Example sentences of "may [vb infin] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
2 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
3 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
4 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola . |
5 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is thought to be employed directly by Motorola . |
6 | How important this single factor is in maintaining traditional agricultural management in the French uplands is impossible to estimate but , if the proposal remains as it is , more small French farms in the LFA may intensify for the first time . |
7 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |