Example sentences of "may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Variations in melt matrix or groundmass composition may evolve through selective mechanical disintegration of casts and non-modal partial melting of minerals to various degrees . |
| 32 | Although change may evolve slowly , problem-posing can be a nurturing process with people exploring visions and building community together as they work on problems . |
| 33 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 34 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 35 | Co-operative behaviour may evolve ( see Chapter 9 ) but even then it will be strictly limited and always liable to selfish exploitation . |
| 36 | Although the links may evolve ( for example , to mesh in better with the systems developments and other preparations for corporate status ) the close cooperation between users and computer-centre staff continues . |
| 37 | The fact that a convection pattern , occurring when Ra is a little above its critical value , commonly contains defects has very important consequences for the ways in which the convection may evolve as Ra is further increased . |
| 38 | Such considerations , sometimes working together , may debar many adjectives from ever appearing postnominally ; in other instances , acceptability may be marginal enough to depend not only on these factors , but also on the particular circumstances . |
| 39 | Before long Bill Clinton , who is keen on grand visions , may rediscover these ideas and start trying to apply them once more to the global economy . |
| 40 | The practising architect may design better buildings after working with the old ones . |
| 41 | As I have already indicated , the critical question we must ask is how we may design selection procedures which encourage sensible teaching and learning . |
| 42 | Here the composition may unfold and develop as I work . |
| 43 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 44 | The output of these groups may fail to develop , or their culture may disintegrate or disappear . |
| 45 | However , if there are substantial negative demand shocks , even established unions may disintegrate . |
| 46 | All are striking , some are beautiful , others startling and a few may invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to the aural cavity . |
| 47 | Similarly , the use of ‘ we ’ to express solidarity and ‘ institutional voice ’ may invoke power and status through , amongst other things , lending oneself the strength of numbers . |
| 48 | v. Kantner ( Case 38/81 ) [ 1982 ] E.C.R. 825 the Court of Justice held that a plaintiff may invoke the jurisdiction of the courts of the place of performance of a contract in accordance with article 5(1) even where the existence of the contract on which the claim is based is in dispute between the parties . |
| 49 | Some may invoke a higher sanctity for parts of the constitution than the will of the people . |
| 50 | If it considers that a Member State is making improper use of the powers provided for in this paragraph , the Commission ( or another Member State ) may invoke an accelerated enforcement procedure against the Member State . |
| 51 | You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key . |
| 52 | You may invoke this index form by pressing PF1/3 , the Multi-Form key . |
| 53 | The implication is that , depending on the preference of the church planter , YWAM may plant Baptist , Anglican , house church or another type of church , but not YWAM churches ! |
| 54 | To be sure , from time to time the consensus may weaken in one science or another ( — the paradigm shifts ’ , as we have learned to say ) and then , for a period , matters grow more complicated . |
| 55 | One is that it may weaken the marriage by suggesting a ‘ failure ’ on the part of the husband . |
| 56 | It is useful for those of us who worry that hearing other opinions and listening to other people may weaken our case , or make it difficult for us to concentrate on our own determined agenda . |
| 57 | As discussed in the previous chapter , relationships with kin will also be affected by the higher incidence of divorce and remarriage , which may weaken the support available to the old living alone , especially because , in such interactions , the notion of reciprocity over time is so important . |
| 58 | There is ample evidence that those ties remain strong even as the character of networks changes in other ways and thus these basic family links continue to be the first line of defence , the more so because other forms of association may weaken . |
| 59 | The Castle has ‘ stored ’ emotions in the stones of the towers , and the effects of these ‘ memories ’ may weaken adventurers who enter them . |
| 60 | The first duty of the conqueror , he wrote , ‘ is to maintain his domination and to assure that it will last ; everything is good which has the effect of consolidating and guaranteeing it , everything is bad that may weaken or compromise it ’ . |