Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [Wh det] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 2 | As for the first , it should be remembered that for an Epicurean the worst pain is the groundless fear of what may happen after death , and that excessive unnatural desires are painful too . |
| 3 | According to the director of the survey , Dr John Innes : " The results provide an indication of what may happen if summers in Britain become warmer because of the greenhouse effect . |
| 4 | It has a trading character , the defamation of which may ruin it . |
| 5 | You must also take into account any local exchange control regulations , the effect of which may make it sensible for the contract to stipulate that part of your salary shall be credited to you elsewhere . |
| 6 | In Gledhow Autoparts Ltd v Delaney [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 1366 Diplock LJ said " It is natural … to tend to look at what in fact happened under the agreement ; but the question of the validity of a covenant in restraint of trade has to be determined at the date at which the agreement was entered into and has to be determined in the light of what may happen under the agreement , although what may happen may be and always is different in some respects from what did happen . |
| 7 | Although , as we shall see , many varied and lengthy accounts of what may have been the distinguishing characteristics of the fabliaux have been produced , the short definition given by Bédier in 1893 still attracts support : the fabliaux , he declared , are " " contes à rire en vers " " . |
| 8 | These are signs of what may turn out to be a dramatic , if almost unnoticed , revolution in the higher education curriculum . |
| 9 | Astaxanthin ( 3:3 — dihydroxy — 4:4 -diketo — B -carotene ) and B-carotene both occur as chromoproteins in the integument of locusts and the green chromoprotein pigment of many insects ( known as insectoverdin ) is a complex , the yellow-orange component of which may have as its prosthetic group B-carotene ( Carausius ) , lutein ( Sphinx , Tettigonia ) or astaxanthin . |
| 10 | Quartz grains may also contain solid inclusions , the mineralogy of which may give evidence of provenance ( e.g. sillimanite inclusions are excellent evidence for a metamorphic source area ) . |
| 11 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 12 | I can for myself see no argument in favour of the privilege against producing a document the contents of which may go to show that the holder has committed a criminal offence . |
| 13 | Watkins probably heard mention of these ideas , the seeds from which may have lain dormant in him for over fifty years . |
| 14 | We have seen the bloodcurdling letters that he has sent to electors about what may happen if Labour is returned . |
| 15 | The chairman of the carnival committee , Mrs Bailey , said in her speech at the ‘ supper and entertainment ’ that the event had been a success , and hoped it had ‘ laid the foundation for what may become an annual event ’ . |
| 16 | The borehole proved an important condensed interval as well as a thick sequence of sandy limestones , the sand content of which may have been eroded from fault scarps nearby . |
| 17 | Finally , we realise that we are only at the beginning of what may prove to be one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century . |
| 18 | The defence lawyer , aged 41 , who comes from an old Berlin Jewish family , has impressive qualifications for what may become his most difficult case so far . |
| 19 | It is very worrying in terms of what may happen in the northern hemisphere " . |
| 20 | Katib Celebi 's assertion that Abdulkerim was Mufti in Edirne , however , adds yet another unknown to an already difficult set of equations since it suggests the possibility that there may have been a separate official muftilik in Edirne ( and perhaps by extension in Bursa ) concurrently with the Muftilik of Istanbul — this would run contrary to the underlying assumption of the traditional view that the Mufti was the Mufti of the capital , successively Bursa , Edirne and Istanbul some of the holders of which may have become , with the passage of time , confused with the holders of the Muftilik of Istanbul . |
| 21 | It was these implications of the greater clarity introduced by the Geneva Protocols on the prohibition of indiscriminate weapons that led the British government , in addition to its general reservation excluding their applicability to nuclear weapons , to formulate further specific reservations in respect of what may constitute a military objective . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Mitchell points out that it is of the nature of commitment to come to terms with what may count against one 's own beliefs as well as what may count for them . |
| 23 | This scroll is a true record of your surname origins , even people with what may appear to be common names will find the research informative and interesting , and a talking point within family and friends . |
| 24 | The island parable focuses not upon the reactions of workers and employers to what may turn out to be imaginary variations in the real wage rate but upon the reactions of producers to variations in the prices being paid for their products . |
| 25 | Particularly important for these bees are certain groups of orchids , each species of which may offer 2–18 ( mean 7–10 ) different compounds , some of which are unattractive on their own ; however , eugenol , methyl salicylate and vanillin are highly attractive individually . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 28 | More probably , decay and deterioration of materials and installations is the result of lack of maintenance , the results of which may include blocked or broken rainwater drains , displaced roof tiles or peeling paint finishes , all of which can lead to timber decay . |
| 29 | We may conclude that violence is such a wide term that we need a typology , each item of which may have its own consequences and causes and so be best dealt with by different interventions . |
| 30 | It has a long , narrow plan , the northern end of which may have been used for stabling horses or housing the cattle . |