17 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 18 | Properties around the current stamp duty threshold of £30,000 may benefit significantly from an apportionment of the price between the legal estate and the contents of the property . |
| 19 | Equally , an unwanted or unhappy pregnancy may result unexpectedly in the birth of an instantly beloved child . |
| 20 | It is not necessarily an accurate description of the demands of the job , and the skill label may result more from the strength of the trade union or occupational group in maintaining that its members should continue to hold that position , than from a dispassionate assessment of the skill content of the job . |
| 21 | For example , a site may consist largely of a number of postholes , all dating to the Neolithic period . |
| 22 | A child 's education may consist largely of the mastery of traditional skills to be done in a traditional way . |
| 23 | At the other extreme , language work may consist mostly of the provision of stimuli to ‘ creative writing ’ . |
| 24 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
| 25 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
| 26 | It may snap off from the arm |
| 27 | For example , they may coexist in a " stable diglossia " ( Ferguson 1959 ) — with a strict differentiation of function between the " high " and " low " languages , or one may decline steadily at the expense of the other . |
| 28 | Like its counterpart in the handling of speech , this is common , but it may present more in the way of reading problems . |
| 29 | More than 2 tonnes of the waste , contaminated with 300 grams of dioxin , that was scraped from the inside of the pot is still being sought by environmentalists who believe that it , too , may land up in the sea . |
| 30 | Those who have been successful may carry on with the course , and need to be registered with the BIE . |