Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Certainly , individuals may behave badly in any system . |
| 2 | Importantly , I demonstrate that this procedure , can also directly identify the non-specific nature of some DNA-protein complexes which , due to unanticipated effects , may behave anomalously in binding competition analyses . |
| 3 | There is no theoretical requirement for time symmetry in reversal : it may initiate preferentially in one hemisphere , for example , or may start slowly and finish quickly . |
| 4 | If you encounter difficulties in this respect , do not hesitate to seek the advice of an animal behaviourist , since individual cases may benefit immensely from specific advice . |
| 5 | Present screening procedures seem to be less effective in rural areas and rural patients may benefit more from mobile screening units than urban patients . |
| 6 | This may not necessarily be large-scale dissolution ( e.g. Fig. 5.16d ) , but may result only in slight corrosion of the detrital grains or pre-existing cements in the sediment . |
| 7 | The following description of Consideration was given by the Exchequer Chamber in 1875 : ‘ A valuable consideration , in the sense of the law , may consist either in some right , interest , profit , or benefit accruing to the one party , or some forbearance , detriment , loss , or responsibility , given , suffered , or undertaken by the other ’ : Currie v. Misa ( 1875 ) L.R. 10 Ex. at 162 . |
| 8 | The degree of fire protection needed is reduced as the distance from the boundary increases until no protection is needed ( i.e. external walls may consist entirely of unprotected area ) . |
| 9 | The storm may break again at any moment and you will be drenched . |
| 10 | Some birds may do better in that situation and some worse . |
| 11 | I therefore am of opinion that a trading corporation may sue for a libel calculated to injure them in respect of their business , and may do so without any proof of damage general or special . |
| 12 | It is likely , however , that ‘ conclusions ’ may appear increasingly in future AIB bulletins . |
| 13 | Part of the difficulty is that the same environmental factors which predispose children to middle-ear infections may contribute independently to developmental delay . |
| 14 | The dependency of the old person may emerge gradually with increasing frailty or suddenly , as after a stroke . |
| 15 | It would be valuable , if people had the spare cash , to line damp rooms with some form of insulating material before wallpapering them : for want of that small capital outlay , they may spend more on frequent re-decoration than they otherwise might have saved : but since the outlay in papering a room three times a year is piecemeal , it is possible , while root-and-branch solutions to the problem are not . |
| 16 | It follows that because a practice may work well in one country , there is no guarantee that it will continue to do so should it be transferred elsewhere , especially if it conflicts with indigenous traditions and social values . |
| 17 | Between this belt and the basin margin , lagoonal sediments can be expected and beds of porous bioclastic grainstone may occur locally in this situation . |
| 18 | Peak numbers are usually found in January , but may occur locally in any month between December and early March , often depending on the water levels . |
| 19 | Current collaboration in the development of staff training materials may augur well for further co-operation and joint training opportunities . |
| 20 | 7.1 You shall indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute in respect of personal injury to or the death of any person or in respect of any loss or destruction of or damage to property ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) which shall have occurred in connection with any work executed by you against this Order or shall be alleged to be attributable to some defect in the goods . |
| 21 | This order is given on the condition that ( without prejudice to the generality of Condition 7.1 ) you will indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) in respect of personal injury to , or the death of , any such employees , agents , sub-contractors or other representative while on our premises whether or not such persons are ( at the time when such personal injury or deaths are caused ) acting in the course of their employment . |
| 22 | But it is not only word-play that has to be explained : humour may depend deeply on cultural knowledge , on knowledge of famous people , customs , music , literature , and so on : What do you call a bald Cheshire Cat ? |
| 23 | There are then three possibilities : first , their edges may slide along against each other ; second , they may move away from each other — then fresh lava emerges from the crack which is formed between them ; third , they may move towards each other , one plate sliding under the other . |
| 24 | In particular , if demand is growing , an industry may move away from natural monopoly status . |
| 25 | The 864 legislation mentions en passant in what sounds like an urban context the selling of bread and meat per denerarios : by pennyworths ( ninth-century hamburgers ? ) — which may imply more about normal price levels than Charlemagne 's decree in the famine year of 794 that a penny should buy 12 two-lb. wheaten loaves . |
| 26 | An example may serve best at this stage to illustrate something of the range of problems often encountered by pupils when composing non-time-related texts . |
| 27 | However , the time spent queueing for resources may vary substantially from one occasion to the next , according to the competitive demand from other copies of Oedipus . |
| 28 | It certainly seems probable that addictive disease has a genetic element although the strength of that genetic component may vary considerably from one individual to another just as the intensity of short sight or other conditions that are genetically linked may vary in different individuals . |
| 29 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 30 | You may get away with light use of a seam roller on a flat-backed vinyl , but do n't overdo it ! |