Example sentences of "may [vb infin] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the equations for the expected return ( 5.7 ) , actual return ( 5.19 ) , beta ( 5.20 ) , variance due to the market ( 5.21 ) , non-market variance ( 5.22 ) , and total variance ( 5.23 ) we may construct and analyse any portfolio of equities . |
| 2 | This section also covers the Policyholder in a personal capacity e.g. the Policyholder 's pet dog may attack and kill some sheep in a field . |
| 3 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 4 | As he knelt at his mother 's feet , the sovereign invested her son with the symbols of office , ‘ by girding him with a Sword … by putting a Coronet on his head … and a Gold Ring on his finger … and also by delivering a Gold Rod into his hand , that he may preside there and may direct and defend those parts to hold to him and his heirs … for ever ’ . |
| 5 | For example , group discussion may precede and follow individual writing ; writing may be collaborative ; and listening to stories is often a preparation for reading . |
| 6 | It can complicate the management of in-patients beds if beds have to be kept available to accommodate persons on leave of absence who may relapse and require urgent readmission and it can distort the patient statistics . |
| 7 | The freeholder may separate and transfer certain rights inherent in the ownership of the fee simple absolute to another person for a fixed term of years . |
| 8 | We can assess what information each animal receives , but its brain may interpret and remember this information in many different ways . |
| 9 | In addition to the aforementioned powers , police and Army personnel may stop and conduct random street searches on pedestrians or motorists for possession of unlawful munitions or transmitters . |
| 10 | Provided that where more than one application for a licence has been made in respect of any premises , the licensing board may hear and consider such applications together . |
| 11 | Grammatical constraints may overlap and reinforce semantic ones , but they may also be semantically arbitrary . |
| 12 | You may fill and seal this capsule , and we will bury it deep within the bridge structure . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , lad , if that 's how you think , you may come and drink any time you feel thirsty . ’ |
| 14 | 7 The teacher may coach and correct any learner individually without disturbing the others . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if the rug is allowed to remain damp over a protracted period , the colours may run and , more seriously , mildew may form and cause permanent damage to the foundation or pile . |
| 16 | to capitalise the appropriate nominal amount of additional Ordinary Shares falling to be allotted pursuant to elections made as aforesaid , out of the sums standing to the credit of the reserves of the Company ( including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve fund ) or otherwise available for distribution as the Directors may determine and to apply such sums in paying up such Ordinary Shares and to allot such Ordinary Shares to members of the Company validly making such elections in accordance with their respective entitlements ’ . |