Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [noun sg] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that the cartridge may need to be removed for the purpose of transporting the printer , it means that , should any toner be spilled from the cartridge , it is likely to fall below the paper path , and so not contaminate the rest of the machine and subsequent print-outs . |
| 2 | Police say it is possible the driver may not realise an accident has happened . |
| 3 | Investigators say it 's possible the money may have been taken to Iraq or Turkey to buy refugee supplies on the spot . |
| 4 | And while the sea may be too dilute to make recovery of copper possible the technique may eventually be used in reclaiming copper from industrial wastewater . |
| 5 | ‘ It is possible the killer may have had local knowledge , ’ said Det Supt Cole . |
| 6 | They must be taught through benevolence and sympathy ; when the necessity arises shame may be used , but fear only in the last extremity , and then ‘ with such delicacy that if possible the habit may not gather strength by the use you are constrained to make of it ’ . |
| 7 | However the realities of the clinical area impose constraints on both methods and resources , so that in achieving a satisfactory compromise between the ideal and what is possible the teacher may find her imagination and ingenuity tested to the full . |
| 8 | 2.4 The Landlord may in carrying out the Works make such modification to the Building Documents and to the details of the Landlord 's Works contained in them : |
| 9 | No one , for example , can take hold of twenty-five million pounds ' worth of health services and say that these , and these precisely , are owed to the fact of a prescription charge : you can not point to the beds , the treatments , the nurses and demonstrate that these would not individually have been provided , however undeniable the fact may be in general . |
| 10 | One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes . |
| 11 | To a stranger the smell may be more obvious . |
| 12 | No matter how logical or even how emotional the communication may be , the barrier prevents any unifying of perceptions . |
| 13 | Make sure that the vagina is well lubricated ( if it is dry the condom may tear or come off ) . |
| 14 | Firstly , mat modules can come apart , and if the referee fails to notice this the competitor may be injured when his foot slips into the gap . |
| 15 | Beyond this the state may wish to encourage better quality service and extend the range of activities that private doctors provide to include preventive programmes such as immunisation . |
| 16 | Without this the purchaser may be sidetracked into calculations on a whole host of other matters which are not strictly relevant . |
| 17 | Now we have the strange state of affairs by which half the ball may be vandalised — spinners should undoubtedly regard ball-shining as vandalism — but not the other . |
| 18 | For some the spur may be that it would be more useful to be able to read the health and safety rules of the factory in which they work , or to be able to make sense of the words in the mail order catalogue in which they are required to shop . |
| 19 | Normally , basaltic scoria is a drab grey colour , but sometimes when it is fresh the surface may be beautifully iridescent , shining in peacock blue colours . |
| 20 | How different the world may have been if long ago those missionaries who set out to convert the world to belief in an all-providing benevolent ‘ god ’ , had themselves been aware that the human race , sooner or later , would have to control its rate of procreation , for the world can never provide for unlimited human life . |
| 21 | Under section 224 a company may at any time before the end of nine months from the date of its incorporation give notice to the Registrar specifying what its accounting reference date is to be . |
| 22 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4·6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 23 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4.6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 24 | As such the Centre may also be a blueprint of how central government could support wildlife conservation on redundant farmland and enable existing farming families to remain on the land with the new role of guardians of the traditional countryside and its wildlife . |
| 25 | Some years earlier , John Wood tries ‘ however quaint the thought may appear … to feel as the cottager himself ; and for that end to visit him ; to enquire after the conveniences he wanted , and into the inconveniences he laboured under ’ . |
| 26 | 2.1 The Council may recognise previous service with another employer for certain occupational conditions of service including : annual leave entitlement , maternity leave and allowance , periods of notice and sickness allowance . |
| 27 | 11.2.2 The court may help |
| 28 | 7 The teacher may coach and correct any learner individually without disturbing the others . |
| 29 | Such a threat may constitute a bluff in that the prime minister would have more to lose if an election was called than would most MPs ( the PM could lose office : most seats are safe seats and so most MPs could expect to be reelected ) , but nonetheless it has proved a potent influence in determining parliamentary behaviour . |
| 30 | Such a style may sometimes become a little wearing , and may , perhaps , lack elegance , but a set of standard terms is not read for pleasure . |