Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another sort of foreign or peripheral experience may exist for British writers even within London itself . |
| 2 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , your contract may cater for a wide variety of perks , such as : |
| 3 | ( 3 ) A construction contract may provide for the determination by |
| 4 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 5 | In order to avoid being taken to have accepted a seller 's terms by accepting a delivery note , the buyer may arrange for its warehouse staff to acknowledge receipt of goods delivered by issuing a form referring to its own terms ; alternatively , it may stamp the seller 's delivery note with a receipt referring to its own terms , which may be effective to incorporate them if the stamp is legible . |
| 6 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 2 ) below , a licensing board may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions by a committee of the board , a member or members of the board , the clerk of the board or any other person appointed to assist the clerk . |
| 8 | Any party to the proceedings and any person named in the direction may apply for variation ( s38(8) ( b ) and FPCR , r2(1) ) . |
| 9 | Affiliated organisations , Constituency Labour Parties and Commons Members of Parliament may nominate for each of the offices of leader and deputy leader , one Commons Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party attending conference ( unless excused attendance as provided in sub-section ( c ) below ) as a delegate or ex-officio delegate . |
| 10 | Control of this kind may account for the observed differences between transcript concentrations of complex I and complex III genes . |
| 11 | Then the algorithm may opt for a particular child C on the basis of the gradient of f at N , but the gradient is misleading and in fact f ( C ) is much less then f(N) . |
| 12 | As regards the incompetent child , only his parents or legal guardian may speak for him , and then only for as long as he remains under their control or until majority at 18 years of age . |
| 13 | This defence may last for days or for weeks , but usually the funeral begins to make it all real to her . |
| 14 | In the case of rent and other payments of a periodic nature , the creditor may prove for any amounts due and unpaid up to the date of the bankruptcy order ( r 6.112(1) ) . |
| 15 | Where at that date , any payment was accruing due , ie where payment in arrears was stipulated , the creditor may prove for the amount which would have fallen due if the debt had accrued from day to day ( r 6.112(2) ) . |
| 16 | A ‘ good ’ story may run for four or five weeks , after which the media and the public tire of it . |
| 17 | The first relates to providing for any children of the marriage and the second allows for a temporary income to be given to either partner who is likely to suffer immediate hardship — this support may last for up to three years . |
| 18 | Such factors as incentives , motivation , perseverance , and the like may account for some of the proportion allocated to education ; and these factors may be partly the effects of education and partly its causes . |
| 19 | If you are having a baby for the first time : Your labour may last for 24 hours . |
| 20 | Alternatively , the statute may provide for the reasonable practicability of precautions . |
| 21 | As an act 's appearance fees become higher , the agent may settle for a smaller percentage . |
| 22 | England 's disappointment may account for a sour note in the Daily Telegraph . |
| 23 | If our inflation fears are right , industry may pay for the cheaper pound through a tighter money policy and higher interest rates in years to come . |
| 24 | Applicants with suitable experience in industry may qualify for special awards . |
| 25 | If an estimator intakes a mistake or error of judgement a contractor may look for ways to recoup any shortfall . |
| 26 | Under both the Institution of Civil Engineer 's Conditions of Contract ( fifth edition ) and Joint Contracts Tribunal conditions the contractor may apply for payment for permanent work done to date and , depending on the terms of the contract , for purchase of goods off site ( subject to title to the goods having passed to the employer ) . |
| 27 | If the site were to be developed privately , the investment may pay for the reclamation of the land which may be necessary . |
| 28 | Green water of a consistency like pea soup is familiar to most pool owners , for even in well established pools this condition may occur for a few days during early spring when the water is warmed by the sun , so algae appears before the submerged oxygenating plants have had a chance to start growing again . |
| 29 | Gouled , as the sole candidate , was re-elected by direct universal suffrage in June 1981 and April 1987 ; under the terms of the 1981 Constitution the President may serve for no more than two terms . |
| 30 | The Republic of Djibouti ( formerly the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas ) became independent in June 1977 ; under the terms of the 1981 Constitution the President may serve for no more than two six-year terms . |