Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [prep] [art] same [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Furthermore , loss of a spouse may occur at the same time as other bereavements . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | The prevalent and dominant winds may blow from the same direction or they may blow from almost opposite directions . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( Note that DCs may pass through the same state more than once . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Two sets of words may amount to the same thing , but one set may be caught by the Act and another set not . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Bert may have an action for breach of statutory duty but may fail for the same reason as Arthur . |
| 16 | Although the demand for other goods and services may increase at the same time , this does not immediately help the obsolete ship-builders . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Or the weave may lie in the same direction , but each row has ‘ slipped ’ half a row to one side . |
| 19 | These elements may coexist in the same event . |
| 20 | 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 . |