Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For example , a site may consist largely of a number of postholes , all dating to the Neolithic period . |
| 5 | As an alternative to placing your account with a bank , you may do so at a building society , many of which offer similar services . |
| 6 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 7 | The unity of the discipline is to some extent an external facade , a matter of appearance ; from the inside , it may appear rather as a constellation of specialisms , more or less closely related . |
| 8 | Under this scheme you may donate up to a maximum of £240 a year to a charity or charities of your choice free of income tax . |
| 9 | For example , coral islands such as the Maldives may keep ahead of a rise of 50-70m a century . |
| 10 | Rectal discharge may occur rarely as a result of infection of the back passage , but again infection of this site is usually asymptomatic . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it is possible that if in the manager-owner contract nexus the manager bears little risk , this may spill over into a lack of control over employees . |
| 12 | In his study of " Medieval Misogyny " , R. Howard Bloch makes the point that male distrust may depend less on a sense of the utter difference of women than on a sense of how similar women are : gender boundaries can be crossed , and men can become feminized — as Eve was created from Adam . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the latter assignment may demand more from a pupil in terms of information retrieval and may be a more fruitful area for database creation . |
| 14 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 15 | It is done in spring or early summer on outdoor plants , and rooting may take up to a year ; pot plants are layered any time and should root in a few weeks . |
| 16 | Although a few may take up to a week of daily feeding with the culprit food before they respond , this is probably fairly unusual . |
| 17 | In fact , it may take up to a week before your bank actually receives the money . |
| 18 | This , it is to be assumed , his liberal readers may take seriously as a threat , but hardly as an option . |
| 19 | This may apply even in a case of constructive dismissal . |
| 20 | It needs to be appreciated that pupils with defective vision may respond inappropriately as a result of missing visual detail , for instance the facial expression and body gestures of others . |
| 21 | Equating it with a study of the constitution , however , may owe less to a desire for realism than to a lack of concern about legal matters . |
| 22 | If , on the other hand , you are someone who restricts themselves to using commonality tactics , you may end up as a martyr . |
| 23 | The colours wo n't be seen again and they may end up in a museum . ’ |
| 24 | In contrast , the streetwise dealers require quicker money , and may end up in a bucket shop on the Continent . |
| 25 | The person may pass gradually into a state of unconsciousness . |
| 26 | As we have seen in this chapter , however , the newcomers , no matter how monolithic and undifferentiated they may seem to the locals , are composed of a number of identifiably separate urban middle-class groups — commuters , weekend cottagers , holiday-home dwellers , retired couples — among whom the village may vary considerably as a centre of their social activities . |
| 27 | When I started refereeing in the 1960s the props ' attitude was : ‘ I may go backwards in a scrummage , but I will never go down ’ . |
| 28 | It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree . |
| 29 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 30 | I may go through for a day you know . |