Example sentences of "[noun pl] it may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reference to " or " such other risks should be amended to " and in addition to the foregoing " in order to make it clear that the landlord is not given the choice which of the stated risks it may choose to insure against — perhaps an obvious point but one worth making . |
| 2 | Unless the landlord is prepared to agree that the insurance should be in the joint names of the landlord and tenant , which is unlikely as the landlord would wish to keep control of the policy and proceeds , the tenant should ensure that either the landlord will act reasonably in deciding which other risks it may wish to insure against , or that the tenant will also have the right to nominate risks . |
| 3 | To many modern readers it may seem a strange book , perhaps even a repulsive one with all its blood-sacrifices . |
| 4 | To European eyes it may seem that in summer their cities and beauty spots are overrun by Daughters of the Revolution in trainers and beige macks , but most Americans take their holidays in America . |
| 5 | To some temperaments it may seem that in crediting myself only with a capacity to choose between reactions which themselves are not chosen but caused , I would be representing myself as something less than human . |
| 6 | It did n't stop them getting into very severe financial difficulties , and you may have read about this in recent times , it , there 's a proposal that the Science and Engineering Research Council may be so short of funds it may close the laboratory down . |
| 7 | When this occurs in the great blood vessels it may result in loss of the normal damping mechanism of the cardiac output due to the relative inelasticity of these vessels . |
| 8 | And because of its reduced nasal cavities it may find breathing increasingly difficult as it grows older . |
| 9 | If the access to an up-market development is via a local authority housing estate or area lacking in amenities it may prove more difficult to sell the completed units . |
| 10 | Estimates suggest that the peasantry as a whole was giving up over one-third of its total rice output for much of the period , but in some areas it may have been much higher . |
| 11 | If " malice " is proved against a sole defendant or against all defendants it may aggravate the hurt and hence the final award . |
| 12 | The social acceptability of a disability may , therefore , be more important than the limitations it may give rise to . |
| 13 | If even a radical liberal felt obliged to make such disavowals it may seem paradoxical to suggest that what was being discussed was , in fact , democracy . |
| 14 | As we have seen , there is a variety of ways in which a reformulation can achieve relevance , and consequently , a variety of effects it may achieve . |
| 15 | And whatever other effects it may have had , Communist rule meant that the country was immune to the MacDonalds culture which has swept away the individuality of so many countries . |
| 16 | Texas-based Enron said Teesside was among several sites it may consider if it goes ahead with plans to build a new petrochemical plant in Europe . |
| 17 | But in exceptional circumstances it may do so . |
| 18 | Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed . |
| 19 | In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office . |
| 20 | After a few days it may go onto their chest or settle in the liver causing a bilious fever and even jaundice . |
| 21 | Even in the early weeks it may increase the risk of a miscarriage . |
| 22 | Following this expressivist logic , if a group is unable to objectify its interests in certain domains it may attempt to create its own cultural forms in some other field , although some groups without any resources are bereft of both power and prospects in virtually all spheres . |
| 23 | The extent to which the market for control should be relied on as a disciplinary device can be determined only in the light of an approximation of the social costs it may impose . |
| 24 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
| 25 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
| 26 | Thus although a marked increase is apparent in recent years it may prove to be due entirely to three freak movements . |
| 27 | Yet education has never guaranteed employment , and whether it has or has not been expected to , we must also consider the other purposes it may serve . |
| 28 | R. R. Dale 's ( 1969 , 1971 , 1974 ) three-volume study focuses mainly on the social advantages , and it is possible in any case to challenge the nature of the superior social development of girls which is argued to accompany mixed rather than single-sex schooling , since one of the things it may involve is breaking down girls ' resistance to the imposition of various stereotypes of femininity to a greater extent than is found in single-sex schools . |
| 29 | Although this complication is unlikely to cause overt clinical problems it may result in diagnostic confusion particularly with peritoneal malignancy . |
| 30 | But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public . |