Example sentences of "[pron] may have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the fact that neither the Model Code nor the Take-over Code have the force of law , they do represent important statements of commercial morality and at times breach of them may have legal consequences . |
| 2 | I may have other problems one of these days , but overweight is never again going to be one of them ’ … |
| 3 | I may have the gift of inspired preaching ; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets ; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — but if I have no love , I am nothing . |
| 4 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 5 | I may have more luck . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
| 7 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 8 | In summary : ‘ We 'll discuss work problems and possible remedies , both of which you suggest ; I may have some thoughts on these too . ’ |
| 9 | But having read them , it is first of all possible that I may have some queries on them . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
| 11 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 12 | ‘ I may have another drink , I may not , ’ Newman replied , looking at Corduroy Jacket . |
| 13 | ( The Secretary himself may have broader responsibilities . ) |
| 14 | These relatively low interest rates make it an attractive source of finance to borrowers , and the fact that it is a non-profit-making organization means that it can involve itself in socially oriented projects which may have long pay-off periods . |
| 15 | The core of weekday daytime programming is the ‘ playlist ’ , which has three major uses for Radio I : it provides an overall sound or ‘ station feel ’ ; it is an effective way to monitor how often the most popular records are played ; and it makes a group responsibility out of a decision which may have far-reaching effects for individual musicians and the music industry . |
| 16 | Even though open-market operations may be effective in reducing bank lending , people may still be able to borrow money from other financial institutions at home or abroad : institutions which may have surplus liquidity . |
| 17 | Industry might well find it easier to raise money on continental securities markets which may have surplus funds available or offer more innovative ways of raising share capital . |
| 18 | The task of assignment may be complicated by the absence of some expected bands with fortuitously low intensity , or by the presence of formally-forbidden overtone or combination bands , which may have appreciable intensity if the conditions for Fermi resonance are satisfied . |
| 19 | A committee of partisans is not , however , necessarily the best forum for an objective inquiry into a matter which may have political overtones and an alternative and preferable procedure for this purpose was established by the Tribunals of Inquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 . |
| 20 | By changing the excitation frequency we can probe the upper-state vibrational levels , but it is often difficult to identify the ν'=; 0 level , which may have low probability of excitation or emission . |
| 21 | To develop a recovery method , Morgan , Saunders and Pickup used a Gem called Pseudomonas putida mt-2 , a modified common soil bacterium which may have wide applications for destroying toxic substances . |
| 22 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 23 | According to this thesis , the distribution of responsibilities left the GLC and MCCs with too little to do , but with access to large rating resources : ‘ This generates a natural search for a ‘ strategic ’ role which may have little basis in real needs ' ( DOE 1983b:3 ) . |
| 24 | Local people will be trained to gather plants and other materials which may have economic potential . |
| 25 | On the other hand , there are some regional variations in economic terms which may have increasing impact on the resources available to be shared in families , especially the rising value of property in the south of England and the better job opportunities there . |
| 26 | OUR reader has listed only some umpiring decisions which may have disappointed Pakistan , without referring to such concerns as Ramprakash 's dismissal in the Edgbaston Test to an equally ‘ dubious faint edge ’ , or a number of slightly questionable lbws against England during the series . |
| 27 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 28 | This kind of worry is expressed more often in relation to the newer modular or semi-modular structures than the more traditional general degree which may have well-established patterns and requirements , but it nevertheless seems to be a widespread one . |
| 29 | See note to s.103 for rules , relating to clubs , which may have some relevance to rules for seaman 's canteens . |
| 30 | To do so suggests that Gregory 's narrative at this point is genuine history rather than legend , which may have some basis other than a purely factual one . |